Introduction Flashcards
What number do you call in an emergency if you’re hearing impaired
106
When are fist aiders obligated to render assistance in an emergency?
- They are involved in the incident
- They are on the ocean
- They choose to accept responsibility on land
- Employment that involves workplace health and safety or first aid provision
- Stopping at an emergency, by starting to help you establish duty of care
What number do you call in an emergency
000
106
112
What do you do if the person refuses first aid?
with duty of care should contact 000 for advise and remain at the scene until otherwise advised
How do you obtain consent?
- Prior providing aid to a ‘competent’ casualty aiders must first obtain their consent. If they beginning without consent then it may be seen as ‘medical trespass’(assault)
- When casualty is a minor consent must be provided by guardian. When guardian is absent the first aider should regard children as to having impaired decision making capacity.
When can you treat without consent?
- Whether the casualty has or does not have decision-making capacity
- Whether an advance care directive exists
- The degree of urgency to the situation
- Whether a substitute decision-maker is present, willing and able to consent
How do you maintain Privacy & Confidentiality
- Having crowd control
- Putting up a privacy screen
- If appropriate to do so, move casualty to a quiet area
- Cover up any exposed body parts eg. Emergency rescue bla
what do you need to record
- Time of incident
- The date of incident
- Location of incident
- What first aider found upon arrival
- What actions the first aider carried out
- Any changes in the casualty’s condition
- Any witness details
- Handover to medical professional’s details
Did the casualty recover and relieve the first aider of their duty of care
what is an adults average pulse
60-100
what is an 6 -14 yr old average pulse
60- 110
what is an 1 -5 yr old average pulse
80-130
what is an 1 -12 m old average pulse
100-160
What’s the order of Chain of Infection?
- Infectious Agent: Any disease causing micro-organism (pathogen)
- Portal of Exit: the route of escape of the pathogen from the reservoir eg. Salver, coughing, blood via cut
- Mode of Transmission: how the pathogen from the reservoir to it’s new host eg, propelled through air, direct contact
- Portal of Entry: The route in which the pathogen enters the new host brake in skin, inhalation, ingestion, sexual contact
- Susceptible Hosts: The organism that accepts the pathogen
What does DRSABCDR stand for?
D= danger R= response S=send for help A= airway B=breathing C= compression D= deep - defibrillator R= recover
What should first aid kits be equiped for in workforce?
Kit includes equipment for the following:
→ Cuts, scratches, punctures, grazes and splinters
→ Muscular sprains and strains
→ Minor burns
→ Amputations and or major bleeding wounds
→ Broken bones
→ Eye injuries
Shock