Unit 1 Emergency Response

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Unit 1Emergency Response

• PE 216 Emergency Response

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Emergency Response

• Responsibility to save lives
• Patient Assessment
• Activation of Emergency Medical Services
• Rescue Breathing
• One/Two Rescuer Adult-Child-Infant CPR
• Automated External Defibrillation
• Basic First Aid

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Certification

• Important to become certified and keep up to
  date/maintain certification
• Standardizes care
• Allows for skill updates with new research
• Re-certification acts as a skills refresher

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Preparing for Emergencies

• Unexpected in timing and severity
• Athletes are at an increased risk
• Immediate recognition and treatment is crucial
• Develop emergency procedures
• Practice procedures with all involved in patient
  care

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Professional Rescuer

• Health care professionals who have a
  responsibility to respond to emergencies
• Examples
• Nurses
• Firefighters/Police Officers
• Life-guards
• Athletic Trainers
• Physical Therapists
• Coaches/Teachers

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American Red Cross

• Certifications in Healthcare/Wellness Services
• Certification Levels
• First Aid
• CPR/AED for Layperson Basic CPR/AED
• Professional Rescuer Advanced CPRdirected
  towards healthcare providers and public service
  workers
• You will be certified as a professional rescuer
  upon completion of the course and passing the
  American Red Cross Exam with at least 80

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Responsibilities of the Professional Rescuer

• Applying classroom techniques to real life
• Ensuring personal safety
• Safely gaining access to victims
• Determining life-threatening injuries/illnesses
• Activating EMS
• Providing transitional care between lay
  responders and EMS Care
• Assisting advanced medical personnel

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Responsibilities

• Professionalism
• Deal with persons at the low points of life
• Respond calmly and patiently
• Continuing Education
• Renewing certifications bi-annually
• Controlling your own fears
• Maintaining a healthy lifestyle

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Patient Chain of Survival

• Necessary sequence to give patients the best
  chance of survival
• Recognition by lay responders
• Early activation of EMS
• Professional rescuer care
• Pre-hospital care by advanced medical personnel
• Hospital Care
• Rehabilitation

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Activating EMS

• 911 and E-911 Systems
• Most areas have 911 or E-911 in place
• Some areas still use seven digit phone
• Divided by geographic locations
• Usually county or city

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Activating EMS

• Let the dispatcher ask
• the questions!
• Information to have
• ready for dispatcher
• Your Name
• Your Location
• Phone Number
• Number/Age/Gender of Patients
• Patient Condition
• Care Being Provided
• Never hang up on 911let them do it!

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Activating EMS

• After dispatcher hangs up
• Report back to scene and inform personnel that
  EMS is on the way
• Make sure all gates are open and entrances are
  cleared
• Meet the ambulance
• and direct the EMTs
• to the patient

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Conclusions

• Emergencies are Life-Changing Events
• Promptness and Quality of Care can change
  someones life good or bad
• Learn skills necessary to provide best care
  available
• Not learn for the test materiallearn it for
  life!