The First

Responder
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What is a First Responder?
Types of First Responder. First Responder Equipment. Purpose
of Emergency Medical Service.

What an ambulance is and its

function.
What is basic life support? (BLS)What is advanced life support?
(ALS)

Equipment, apparatus, and

Accident and Emergency Unit

medical supplies in an

Types of Hospital.
introduction
First Responders are vital in emergencies,
offering immediate assistance that can save lives.
Trained professionals, they're the first to arrive at
accident or medical crisis scenes. This will cover
the concept of First Responders, their types,
equipment, the role of Emergency Medical Services
(EMS), ambulance functions, Basic Life Support (BLS)
versus Advanced Life Support (ALS), and the essential
gear in Accident and Emergency Units. We'll also
touch on various types of hospitals where
emergency care is provided. Let's explore the world
of First Responders and emergency medical services.
 What is a First Responder?
A First Responder is a trained individual who is
the first to arrive at the scene of an emergency.
Their primary duty is to provide immediate
assistance and care to those in need, stabilizing
the situation until more advanced medical help
arrives.
 Types of First
Responder:

Emergency medical
Paramedics technicians (EMTs) Firefighters Police Trained civilians.
Paramedics are Are healthcare Firefighters are
responders trained
officers
Police officers are Trained civilians
individuals with CPR
highly trained providers trained to first law enforcement are
medical administer immediate to combat fires and personnel with and first aid skills
professionals medical care at provide emergency basic medical
accident aid training
scenes.
First Responder
equipment

You will probably carry little

in the way of emergency care
equipment, tools and supplies.
You may have access to some
equipment, however, and a
good knowledge of ideal Jack
equipment will allow you to Gloves
use, the following items: Screwdrivers
Jack handle
Tools to reach the Hammer
Plier
patient. Knife
Rope
 Purpose of emergency medical service:
Emergency inedicalservices exists to
fulfill the basic principles of first aid,
which are to Preserve Life, Preveit
Further Injury, and Promote Recovery. T
his common theme in medicine is
demonstrated by the "star of life". The
Star of Life shown here, where each of
the 'arms' to the star represent one of
the six points.
which are used to represent the six stages of high quality pre-
hospital care, which are:
1. Earlydetection
-members of the public, or another agency, find the
incident and understand the problem
2. Early reporting
-the first persons on scene make a call to the emergency
medical services and provide details to enable a response
to bemounted
3. Early response
-the first professional (EMS) rescuers arrive on scene
as quickly as possible, enabling care to begin
4. Good on-scene care
-the emergency medical service provides appropriate
and timely interventions to treat the patient at the
scene of the incident
 5. Care in 6. Transfer to
transit definitive care
-the emergency -the patient is
medical service handed over to an
load the patient in appropriate care
to suitable …….. setting, such as the
transport and
continue to provide emergency
appropriate medical department at a
care throughout hospital, in to the
the journey care of physicians
 What is an ambulance
and its function:
WHAT IS AN FUNCTION
AMBULANCE
It's staffed by EMTs or
An ambulance is a specially paramedics who can
equipped vehicle used for administer care en route.
transporting patients to Ambulances are equipped
hospitals or medical with medical supplies and
facilitie equipment necessary for
stabilizing patients during
s.
transport.
 Basic life support (BLS):
First responder
BLS refers to the fundamental life-saving skills and
care
provided to individuals in emergency situations.
A FR is the initial person trained in basic life support
who
arrives at an emergency scene. They can be dispatched
by
the ambulance service or may be individuals with some
medical training, such as CPR, first aid, and AED use.
SWOT
Ambulance care assistant
ACAs have varying levels of training
role is patient transport, including cases
worldwide. In some countries, their primary
involving stretchers or wheelchairs, rather
than acute medical care.
Ambulance driver
Some jurisdictions employ ambulance
drivers
whose primary responsibility is to operate
the
ambulance.
Emergencymedical technician/ dispacher
An Emergency Medical Dispatcher, also known as an
EMD, is an essential component of the EMS system.
These highly trained dispatch personnel play a
crucial
role by offering "pre-arrival" instructions to
individuals
reporting medical emergencies. EMTs possess diverse
emergency care skills, including automated
defibrillation,
spinal injury care, and oxygen therapy.
S.O.S

What is advanced life support?

(ALS)
ALS involves more advanced medical interventions
provided by paramedics or specialized responders.
This includes administering medications, intubation,
and monitoring vital signs. ALS is typically
employed for more critical medical situations.
 Equipment, apparatus,
Accident and Emergency Units in hospitals are
equipped with a wide range of medical supplies and
and medical
equipment, including diagnostic tools, surgical supplies in an Accident
instruments, ventilators, and emergency and Emergency Unit.
medications. This allows them to address a broad
spectrum of medical emergencies.

ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY UNIT

GURNEY AND STERILIZED GAUZE
WHEELCHAIR AND OXYGEN TANKS AND HOLDERS
Pediatric nebulizer

Blood pressuereaparatus

Digital BP cuff
Types OF
HOSPITAL
.
Some patients go to a hospital just for
diagnosis, treatment, or therapy and
then leave ('outpatients') without
staying overnight; while others are
'admitted' and stay overnight or for
several days or weeks or months
('inpatients'). Hospitals usually are
distinguished from other types of
medical facilities by their ability to
admit and care for inpatients whilst
the others often are described as
clinics.
 Specialized
General Types of specialized hospitals include
The best-known type of trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals,
children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric)
hospital is the general
hospital, which is set
Distric hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with
up to deal with many specific medical needs such as psychiatric
kinds of disease and t
A district hospital
typically is the major
problems (see psychiatric hospital),
injury, and normally certain disease categories such as
health care facility in
has an emergency cardiac, oncology, or
its region, with large
department to deal with orthopedic problems, and so forth
numbers of beds for
immediate and urgent intensive care and long-
threats to health. term care.
 Teaching Clinics
A teaching hospital
The medical facility smaller than a
combines assistance to
hospital is generally called a clinic,
people with teaching to
and often is run by a government
medical students and
agency for health services or a
nurses and often is
private partnership of physicians (in
linked to a medical
nations where private practiseis
school, nursing school
allowed). Clinics generally provide
or only outpatient services.
university.
Thank you