iCBSE will help you to make your school project on Pocket Guide on First Aid

The First Aid pocket guide should contain aid that needs to be given or ractures! poisoning!
cuts and burns! heat and cold wave and other threats that are prevalent in that area" The
content shared in the guide should be supported with ade#uate pictures so as to give a clear
and elaborate understanding about the topic" Choose awareness campaign strategy or either
senior citi$ens or illiterate people and prepare a brie write%up"
&ou need to irst arrange it! irst the cover page should have a red cross! then it should have
an inde' ( it is necessary) the cover page can be o light blue colour with a red crosses bo'
picture"&ou can use the red red cross pictures that we have posted in the end o this article"
It should include DRABCD :
*anger
+esponse
Airway
Breathing
Compressions,Circulation
*ephibrilation
Below is the list of supplies you should hae in your First Aid :
-lastic bandages
Transpore tape
Alcohol preps
Adhesive bandages
.icropore tape
/au$e
E'tra large plastic
bandages
0odine prep pads
Fingertip bandages
Sterile pads
Antiseptic towelettes
1nuckle bandages
Antiseptic ointment
Ammonia inhalant
Sponge packs
0nstant ice packs
Sterile eye wash
Elastic bandages
Eye pads
Saety pins
First aid cream
Bandage scissors
Twee$ers
Butterly bandages
2ater tight utility
bo' or contents
Burn gel to treat burns
Burn bandages
Adhesive spots
E'tra large strips
Surgical tape
Sponges
-ain reliever
2hat is the aim o First Aid 3
The key aims o irst aid can be summarised in three key points
-reserve lie is the overriding aim o all medical care! including irst aid! is to save lives
-revent urther harm also sometimes called preventing the condition worsening! this covers
both e'ternal actors! such as moving a patient away rom a cause o harm! and applying irst
aid techni#ues to prevent worsening o the condition! such as applying pressure to stop a
bleed becoming dangerous"
-romote recovery 4 irst aid also involves trying to start the recovery process rom the illness
or injury! and in some cases might involve completing a treatment! such as in the case o
applying a plaster to a small wound"
First aid training oten also incorporates the prevention o initial injury and responder saety!
as well as the treatment phases"
2hen First Aid is +e#uired 3
Altitude sickness! which can begin in susceptible people at altitudes as low as 5!666 eet! can
cause potentially atal swelling o the brain or lungs"
Anaphyla!is! a lie%threatening condition in which the airway can become constricted and the
patient may go into shock" The reaction can be caused by a systemic allergic reaction to
allergens such as insect bites or peanuts" Anaphyla'is is initially treated with injection o
epinephrine"
Battleield First aid 4 This protocol reers to treating shrapnel! gunshot wounds! burns! bone
ractures! etc" as seen either in the 7traditional8 battleield setting or in an area subject to
damage by large scale weaponry! such as a bomb blast or other terrorist activity"
Bone racture! a break in a bone initially treated by stabili$ing the racture with a splint"
Burns! which can result in damage to tissues and loss o body luids through the burn site"
Chokin"! blockage o the airway which can #uickly result in death due to lack o o'ygen i the
patient8s trachea is not cleared! or e'ample by the 9eimlich .aneuver"
Childbirth"
Cramps in muscles due to lactic acid build up caused either by inade#uate o'ygenation o
muscle or lack o water or salt"
:oint dislocation"
*iving disorders resulting rom too much pressure"
;ear drowning or asphy'iation"
/astrointestinal bleeding"
/ender%speciic conditions! such as dysmenorrhea and testicular torsion"
9eart attack! or inade#uate blood low to the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle"
#eat stroke! also known as sunstroke or hyperthermia! which tends to occur during heavy
e'ercise in high humidity! or with inade#uate water! though it may occur spontaneously in
some chronically ill persons" Sunstroke! especially when the victim has been unconscious!
oten causes major damage to body systems such as brain! kidney! liver! gastric tract"
<nconsciousness or more than two hours usually leads to permanent disability" Emergency
treatment involves rapid cooling o the patient"
#eat syncope! another stage in the same process as heat stroke! occurs under similar
conditions as heat stroke and is not distinguished rom the latter by some authorities"
#eay $leedin"! treated by applying pressure (manually and later with a pressure bandage)
to the wound site and elevating the limb i possible"
9yperglycemia! or diabetic coma"
9ypoglycemia! or insulin shock"
#ypother%ia! or E'posure! occurs when a person8s core body temperature alls below ==">?C
(@A"B?F)" First aid or a mildly hypothermic patient includes rewarming! but rewarming a
severely hypothermic person could result in a atal arrhythmia! an irregular heart rhythm"
0nsect and animal bites and stings"
.uscle strain"
Poisonin"! which can occur by injection! inhalation! absorption! or ingestion"
Sei$ures! or a malunction in the electrical activity in the brain" Three types o sei$ures include
a
grand mal (which usually eatures convulsions as well as temporary respiratory abnormalities!
change in skin comple'ion! etc) and petit mal (which usually eatures twitching! rapid blinking!
and,or idgeting as well as altered consciousness and temporary respiratory abnormalities)"
&prain! a temporary dislocation o a joint that immediately reduces automatically but may
result in ligament damage"
&troke! a temporary loss o blood supply to the brain"
Sucking chest wound! a lie threatening hole in the chest which can cause the chest cavity to
ill with air and prevent the lung rom illing! treated by covering with an occlusive dressing to
let air out but not in"
'oothache! which can result in severe pain and loss o the tooth but is rarely lie threatening!
unless over time the inection spreads into the bone o the jaw and starts osteomyelitis"
2ounds and bleeding! including laceration! incision and abrasion! and avulsion"
Pocket First Aid ( CPR Guide
Be prepared AC,> or a medical emergency"
2hether you8re at home! on the road! or in the woods! :ive .edia8s -ocket First Aid D C-+
/uide is at your ingertips with concise! clear instructions to care or you and your loved ones"
*o$ens o articles! including C-+! the 9eimlich .aneuver! bites! bruises! burns! sei$ures!
diabetic emergencies! and many more" All articles are stored on your i-hone! so you can
provide irst aid even when out o cell phone range"
Enter your medical inormation on the .y 0no tab" Save your doctor8s contact inormation
along with your hospital! emergency contacts! allergies! and medications" &ou can also save
your insurance inormation or #uick access"
First aid can and does save lives" Be as prepared as possibleE
FeaturesF
4 Articles are grouped by category or #uick access
4 First aid instructions are available even when out o cell%phone range" -erect or wilderness
outings"
4 Ginked articles! or #uick access
4 First aid kit inormation
4 Save you medical inormation or #uick retrieval" Gook up your doctor or emergency contacts
with a single click"
4 Store your insurance inormation in an easy%to%access location"
&ou surely got a paper guiding you to the other projects o which one o them was irst aid
guide no 3 i not then here it is
-repare a pocket guide on First Aid or your school" The First Aid pocket guide should contain
aid that needs to be given or ractures! poisoning! cuts and burns! heat and cold wave and
other threats that are prevalent in that area" The content shared in the guide should be
supported with ade#uate pictures so as to give a clear and elaborate understanding about the
topic" Choose awareness campaign strategy or either senior citi$ens or illiterate people and
prepare a brie write%up"
(;ote or the TeachersF The project can be carried out by a group o students in a class and
work can be e#ually divided amongst the students so that the teachers are able to evaluate
them easily" *octors! local health practitioners! trained volunteers o +ed Cross and
proessionals rom other agencies,bodies,institutes! proicient in this ield can be consulted to
prepare the irst%aid pocket guide" This guide can be printed by the school administration and
shared with all the students! teachers and other sta members o the school" 0t can be used
as a ready reckoner or any First Aid related inormation"
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/FirstAidIndex/FLUSHCACHE=0U!
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