FIRST AID

1
FIRST AID

• CHECK
• CALL
• CARE

2
CHECK

• IS THE SCENE SAFE TO HELP?
• WHAT HAPPENED?

3
CHECK

• HOW MANY VICTIMS?
• CAN ANY BYSTANDERS HELP?
• SHOUT FOR HELP!

4
CHECK

• DO NOT MOVE THE VICTIM!!

5
CALL

• CALL 911 OR O
• TELL 911 WHERE YOU ARE.
• GIVE 911 YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER.
• SLOWLY EXPLAIN THE EMERGENCY WHAT HAPPENED,HOW
  MAY VICTIMS.
• DO NOT HANG UP! 911 WILL HELP YOU!

6
CALL 911 WHEN THE VICTIM

• IS UNCONSCIOUS CANNOT WAKE UP
• HAS TROUBLE BREATHING
• HAS CHEST PAIN
• IS BLEEDING SEVERELY
• VOMITING BLOOD
• HAVING SEIZURES
• HAS SLURRED SPEECH CANNOT TALK
• POSSIBLE BROKEN BONES

7
CARE

• CHECK THE VICTIM
• TAP THE VICTIM AND SHOUT TO SEE IF THE PERSON
  RESPONDS.
• LOOK AND LISTEN FOR BREATHING. IF NOT BREATHING
  YELL FOR HELP!
• POSITION THE VICTIM ON THEIR SIDE.

8
CHOKING

• UNIVERSAL SIGN FOR CHOKING
• YELL FOR HELP!
• GIVE ABDOMINAL THRUSTS-THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER
• PLACE THUMB SIDE OF FIST AGAINST THE MIDDLE OF
  THE ABDOMEN JUST ABOVE THE NAVAL. GRASP FIST WITH
  OTHER HAND.
• GIVE QUICK, UPWARD THRUSTS.
• REPEAT UNTIL OBJECT IS COUGHED UP.
• IF VICTIM BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS YELL FOR HELP!

9
CONTROLL BLEEDING

• COVER WOUND WITH A DRESSING AND PRESS FIRMLY
  AGAINST THE WOUND WITH YOUR HAND.
• ELEVATE THE AREA ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HEART.
• WAIT FOR AN ADULT TO ARRIVE.

10
BURNS

• DO
• COOL A BURN BY FLUSHING WITH COOL WATER
• COVER A BURN WITH A DRY, CLEAN CLOTH
• KEEP VICTIM WARM

• DONT
• APPLY ICE
• TOUCH BURN WITH A DIRTY COVERING
• BREAK BLISTERS
• USE ANY OINTMENT

11
BITES AND STINGS

• INSECT BITES
• STINGER MAY BE PRESENT, PAIN, SWELLING, POSSIBLE
  ALLERGIC REACTION
• SPIDER BITES
• BITE MARK, SWELLING, PAIN, NAUSEA VOMITING,
  DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR SWALLOWING

• REMOVE STINGER-SCRAPE IT AWAY
• WASH WOUND COVER
• APPLY COLD PACK
• WASH WOUND AND APPLY A COLD PACK
• GET MEDICAL CARE IMMEDIATELY
• CALL 911 IF NECESSARY

12
BITES AND STINGS

• OCEAN LIFE STINGS
• POSSIBLE MARKS, PAIN, SWELLING, POSSIBLE ALLERGIC
  REACTION
• SNAKE BITES
• BITE MARK AND PAIN

• JELLYFISH SOAK AREA IN VINEGAR
• STING RAY SOAK AREA IN HOT WATER UNTIL PAIN
  GOES AWAY.
• CLEAN BANDAGE WOUND
• WASH WOUND
• KEEP BITTEN PART STILL LOWER THAN THE LEVEL OF
  THE HEART
• CALL 911

13
BITES AND STINGS

• ANIMAL BITES
• BITE MARK
• BLEEDING

• WASH WOUND
• CONTROL BLEEDING
• APPLY ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT AND COVER
• CALL 911 IF NECESSARY
• CALL ANIMAL CONTROLL