FIRST AID in EMERGENCIES

Together, we pledge to be life

savers!
TEAM: Dr Saifa Latheef, Consultant EM & Dr Sarthak Mishra, MD Resident EM
Department of Emergency Medicine
Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida
WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE TRAINED IN FIRST AID?

• To identify life threatening emergencies.

• Initial management of these emergencies prior reaching a hospital.
• Heat related Emergencies
• Thermal and Electrical Injuries
• Chemical Spills and Burns
• Bites and Stings
• Sprains, fractures
• Wounds and Bleeding
• Choking
• CPR
 WHAT IS FIRST
AID?

First aid sometimes referred to as EMERGENCY AID is the first skilled [acceptable]
assistance given to a victim (sick or injured) on the occurrence of accident or
sudden illness in order to preserve life.

You can say ‘first aid is just common sense’, but it is so

much more.
HEAT RELATED EMERGENCIES
WHAT TO DO???
BURNS AND SPILLS
 THERMAL
BURNS
•More than 4.5lakhs/year*
•Children and elderly at risk
FIRST AID MANAGEMENT OF
BURNS
EYE INJURIES
BITES AND STINGS

1. DOG BITE
2. INSECT STINGS/ BITES
3. SNAKE
BITES
BLEEDING WOUNDS
BLUNT TRAUMA AND BONY INJURIES
FAINTING SPELL

108
CHOKING
 THE FIRST
• Torch – Battery powered. AID KIT
• Sterile hand gloves – for use on cuts, wounds, abrasions etc.
• Antiseptic liquid – for use on cuts, wounds, abrasions, bites.
• Crepe Bandage – to cover sprains and/ or use on blunt injury of limbs/ joints.
• Triangular bandage - Compressed roller bandage – For use on wound with gauze or in making sling and tie splints.
• Surgical cotton rolls – for cleaning e.g. clearing dirt, grime and debris with water/ antiseptic solution.
• Adhesive plaster/ tape – to hold bandage in place.
• Adhesive bandage – to use on cuts/ wounds over body parts that may not require use of large bandages (if needed hair
should be shaved to prevent discomfort or further injury)
• Sterile Gauze – to cover cuts, wounds or abrasions for preventing infection.
• Eye Pads – Covering an injured.
• Sterilised paraffin Gauze – to use on burn or scald before covering ii with any bandage.
• Silver sulfadiazine ointment – Used on burns and scalds.
• Mouth to mouth resuscitator – Used in assisting mouth to mouth breathing. An infectionbarrier for performing artificial
respiration as part of CPR.
• Scissor – For cutting bandage, cloth, tape etc.
• ORS packets – Oral rehydration solution packets.
• Glucose powder – To be mixed with water as a drink for quick energy and/ or rehydration.
• Forceps – Can be used to hold sterile gauze or access areas that may not be easy to reach.
• Safety pins – For holding bandages or clothes in place.
1. Your colleague suddenly fainted in the office. What is the best step
you’d do?
2. Your wife has suffered a burn while working in the kitchen. The area
appears red with no blister. Next step?
3. While jogging, your friend got bit by a snake. What will you do?
4. Your friend while playing cricket in the afternoon suddenly
developed giddiness and excessive sweating. What will you do?
5. While working in the factory, a chemical spilled onto your eyes.
What will you do?
CPR