First aid involves providing immediate care to an injured person before medical treatment can be accessed. The goals of first aid are to preserve life, promote recovery, prevent further injury, and provide quick transport to definitive medical care. Golden rules of first aid include assessing the situation and ensuring safety, following the ABCs of life support (airway, breathing, circulation), stopping or controlling bleeding, treating for shock, placing unconscious patients in the recovery position, and arranging transportation to the hospital. For a heart attack, signs include chest pain, pale skin, difficulty breathing, sweating, vomiting, and potential unconsciousness. First aid involves making the patient comfortable, calling for emergency help, loosening clothing, covering with a blanket, providing medications, and

1. FIRST AID
DEFINITION
Immediate help given to an injured person before taking him to Doctor or Hospital is called First
Aid.
The AIMS OF FIRST AID ARE
1. To preserve life
2. To promote recovery
3. To prevent further damage
4. Quick transport
GOLDEN RULES OF FIRST AID
1. Assess, Make safe, Get help
2. A B C rule (A – airway, B- Breathing, C- Circulation)
(a) Maintain clear airways
(b) Check breathing - If stopped, apply artificial respiration
(c) Check Pulse – If absent give CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation)
3. Stop or control bleeding
4. Treat for shock & its cause.
5. The recovery position for unconscious breathing casualty
6. Arrange to transport casualty to hospital
HEART ATTACK
SYMPTONS
(a) Pain in the left side of Chest
(b) Skin becomes yellow and nails become blue.
(c) Difficulties in breathing
(d) Cold sweat
(e) Vomiting and Loose motion
(f) Unconsciousness
FIRST AID FOR HEART ATTACK PATIENT
Make the patient lie down with head and shoulder raised.
Call the doctor and console the patient

2. Loosen the dress
Wrap Blanket
Give medicines
Do not move the patient
Take the Patient to the Hospital.
C.P.R (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) which is administered when heart and lungs have
ceased to function.
Heart : first person smack on the left side of the chest with his clenched hand and start pressing
with the heel of his palm with both the hand inter locked at the rate of 60 per minute.
Lungs : Second person tilts the head back so the arched up, open his mouth , pinches close
both the nostrils make sure the airways is patient and start breathing into his mouth at the rate
of 15 times per minutes.
SNAKE BITE
1. It the tooth is Two to four, the snake is poisonous. But if the marks are four to eight the
snake is non poisonous. But treat all snake biters as serious
2. Feeling or burning sensation, pain and swelling,
3. Bleeding
4. Drowsiness.
5. Giddiness and frothing foam in mouth.
6. Unconsciousness
7. Expansion of Pupil
8. No sense of taste.
FIRST AID FOR SNAKE BITE PATIENT
1. Console the patient
2. apply bandage above the snake bite lightly
3. Prevent the patient from shouting running.
4. Wash the spot with soap and antiseptic lotion .
5. Do not curt or burn the wound.
6. Do not alcoholic drinks
7. Do not allow to sleep
8. Take the patient to the hospital.