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Comprehensive First Aid and Injury Prevention Guide

Learn essential first aid skills, understand skeletal and muscular systems, prevent injuries, and reduce risks with practical tips. Explore common injury types, treatment methods, and safety recommendations for various scenarios.

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Comprehensive First Aid and Injury Prevention Guide

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  1. First Aid Unit • Skeletal System • Emergency Preparedness • Caring for injuries and emergencies

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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

  7. 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

  8. What you can do • 2nd floor ladder • Check batteries regularly • Fire escape route • Space heaters away from fabric • Fire extinguisher

  9. Now its your turn…. • Think of 5 safety recommendations for Home • Think of 5 safety recommendations for Swimming, Running, etc.

  10. Muscular System • Anatomy • Injuries -Strains -Sprains • Prevention

  11. Specific Muscle Actions • Flexion: Shortens angle of joint • Extension: Increases angle of joint

  12. Specific Muscle Actions 3. ABduction: Moving limb away from body 4. Adduction: Adding limb to body

  13. Frontalis • Action: 1. Lifts eyebrows

  14. Trapezius • Actions: 1. Move Scapula 2. Support Arm

  15. Deltoid • Actions: • 1. Shoulder Abduction • 2. Flexion • 3. Extension

  16. Pectorails Major • Actions: 1. Arm Flexion 2. Arm Adduction

  17. Triceps Brachii • Actions: 1. Arm Extension

  18. Biceps Brachii • Action: 1. Elbow Flexion

  19. Latissimus Dorsi • Action: 1. Adducts Arm 2. Extends Arm

  20. Abdominal Muscles • Action: 1. Flexion

  21. Gluteus Maximus • Action: 1. Hip Extension

  22. Sartorius • Action: 1. Hip Flexion 2. Hip ABduction

  23. Biceps Femoris • Action: 1. Flexes Knee Joint 2. Extends Hip Joint

  24. Rectus Femoris • Action: 1. Knee Extension 2. Hip Flexion

  25. Gastrocnemius • Action: 1. Flexes Foot 2. Flexes Knee

  26. Common Injuries • Strains: tear or damage to muscle Muscle ----Tendon----Bone

  27. Common Injuries • Sprains: Ligament injury Bone------Ligament----Bone

  28. Treatment • Ice • NSAIDS (Advil) • Elevation • Compression • Immobilization • Support

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