The document emphasizes the importance of first aid training for everyone to provide emergency care until professional medical help is available, ensuring the victim's safety and preserving their condition. It outlines the key principles and steps of first aid, including the immediate care of life-threatening injuries, promoting safety, and effective communication with the victim and bystanders. Additionally, it highlights the need for knowledge of anatomy and the sequence of first aid procedures to improve the chances of recovery.

1. Basic First Aid
Basic First Aid

2. CHAPTER 1
Anatomy And Patient

3.  The urgent need to treat life-threatening situations
makes it the responsibility of everyone to be able to
give proper emergency care until the victim is
transported to a medical facility.
 First aid does not replace the physician, but it protects
the victim until medical assistance can be obtained.
One of the first principles of first aid is to obtain
medical assistance in all cases of serious injury. Even
minor on-the-job injuries should be reported and
examined by a physician if necessary.
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4.  When first aid is properly given ,it can often restore
natural breathing and circulation, control bleeding,
reduce the severity of shock, protect injuries from
infection or other complications and help conserve
the victim’s strength. Practicing these steps will
greatly improve the victim’s chances of recovery.
 The principal aims of first aid are to:
1. Care for life-threatening complications.
2. Protect from further injury and complications.
3. Arrange transportation for the victim to a medical facility in
such a manner as not to complicate the injury or subject
the victim to unnecessary discomfort.
4. Make the victim as comfortable as possible to conserve
strength.
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 First aid training is an essential means of promoting
safety, reducing accidents and saving lives. First
aiders must take charge of a situation, keep calm
while working under pressure, and organize others
to do likewise. By demonstrating competence and
using well-selected words of encouragement, first
aiders should win the confidence of others nearby
and do everything possible to reassure the
apprehensive victim.

6. Importance Of First Aid
 People should be trained to care for injuries to themselves
and others at home, at work, or in the community. This
training knowledge should impress the employee of the
need for personal safety. Since even trivial injuries are
potentially serious, everyone should know the proper steps
to prevent complications. There is a particular need for first
aid training in the mineral industries because medical
treatment is not immediately available at mining sites. In
certain cases only a person who is nearby and has first aid
training can prevent a fatality.
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7. Cont ….
 During the first few minutes following. An injury, the
injured worker has a better chance of receiving
proper care if there are a number of employees
trained in first aid. All employees should be able to
give effective assistance until the injured person
receives professional medical care
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8. Cont ….
 Experience has shown that training all workers,
supervisors and officials in first aid classes where
they meet and learn on a common basis develops
a spirit of mutual protections and regard for
everyone’s well-being. An individual trained in first
aid is someone special to his/her fellow workers
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9. Securing the
Securing the
scene
scene
• 1. Electrical hazards
• 2. Chemical hazards
• 3. Noxious & Toxic gases
• 4. Ground hazards
• 5. Fire
• 6. Unstable equipment
Before performing any First Aid,
Before performing any First Aid,
Check for:
Check for:

10. Chain of Survival
Early
Access”911”
Early CPR
or First Aid
You
Early
Defibrillation
EMS on
scene
Early
Advanced
Care
Hospital
In order for a person to survive:
Pay attention to:
HISTORY; what happened; from the casualty or bystanders
SYMPTOMS; what only the casualty can tell you
SIGNS; what you can see for yourself

11. Universal Precautions for Airborne
& Bloodborn Pathogens
HIV & Hepatitis
Tuberculosis
Gloves & Respiratory
Barrier devise are a must to
prevent transmission of
diseases

12. DURING TREATMENT
DURING TREATMENT
avoid coughing, breathing, or speaking over the
avoid coughing, breathing, or speaking over the
wound
wound
avoid contact with body fluids
avoid contact with body fluids
use a face shield or mask with one-way-valve
use a face shield or mask with one-way-valve
when doing active resuscitation
when doing active resuscitation
use only clean bandages and dressings
use only clean bandages and dressings
avoid treating more than one casualty without
avoid treating more than one casualty without
washing hands and changing gloves
washing hands and changing gloves
AFTER TREATMENT
AFTER TREATMENT
clean up both casualty and yourself
clean up both casualty and yourself
clean up the immediate vicinity
clean up the immediate vicinity
dispose of dressings, bandages, gloves and
dispose of dressings, bandages, gloves and
soiled clothing correctly
soiled clothing correctly
wash hands with soap and water
wash hands with soap and water

13. The following list is the sequence to follow when
administering first aid. Life threatening injuries
must be treated first
1. Patient Assessment
2. Artificial Ventilation
3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
4. Control of Bleeding, Shock
5. Wounds and Dressings
6. Burns and Scalds
7. Musculoskeletal Injuries
8. Handling and Transportation
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14. Anatomy Of The Human Body
 To understand first aid procedures and to give
effective first aid, it is a must to know something
about the anatomy (structure) and physiology
(functions) of the human body. The body
consists of solids (bones and tissues) and fluids
(blood and the secretions of various glands,
organs and membranes)
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15. Cont ….
 The principal regions of the body are the head,
neck, chest, abdomen, and the upper and lower
extremities. Refer to the upper extremity from
one shoulder to the elbow as the upper arm or
simply the aim, and the portion from the elbow
to the wrist as the forearm; the portion of the
lower extremity from the hip to the knee as the
thigh and the portion from the knee to the ankle
as the leg.
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22. 1. First Aid
Lesson Menu
 Chapter 1-Anatomy And Patient Assessment
 Chapter 2-Artificial Ventilation
 Chapter 3-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
 Chapter 4-Control Of Bleeding
 Chapter 5-Shock
 Chapter 6-Wounds And Dressings
 Chapter 7-Burns And Scalds
 Chapter 8-Musculoskeletal Injuries
 Chapter 9-Handling And Transportation