HOME EMERGENCY GUIDE

TAUFIQ ABDULLAH,MD
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF BRAWIJAYA
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF SAIFUL ANWAR HOSPITAL
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
 RELIEF CHOKING

American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
 HEART ATTACK
• MAKE VICTIM COMFORTABLE
• SUMMON HELP
• Dial 119/118. Tell the dispatcher that you are with
someone who is probably having a heart attack.
• Call the victim’s doctor, if you are requested to do so.
• HELP WITH MEDICATION
• MONITOR CONDITION
• Check and record the victim’s breathing, pulse, and
level of consciousness until medical help arrives.

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 STROKE
• LAY VICTIM DOWN
• Make the victim comfortable by laying her
down and supporting her head and
shoulders slightly with cushions or rolled-up
blankets.
• Tilt her face to one side to allow any fluid to
drain out of her mouth, and wipe her face
with a washcloth. Alternatively, place
something absorbent on her shoulder to
soak up the fluid.
• Loosen restrictive clothing around her neck
and chest.
• SUMMON HELP
• MONITOR VICTIM

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 ASTHMA ATTACK
• CALM VICTIM
• Sit the victim down in a
comfortable position.
Leaning forwards is
usually best.
• PROVIDE MEDICATION
• Give the victim her
reliever inhaler, and ask
her to take a dose.
• REPEAT THE DOSE
• Tell her to inform her
doctor if the attack
was unusually severe.
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 EYE CHEMICAL
FOREIGN OBJECT • RINSE EYE
• If the victim cannot open his eye,
• SIGN & SYMPTOM
use your finger and thumb to
• Eye pain or discomfort
• Blurred vision
gently separate the two eyelids.
• Red or watering eye • Hold the affected eye under
• EXAMINE EYE gently running cold water for at
• Sit the victim down so that she is facing the least 10 minutes.
light. • Be careful that water being
• Using two fingers, gently separate the upper rinsed from the injured eye does
and lower eyelids so that you can examine not drain into the other eye or
the eye.
splash either you or the victim.
• FLUSH OUT OBJECT
• If it is easier, use a jug or glass to
• If you can see something floating on the
white of the eye or trapped under the lower pour water onto the eye.
lid, try to flush it out with clean water.
• SEEK MEDICAL HELP
• LIFT OFF OBJECT
• Do not use any pressure
• INSPECT UPPER EYELID
• Look under the upper eyelid to see if a
foreign object has lodged there. To remove
it, ask the victim to grasp the upper lashes
and pull the eyelid over the lower one.
• SEEK MEDICAL HELP
 • If blood seeps through the
BLEEDING dressing, cover it with
another one. If bleeding
• CONTROL BLOOD FLOW continues, remove both
• If necessary, remove or cut dressings and apply a fresh
away any clothing to expose one.
the wound.
• SUMMON HELP
• Press the wound firmly for 10
minutes, or longer if • MONITOR VICTIM
necessary, until the bleeding • Watch for signs of shock
stops.
• Cover the injury with a sterile
wound dressing, a clean pad if
you have one, or with your
hand.
• LAY VICTIM DOWN
• SECURE DRESSING
• Bandage the wound dressing
firmly but not too tightly
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 NOSE BLEED
• If, after 30 minutes, the nose is
• CONTROL BLEEDING still bleeding, take her to the
• Seat the victim with her head hospital. Keep her leaning
leaning forward over a bowl. forward.
• Ask her to pinch her nose just • CLEAN VICTIM
below the bridge and to breathe • When the bleeding has stopped,
through her mouth. If the victim clean the blood away with
is a child, pinch it for her. lukewarm water, ensuring that
the victim is still leaning forward.
• Tell her to avoid coughing,
• Tell the victim to rest for a while.
spitting, sniffing, swallowing, or
• Advise her not to blow her nose
speaking, since any of these as it could disturb the blood clots.
actions could disturb a blood
clot.
• ASSESS SITUATION
• After 10 minutes, release the
pressure on the victim’s nose.
• If the bleeding continues when the
pressure is released, pinch her nose
for 10 more minutes.
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FEBRILE
SEIZURE
SEVERE BURNS
MINOR BURNS
SPRAINS AND
STRAINS
FAINTING
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POISON
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