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    First Aid: Context and Issues: Training Packages For Health Emergencies

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    First Aid: Context and Issues: Training Packages For Health Emergencies

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    The document discusses first aid, including its definition as immediate care provided by laypeople to injury or illness victims using limited skills. It covers first aid's role in emergencies and disasters, goals of first aid like preventing further injury, and limitations like relying on minimal equipment. The responsibilities of first aid providers and characteristics of effective providers are outlined. The document also addresses protecting providers' well-being, including dangers from environments and humans, as well as handling situations like intoxicated or refusing victims.

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    The document discusses first aid, including its definition as immediate care provided by laypeople to injury or illness victims using limited skills. It covers first aid's role in emergencies and disasters, goals of first aid like preventing further injury, and limitations like relying on minimal equipment. The responsibilities of first aid providers and characteristics of effective providers are outlined. The document also addresses protecting providers' well-being, including dangers from environments and humans, as well as handling situations like intoxicated or refusing victims.

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    First Aid: Context and Issues: Training Packages For Health Emergencies

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    Kylah Joy Bautista
    The document discusses first aid, including its definition as immediate care provided by laypeople to injury or illness victims using limited skills. It covers first aid's role in emergencies and disasters, goals of first aid like preventing further injury, and limitations like relying on minimal equipment. The responsibilities of first aid providers and characteristics of effective providers are outlined. The document also addresses protecting providers' well-being, including dangers from environments and humans, as well as handling situations like intoxicated or refusing victims.

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    FOR HEALTH EMERGENCIES

    First Aid: Context and Issues

    Standard First Aid


    (SFA)
    11/23/21 1
    Objective
    • Understand the general context of the
    practice of first aid

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    First Aid
    provision by a layperson
    (a bystander or the victim himself)
    of immediate care to a victim of injury or illness,
    usually performed within a limited skill range
    and with minimal or no medical equipment

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    Standard First Aid (SFA) HEALTH EMERGENCIES 03\
    First Aid and Responding to
    Emergencies & Disasters

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    Standard First Aid (SFA) HEALTH EMERGENCIES 03\
    First Aid and Responding to
    Emergencies & Disasters

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    First Aid and Responding to
    Emergencies & Disasters

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    Preparedness

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    First Aid and Responding to
    Emergencies & Disasters

    DISASTER
    IMPACT

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    Disaster
    Disaster Impact
    Impact

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    Response

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    First Aid and Responding to
    Emergencies & Disasters

    DISASTER
    IMPACT

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    Goals of First Aid

    • PREVENT further injury

    • PRESERVE life

    • PROMOTE recovery

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    Limitations of First Aid
    provision by a layperson
    (a bystander or the victim himself)
    of immediate care to a victim of injury or illness,
    usually performed within a limited skill range
    and with minimal or no medical equipment

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    Responsibilities of the First Aid Provider
    • BRIDGE THE GAP between the victim and the
    physician
    • ENSURE HIS OWN SAFETY, that of the victim’s,
    and of bystanders
    • GAIN ACCESS to the victim
    • DETERMINE THREATS to the victim’s life
    • CALL FOR MORE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE as
    needed
    • PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE to the victim
    • ASSIST EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
    (EMTs) and other personnel when they arrive
    • REMEMBER ALL ASSESSMENTS AND CARE
    given to the victim TRAINING PACKAGES FOR
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    Characteristics of an Effective First Aid Provider

    • Gentle

    • Resourceful

    • Observant

    • Tactful

    • Empathetic

    • Respectable
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    Protecting the First Aid Provider’s Well-being

    NEVER
    place yourself in
    a dangerous
    situation.

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    Danger

    • Environmental danger - any danger in the


    physical surroundings

    • Human danger - danger from people at the


    scene, which can be intentional or
    accidental

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    Environmental Danger

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    Environmental Danger: What to do

    • Seek help immediately; keep a safe


    distance from physical dangers

    • Move the victim away from physical


    dangers

    • Eliminate the danger if it can be done


    safely

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    Human Danger

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    Human Danger

    • From the victim of the injury

    • From the victim’s relatives

    • From the inflicter of the injury

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    Tell the victim…

    • Who you are

    • Why you are with them

    • What you are going to do

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    When victims refuse your help

    • intoxicated

    • unreasonable

    • victim is a minor

    • suffering from learning difficulties

    • persons refusing on behalf of the victim

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    Police assistance in emergencies

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    First Aid: Context and Issues
    • What is First Aid
    • First Aid and Responding to Emergencies & Disasters

    • Goals of First Aid


    • Limitations of First Aid
    • Responsibilities of the First Aid Provider
    • Characteristics of the Effective First Aid Provider
    • Protecting the First Aid Provider’s Well-Being
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