Safety Practices in Outdoor Recreation

1. Safety Practices in
Outdoor Recreation

2. What should one do when
faced with a medical
emergency situation?Basic_First_Aid.ppt

3. Panic is the worst enemy of any
emergency situation. It even makes a bad
situation worse, as this spreads to others as
well. It does now allow one to think. In fact,
it even hinders or interferes with the rational
thinking and causes confusion. So, the first
thing to do in an emergency situation is to
stay calm. 1. FIRST AID.ppt

4. Try to remember and apply the:

5. Try to remember and apply the:

6. Try to remember and apply the:

7. Try to remember and apply the:

8. Try to remember and apply the:

9. Try to remember and apply the:

11. Try to remember and apply the:
DANGER
Always check first the
danger and source of injury.
Make sure the surroundings
are safe and out of danger,
otherwise, you will also
allow yourself to be a
victim.

12. Try to remember and apply the:
RESPONSE/
RESPONSIVENESS
*Can the casualty hear your
voice?
*Can they open and close their
eyes?
*Are there any movements?
*Do they respond to touch?

13. Try to remember and apply the:
SEND
Send or shout
for help

14. Try to remember and apply the:
AIRWAY
Is the person’s airway? If the
person is not responding and is
unconscious, check airway by
opening the mouth and having
a look inside. Tilting the head
back with the chin facing up
will clear an airway.

15. Try to remember and apply the:
BREATHING
Make sure that the victim
is breathing by looking at
breathing signs, listening
to exhales, and feeling
air coming out of the
mouth or nose.

16. Try to remember and apply the:
CIRCULATION/COMPRESSION/Car
diopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR)
If an adult is
unconscious, no pulse,
and not breathing,
perform the CPR until
the emergency personnel
or medics arrive.

17. CPR

18. CPR It is a lifesaving technique that is
administered when breathing and
heartbeat of a person stopped, such as
during a heart attack and drowning.

20. 1. Put the person on his or her back on a firm surface.

21. 2. Locate hand position for compression by drawing an imaginary line from
armpit to center for hand placement.

22. 3. Place heel of one hand on the lower part of the breastbone.

23. 4. Put other hand over the first, interlacing your fingers for support.

24. 5. With straight arms and shoulder
positioned over the victim’s chest,
push down on the victim’s chest. For
adult victims, push it down for at
least 2 inches or 5 cm. deep.

25. 6. Give 30 compressions in 18 seconds or less (rate
of 100 compressions in one minute) and let chest
rise completely between compressions.
7. After 30 compressions, give two rescue breaths.
8. Repeat cycle until help arrives or when there are
signs of movement.