FIRST AID ESSENTIALS

BY
EMMANUEL OSEI SARPONG
 First Aid
• An emergency care given before regular
medical aid can be obtained.
• Provision of initial care for an injury or illness
usually performed by a non-expert person
until definitive medical treatment can be
accessed.
• Series of simple and in some cases, potentially
life-saving techniques that an individual can
be trained to perform with minimal
equipment.
 Aims
• Preservation of life

• Prevention of further injury

• Promotion of recovery
 Rules for First Aid
• Be a good Samaritan
• Act as if you have been trained
• Get the consent of the casualty before giving care
• If possible avoid moving the victim
• Call for professional help
• Keep providing care until emergency personnel
arrive
 Being a First Aider
• Do your best
• Assess risk
• Know your responsibilities
• Give care with confidence
 Looking after yourself
• Personal safety
• Protection from infection
• Guidelines for preventing cross infection
• Dealing with waste
• Dealing with stress
 Regulations and legislation
• First aid at work

• First aid at mass gathering

 Action at an emergency
• Assess the situation

• Make the area safe

• Give emergency aid

• Get help from others

• Telephone for help

 Assessing a casualty
• Primary survey

• Secondary survey

• Assess symptoms

• Look for signs

 Examining a casualty- practical
• Head –to –toe survey
• 15 steps
 Treatment and aftercare
• Treatment priorities
• Care of personal belongings
• The use of medication
 Passing on information
• Record your observations

• Make a report
 assignment
• What is emergency medical service (EMS)?
• Enumerate the dependent links in the EMS chain
and tell the function(s) of each link
Thank you