FIRST AID

1. NATIONAL SAFETY
COUNCIL FIRST AID

2. Purpose
To provide you with the skill needed in
order to save lives.

3. Presentation Outline
• Emergency Action Steps
• Checking a Conscious Victim
• Bleeding:
- internal
- external
• Shock

4. Presentation Outline
• Burns:
- first degree
- second degree
- third degree
• Eye Injuries
• Nose Injuries
• Bites and Stings

5. Presentation Outline
• Fractures, Dislocations, Sprains, and
Strains.
• Splinting:
- arm
- leg
- ankle
• Poisoning:
- swallowed
- inhaled
- absorbed

6. • Diabetic Emergencies
• Stroke
• Seizures
• Heat Emergencies
• Cold Emergencies
• Rescuers
Presentation Outline

7. Emergency Action Steps

8. Check the Scene
Check the scene
• Is it safe?

9. Check the Victim
Check for consciousness by:
• tapping
• Shouting: “Are you OK?”

10. Call EMS
• If the victim does not
respond, activate the
EMS system at once!
• Do it yourself if nobody
else is available.
OR

11. Turn Victim as a Single unit
Kneel facing victim’s hips & shoulders. Straighten his legs
& move the arm closer to you above his head, the other arm
along his body.

12. Turn Victim as a Single unit
Place one hand under his head & neck, and the
other hand on his hip. Roll victim toward you
as a single unit.

13. Check ABC’s

14. Check ABC’s

15. Checking a Conscious Victim

16. Interview the Victim
Identify yourself.
Ask:
His name, what happened,
any pain, allergies, medical
conditions, or medications
in use.

17. Check Vital Signs
Feel radial pulse:
Is it regular, weak, very
fast/ very slow?
(Normal: 60-100 / min).
Check Breathing:
Look at the chest. Is
breathing laborious,
noisy, very fast/slow?
(Normal: 10-20 br / m).
Radial

18. Check Skin & Temperature
Feel Forehead:
With the back of your
hand. Look at face and
lips. Is skin cold/hot,
wet/dry, pale/bluish?

19. Perform Head to Toe Exam
Visually Inspect Body:
Look for cuts and
deformities.

20. Check Ears, Nose, and Mouth
Look for fluid or
blood.