Scenario

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 Scenario 1:
At work, you are called to assist a
co-worker who has been injured in a Skills: SAMPLE Questions,
5-foot fall from a ladder. As you Head-to-Toe Check
arrive, you notice the person sitting Material: None
on the ground, writhing in pain and Roles: Bystander, Victim,
having trouble breathing as they
Rescuer, Coach
clutch their arm to their chest. You
want to help. How do you respond?
 SCENARIO 1
Checklist

NO Size up the scene and form an initial impression about the nature of the person’s
YES
injury or illness, and identify that the person does not have severe, life-threatening
bleeding. The scene size-up should include a check for safety, the number of
potential persons involved and if anyone else is available to help along with forming
the initial impression.
Because the person is awake, the responder should begin a check by talking to
them and getting their consent to give care.
At this point, the responder should continue the CHECK step by interviewing the
person using SAMPLE.
The responder should continue with a head-to-toe check, being careful not to
aggravate any injury, and speak in a calm, reassuring manner.
Once trouble breathing is evident, the responder should have someone call 9-1-1 or the
designated emergency number if not already done so and give care in whatever
position the person was found.
 Scenario 2:
Awakened in the early morning by
Skills: Primary Assessment,
screams and pounding on your
front door, you rush to answer the
CPR, AED
door. You find Mrs. Winters, your Materials: Mannequin, AED, CPR
older neighbor from across the Mask
street. She knows you are trained Roles: Rescuers, Bystanders
in first aid and CPR and asks you
to please help her husband. She
says that he emerged from the
bathroom clutching his chest and in
apparent pain. He suddenly
collapsed to the floor. As you enter
the house, you find Mr. Winters
lying motionless on the floor just
outside of the bathroom. You want
to help. How do you respond?
 SCENARIO 2
Checklist
Size up the scene and form an initial impression about the nature of the person’s
YES NO injury or illness, and identify that the person does not have severe, life-threatening
bleeding. The scene size-up should include a check for safety, the number of
potential persons involved and if anyone else is available to help along with forming
the initial impression.
Because the person appears to be unresponsive, the responder should check the
person for responsiveness and breathing using the shout-tap�shout sequence. The
check for response and breathing should be at least 5, but no more than 10
seconds.
When the responder realizes the person is unresponsive and not breathing
normally, the responder should have the bystander call 9-1-1 or the designated
emergency number and get an AED if one is available.
The responder should position the person on their back on a firm flat surface
ensuring enough room to care for the person and begin CPR starting with
compressions.
 Scenario 3:
A frantic neighbor is knocking at your
door. She says that she cannot wake
Skills: Primary Assessment,
her sleeping roommate. She remembers
Recovery Position
that her roommate took some pills
about 2 hours ago, but she is not sure Materials: Mannequin
what they were or where her Roles: Rescuers, Bystanders
roommate keeps them. You enter and
see a person lying face-up on the couch
but not moving. You want to help. How
do you respond?
 SCENARIO 3
Checklist
Size up the scene and form an initial impression about the nature of the person’s
YES NO injury or illness, and identify that the person does not have severe, life-threatening
bleeding. The scene size-up should include a check for safety, the number of
potential persons involved and if anyone else is available to help along with forming
the initial impression.
Because the person appears to be unresponsive, the responder should check the
person for responsiveness and breathing using the shout-tap�shout sequence. The
check for response and breathing should be at least 5, but no more than 10
seconds.
When the responder realizes the person is unresponsive and not breathing
normally, the responder should have the bystander call 9-1-1 or the designated
emergency number and get an AED if one is available.
The responder should care for the person by putting the person in a recovery
position on their side and continuing to closely monitor the person if no injuries are
found during the head-to-toe check while waiting for EMS to arrive.
 Scenario 4:
It is early morning, and you
Skills: Primary Assessment, CPR,
are working out at the gym. AED
Only two other people are in Materials: Mannequin, AED, CPR
the weight room. When you Mask
finish, you realize you have to Roles: Rescuers, Bystanders
hurry or be late for class. As
you enter the locker room, you
are startled to see a body
lying motionless on the floor
next to a row of lockers. You
recognize the older person as
one who had been lifting
weights on a machine next to
you. You want to help. How do
you respond?
 SCENARIO 4
Checklist
Size up the scene and form an initial impression about the nature of the person’s
YES NO injury or illness, and identify that the person does not have severe, life-threatening
bleeding. The scene size-up should include a check for safety, the number of
potential persons involved and if anyone else is available to help along with forming
the initial impression.
Because the person appears to be unresponsive, the responder should check the
person for responsiveness and breathing using the shout-tap�shout sequence. The
check for response and breathing should be at least 5, but no more than 10
seconds.
When the responder realizes the person is unresponsive and not breathing
normally, the responder should have the bystander call 9-1-1 or the designated
emergency number and get an AED if one is available.
The responder should care for the person by putting the person in a recovery
position on their side and continuing to closely monitor the person if no injuries are
found during the head-to-toe check while waiting for EMS to arrive.
 Scenario 5:
You witness a bicyclist suddenly
Skills: Obtaining Consent, Using a
veer off the bike path, lose control Tourniquet, Applying Dressing
of the bike and crash in the rough and Bandage
gravel on the side of the road. A Materials: Mannequin, AED, CPR
bystander witnessed the crash and Mask
tells you that the bicyclist broke Roles: Rescuers, Bystanders
their fall with their body and did
not strike their head. The bicyclist
is wearing a helmet. As you
approach, you see the bicyclist
struggling to sit up, holding their
thigh and moaning. Blood is
spurting onto the pavement from a
large, deep gash on the bicyclist’s
thigh. You want to help. How do
you respond?
 SCENARIO 5
Checklist
Size up the scene and form an initial impression about the nature of the person’s
YES NO injury or illness, and identify that the person does not have severe, life-threatening
bleeding. The scene size-up should include a check for safety, the number of
potential persons involved and if anyone else is available to help along with forming
the initial impression.
Because there is severe, life-threatening bleeding, the responder should get
consent, begin to control the bleeding with any available resources starting with
direct pressure (the responder can instruct the person to hold pressure while
putting on PPE), and have a bystander call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency
number and get a first aid kit if one is available.
The responder should consider the use of a manufactured tourniquet to control
the bleeding before conducting a head-to-toe check.
Once bleeding is controlled the responder should monitor the person for signs and
symptoms of shock and care for the person in shock if the signs and symptoms
appear while waiting for EMS to arrive.
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