First Aid Unit

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First Aid Unit

• Skeletal System
• Emergency Preparedness
• Caring for injuries and emergencies

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Skeletal System

• Need to know
• -Upper and lower body bone names
• -Location on skeleton
• -Common injuries associated
• -Other well known names to describe

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First Aid Supplies

• With a partner,
• -Determine the use of the 25 items on your
  first aid supply checklist
• -Answer end of worksheet questions

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Injury Prevention

• Injury Risk Factors

• Injury Risk Factors
• Age
• Gender
• Location
• Economic Status
• Injury rates highest among people younger than
  38 years old.
• People 15-24 and 65 and older have the highest
  rate of DEATH related injuries

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Reducing Your Risk

• Products that offer automatic protection
• Know your risk
• Take measures that make a difference
• Think safety
• Learn and use first aid skills

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Vehicle Safety

• Buckle Up
• Infants facing rear of car
• Objects secured
• Animals on road
• Be aware
• Keep eyes on road, not phone

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Fire Safety

• Nearly 4,000 people die each year due to fires
• In 2/3 of these fires, smoke alarms were missing
  or not working

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What you can do

• 2nd floor ladder
• Check batteries regularly
• Fire escape route
• Space heaters away from fabric
• Fire extinguisher

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Now its your turn.

• Think of 5 safety recommendations for
• Home
• Think of 5 safety recommendations for
• Swimming, Running, etc.

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Muscular System

• Anatomy
• Injuries
• -Strains
• -Sprains
• Prevention

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Specific Muscle Actions

• Flexion Shortens angle of joint
• Extension Increases angle of joint

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Specific Muscle Actions

• 3. ABduction Moving limb away from body
• 4. Adduction
• Adding limb to body

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Frontalis

• Action
• 1. Lifts eyebrows

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Trapezius

• Actions
• 1. Move Scapula
• 2. Support Arm

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Deltoid

• Actions
• 1. Shoulder Abduction
• 2. Flexion
• 3. Extension

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Pectorails Major

• Actions
• 1. Arm Flexion
• 2. Arm Adduction

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Triceps Brachii

• Actions
• 1. Arm Extension

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Biceps Brachii

• Action
• 1. Elbow Flexion

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Latissimus Dorsi

• Action
• 1. Adducts Arm
• 2. Extends Arm

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Abdominal Muscles

• Action
• 1. Flexion

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Gluteus Maximus

• Action
• 1. Hip
• Extension

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Sartorius

• Action
• 1. Hip Flexion
• 2. Hip ABduction

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Biceps Femoris

• Action
• 1. Flexes Knee Joint
• 2. Extends Hip Joint

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Rectus Femoris

• Action
• 1. Knee Extension
• 2. Hip Flexion

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Gastrocnemius

• Action
• 1. Flexes Foot
• 2. Flexes Knee

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Common Injuries

• Strains tear or damage to muscle
• Muscle ----Tendon----Bone

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Common Injuries

• Sprains Ligament injury
• Bone------Ligament----Bone

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Treatment

• Ice
• NSAIDS (Advil)
• Elevation
• Compression
• Immobilization
• Support