First Aid Flashcards
Define first aid
What must be done before delivering first aid?
The initial assistance or treatment given to someone who is injured or suddenly taken ill.
Ensure consent is given
What are the 7 priorities of first aid when arriving at an incident?
What’s the acronym
- Assess the situation
(weather/secondary hazards) - Protect yourself and casualties
(eg/chemicals/pile up and telling passenger to turn away from driver to prevent panick) - Assess all causalities (loud and quiet)
- Comfort and reassure casualties
- Deal with life threatening conditions
- Obtain medical aid if necessary
- Call ambulance
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How must you assess the casualty?
What’s the acronym? Within this, what are you looking for in each step? (Also acronyms)
DRABC
DANGER
To self or casualty
RESPONSE (AVU)
Alert (hello can you hear me)
Voice (can you speak)
Unresponsive
AIRWAY (CMM)
Check (need cleared?)
Make
Maintain
BREATHING (LLF)
Look (rise and fall of chest)
Listen
Feel (back of hand for 10 s)
CIRCULATION (VPI)
Visual check for life threatening bleeds (squeeze thumb)
Pooling of blood
Gloves worn if available (pat down checking hands after each section)
List 5 causes of shock
Hypothermia
Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction)
Burns and fluid loss (blood/vomit)
Drug overdose
Heart attacks
What are the 3 signs and symptoms of the first release of adrenaline following shock?
Rapid pulse
Pale, cold, clammy skin (adrenaline takes warm blood to organs)
Sweating (body out of sync)
RPS
What are the 5 signs and symptoms of the development of shock and release of adrenaline?
Weakness and dizziness
Thirst, nausea, possible vomiting
Shallow rapid breathing (panick)
Weak thready pulse (due to blood volume loss)
Grey blue skin (hyperventilating)
WTBWG
What are the 3 signs and symptoms of shock when the brains oxygen supply weakens once adrenaline is released?
Relentlessness and aggressiveness
Yawning (lack of oxygen)
Unconsciousness/heart stops
RYU
What are the 7 steps to treating a causality of shock?
Treat cause of shock
Lay casualty down (stop falls), then raise and support legs
Loosen tight clothing (can make feel constricted during deep breaths)
Shelter casualty from extreme temperatures
Call for med aid (999/112-can track)
Monitor and record vital signs
Prepare to resuscitate
TLSSCMP
What are the DO NOTS when treating someone suffering from shock?
Don’t give anything to eat/drink (incase are sick/need op)
Don’t apply direct heat
Don’t allow smoking (further starves brain of oxygen)
Don’t leave casualty alone
What are 6 common triggers of anaphylactic shock? (Allergic reaction)
Nuts
Shellfish
Eggs
Wasps
Latex
Medications (eg/penicillin)
What are 4 signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock?
Red, itchy rash/raised areas of skin
Red, itchy watery eyes
Swelling of hands, feet, face
Abdominal pain
RSA
Aside from the initial 4 signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock (RSA), what 6 other symptoms might there be?
Difficulty breathing
Pale/flushed skin
Swelling of tongue throat, puffy eyes
Feeling of terror
Confusion and agitation (lack of oxygen to brain
Sign of shock leading to collapse and lack of consciousness
DPSFCS
What are the 5 steps to treating someone suffering an anaphylactic shock?
Call 999
Auto injector (epipen)
Sit casualty up
Monitor and record
5 min repeat dosage if no improvement
When should you stop CPR?
What is the rate of compressions per minute?
-Begins breathing normally
-Change over people
100-120 per minute
What is the approximate number of adult breaths per minute?
What is the ratio for breaths to compressions?
16 breaths a minute at rest
30:2
What should be done if you still dont see the chest rise during CPR?
Re-check head and chin tilt, airways (if blocked, Pinch not Sweep as could lodge further in throat
What are the 6 signs and symptoms of obstruction in airway?
Distress (to extent of grasping)
Noisy, laboured breathing
Cyanosis (grey/blue skin)
Flaring of nostrils (trying to get as much as possible)
Red puffy face
Persistent dry cough
What are the 2 parts to choking?
MILD OBSTRUCTION (still able to speak, cough, breathe)
COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION (unable to speak, cough, breathe, eventual loss of consciousness)
What are the 5 signs and symptoms of hypoxia?
Rapid, distressed breathing and gasping
Difficulty speaking
Cyanosis (grey blue skin)
Anxiety and restlessness
Headache, nausea, vomit
How would you treat a CONSCIOUS choking casualty?
5
Encourage coughing
Up to 5 back slaps (leaning forwards, between shoulder blades)
Up to 5 abdominal thrusts is fails
Alternate between 5 back slaps, 5 thrusts (check mouth)
After 3 sets, get medical help, then continue till help arrives/unconscious (may relax muscles and dislodge)
How would you treat an UNCONSCIOUS choking casualty?
3
Open airway and check breathing, if not give 2 rescue breaths
If not effective, begin CPR to relieve obstruction quickly
If starts breathing, place in recovery, monitor every 3 and record every 10
What are the 3 types of bleeds?
Arteries (carry blood from heart - 2, rapid high pressure, spurting)
Veins (carry blood back to heart, steadier flow and easier to control)
Capillaries (small cells, slow and easily controlled stopping spontaneously)
What are the 7 types of wounds?
Incised
Lacerated (gash)
Puncture
Abrasion
Gunshot
Contused (bruised)
Stab
What are your 4 aims for dealng with a bleeding casualty?
CONTROL BLEEDING
Apply direct (pressure on wound constricting vessels)/indirect (applied to pressure point-no longer than 10 mins) pressure (if foreign object pad either side and bandage around)
PREVENT & MINIMISE EFFECTS OF SHOCK
Lie down, raise legs
MINIMISE INFECTION
Dress wound and hold with bandage firm enough to maintain pressure but not impair circulation
ARRANGE URGENT MEDICAL AID
Ensure extent is relayed to medic
What are the 7 signs and symptoms of bleeding?
Evidence of major blood loss
Yawning
Giddy/faint
Cold clammy skin
Pulse becomes faster but weaker
Blurred vision
Shallow breathing
How would you control a bleed using a dressing? 5
What happens when they bleed through?
Expose wound and apply direct pressure (if direct fails to stem flow of blood, apply indirect)
Raise and support limb
Lay casualty down to reduce flow of blood to wound and minimise shock
Apply dressing
Treat for shock, call for med aid
If it seeps through apply second dressing, then remove both and apply fresh after reassessing
What are the 3 types of fractures and what are the 2 classes?
Stable (bone on bone,still standing)
Unstable (possibly chipped and may slip)
Green stick (fibres still attached-babies and infants)
1- open (bone ends may pierce skin/wound at fracture site, risk of infection)
2- closed (surface of skin intact)
What are the 6 signs and symptoms of fractures?
Swelling and bruising at fracture sight
Loss of movement/power incl. pain moving
Deformity
Crepitus (coarse grating of bone ends that can be heard/felt by casualty)
Signs of shock
Possible bone ends protruding