First Aid - CQ1 Flashcards

1
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Define First Aid

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Emergency care given to victims before medical help arrives
It is important to set priorities for managing first aid situations

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What is the aim of first aid?

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Reserve life
Protect the unconscious
Prevent condition from worsening
Promote recovery
Seek medical assisstance

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3
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What things to consider when approaching a first aid scene?

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Analyse the situation
- What happened?
- What can ā€˜Iā€™ do (skill wise)
Plan and prioritise important issues

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4
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What to report when contacting 000?

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The TYPE (seriousness)
The NUMBER of people involved
The LOCATION
Is the patient BREATHING

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5
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What is a Secondary Survey?

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Injuries considered non-critical

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What is required by the PEOPLE during an emergency?

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Requesting bystanders to call for help (000)
Directing people (Hazard lights, to safety, giving space)
Requesting assistance

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What is the order when prioritising the area of injury?

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  1. Chest
  2. Head
  3. Spine
  4. Abdomen
  5. Pelvis
  6. Limbs
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What is the DRSABCD

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Danger
Response
Send for help
Airway
Breathing
CPR
Defibrillation

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9
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What to do in danger (DRSABCD)?

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Check for dangers and hazards
- Yourself, patient(s), others
ALL elements of danger are removed
- Lowers risks of everyone
- Prevent further injury/casualties

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What to do during response (DRSABCD)?

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Assess the level of consciousness
COWS (list acronym)
Conscious: Treat accordingly to injury in a comfortable position (Secondary Assessment)
Unconscious: Airway + potential spinal injury

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What to do when sending for help (DRSABCD)?

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Caller MUST be able to stay on the phone and aware of the condition
Location, access, injury, number, estimated age, consciousness
- Informs for equipment to bring

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What to do in Airway (DRSABCD)?

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Open, clear and maintain
Recovery position (Prevent secondary drowning)
Pistol hold on chin, other hand on head tilting it back (open)
Remove foreign objects (clear)

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What to do in Breathing (DRSABCD)?

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Look, listen and feel
Takes around 10 secs
Sudden gasping is NOT breathing

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What to do in CPR (DRSABCD)?

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Chest compression
- 100bpm (hard and fast compression)
- Heel of hands, fingers PARALLEL to ribs (Breast bone)
- Compress 1/3 of the chest depth (Body weight)
Rescue breaths (30:2)
- Breathing normally
- Pinch nose and pistol hold
- Watch stomach for signs of breathing
CPR until breathing/paramedics arrived/exhaustion/death

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What to do in Defibrillation (DRSABCD)?

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Ensure a defibrillator
- Improves chance of survival
- Electric shocks to a stopped heart
Follow visual/voice instructions

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16
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The order to prioritise serious conditions

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  1. Breathing
  2. Bleeding]
  3. Burns
  4. Bones
17
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What are the 3 major conditions for Crisis Management?

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Bleeding
Shock
Neck & Spinal Injuries

18
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Symptoms and Management of Bleeding

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S: Blood oozing from capillary or/and flowing from veins or/and spurt from artery
M: DRSABCD, gloves, PER

19
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What is PER (Bleeding management)?

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Pressure
Elevation
Rest/Referral

20
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Symptoms and Management of Shock

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S: Body shuts off the blood supply to extremities (arms, leg, skin), pale/cold/clammy, weak, rapid shallow breathing, nausea/faintness
M: DRSABCD, Reassuring, loosen restrictive clothing, comfortable position, leg above height of heart, no food/drinks

21
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Symptoms and Management of Neck and Spinal Injuries

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S: Pain at/below injury site, loss of movement, tingling hands or feet
M: Not move, AIRWAY, Support head+neck (Conscious) DRSABCD (unconscious), Loosen clothing, reassuring

22
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What is the STOP Regime?

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Used in a sporting setting ND for secondary assessment
Stop
Talk
Observe
Prevent further injuries

23
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What to do in Stop (STOP)

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Stop athlete from participating/ moving
Stop the game if necessary
Do not panic

24
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What to do in Talk (STOP)?

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Talk to athlete
- What, how, where etc.
- Words of encouragement

25
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What to do in Observe (STOP)?

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General: Distressed, unusual position/posture, comfortable environment
Injury: Swelling, deformity, comparing limbs, tenderness

26
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What to do in Prevent Further Injury (STOP)

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Severe: Head,facial,spinal,chest,abdomen injuries, factures, bleeding - Get help
Less severe: Strains(Ligament), strains(Muscle), muscle bruises(Tendons) - R(est)I(ce)C(ompression)E(levation)R(eferral)
Minor: Bumps, bruises - Play on