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Immediate Action: First Aid Basics for Life-Threatening Emergencies

Learn the essentials of first aid, including CPR, severe bleeding, choking, and poisoning. Discover the American Red Cross's Check-Call-Care strategy and Good Samaritan Laws. Be prepared to handle critical situations effectively to save lives.

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Immediate Action: First Aid Basics for Life-Threatening Emergencies

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  1. “Taking Immediate Action Can Mean the Difference Between Life and Death” What is First Aid? The care first given to an injured or ill person until regular medical care can be supplied What strategy does the American Red Cross recommend? Check-Call-Care How do we know when a situation is life threatening? a.no breathing b.no heartbeat c.bleeding severely d.choking e. swallowed poison f. severely burned

  2. 4.When caring for someone, what do you want to avoid? coming in contact with their blood 5. What does CPR stand for? Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation 6. What is the point of CPR? it’s an attempt to restore heartbeat and breathing 7. When giving CPR, how many chest compressions do we give? 30 How many breaths do we give? 2

  3. Good Samaritan Laws ■ Move a person only if the person’s life were in danger. ■ Ask a conscious person for permission, also called consent, before giving care. ■ Check the person for life-threatening conditions before giving further care. ■ Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number. ■ Continue to give care until more highly trained personnel take over.

  4. Topics and page numbers • Severe Bleeding – page 314/190 497 • Choking – 314-315 496-497 • Poisoning – 316  • Burns – 316-317 498 • Breaks and Sprains – 317/134 498-499

  5. First Aid Assessment…. Be familiar with… *Accident chain: what it is, the parts, and how to break it *The specifics that each group presents to you *The 6 life threatening emergencies *check, call, care

  6. Expectations for Skits *No humor *All members talk *Detailed steps on caring for emergency (don’t forget using gloves, and check-call-care) *specific information included (See Mrs. Marinello) Props would be great! **you are expected to be an expert on your topic**

  7. 8. How should you care for someone who is severely bleeding? 1. Use gloves 2. Apply pressure to the wound 3. Lift the area above the heart 4. Reapply another cloth if needed

  8. 9. How should you care for someone who is choking? 1. Give 5 back blows 2. Give abdominal thrusts until the object comes out 10. How do you care for someone who has been poisoned? • Call your local poison control: 1800-222-1222 2. Stay near the person or provide care 3. Save the bottle or container that the poison was in

  9. 11. What kind of plants can be poisonous by contact?Poison ivyPoison sumacPoison oak

  10. 12. What part of the skin does a first degree burn affect? The outer layer 13. How would someone know if they have a 2nd degree burn? They will have blisters 14. Why is a 3rd degree burn very serious? It damages the deepest layers of skin that contain nerves

  11. 15. If someone has broken a bone, what shouldn’t you do? Move them! 16. If someone has a sprain (when a joint is twisted, stretched or torn) how should you treat it? P =  protect R =  rest I =  ice C =  compress E = elevate

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