First Aid

Question 1

Priorities of Treatment (Four B’s)

Answer 1

• Breathing
• Bleeding (if catastrophic, comes first)
• Burns
• Bones

Question 2

Natmist

Answer 2

Ambulance Handover
- Name
- Age
- Time of incident/onset
- Mechanism of injury
- Injuries
- Signs and Symptoms
- Treatment

Question 3

First Aid

Answer 3

Dangers
Response
Shout for help
Catastrophic bleed
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability of mind
Expose
Handover
Record on Sharepoint

Question 4

Dangers

Answer 4

• People
• Traffic
• Safety for self/others

Question 5

Response

Answer 5

Shout & Shake

Question 6

Shout for help

Answer 6

Shout for help
- Call or ask someone else to call an ambulance
- Update QC (1116 to QC) ask for backup if needed/police medic?
- Ask members of the public (what happened/If they are local and know where a Defid is?)

Question 7

Catastrophic bleed

Answer 7

Access top to toe for bleed (pat & look)
If found
- Pressure
- Tourniquet (Use on limbs, Turn until unable to turn/blood stopped & Note time applied) on tourniquet or with blood on persons head)
- Bandage
- Pack wound (pressure, find artery, pack with dressing)

Question 8

Airway

Answer 8

• Check
• Clear (turn them over, lift and tilt head)
• Open (lift head back, open mouth, aim for tongue to be open)
  Monitor

Question 9

Breathing

Answer 9

• Hand on stomach and ear by mouth, listen for breaths in 10 secs
• If not present, start CPR

Adult - 30/2 (rescue breaths not always needed/assess person)
Child - 5 rescue breaths & then 30/2 (one hand)
Infant - 5 rescue breaths & then 30/2 (fingers)

• Update
  ○ QC - CPR started
  ○ Ambulance
• Prep Deliberator
  ○ Check who it’s for (adult/child)
  ○ Turn on
  ○ Prep person
  § Take off shirt
  § Shave
  § Wipe were pads will need to go
  § Pop pads on
  Adult (top left and under heart on right)
  Child (front & back)
  ○ Await machine analysing heartrate
  ○ Get everyone to stand back
  ○ Await if shock advised
  ○ If shock advised
  § Get everyone to stand back
  § Shout Clear top, middle & bottom & press shock
  ○ Restart CPR
  § If needing to switch, count in
  ○ Another shock can be given 2 mins afterwards

Question 10

Circulation

Answer 10

• Press forehead for 5 secs, blood should come back in 2 secs
• If lots of blood lost may increase

Question 11

Disability of mind

Answer 11

Shout & shake again
Compare to first time