This document discusses the importance of CPR and first aid certification skills. It covers how to recognize various medical emergencies like cardiac issues, breathing problems, strokes, seizures, diabetic emergencies, allergic reactions, and injuries. For each type of emergency, it describes signs and symptoms to look for and basic steps to take, such as calling 911, providing comfort, and not moving the injured body part. The overall message is that first aid training can help bystanders identify emergencies and provide initial care until emergency responders arrive.

1. The Importance of CPR and First Aid
Certification Skills
By Veronica Flores
CPR and First Aid
Community Awareness

3. This Workshop IS NOT a teaching
skills class to respond to cardiac,
breathing, or first aid emergencies

4. How to recognize an
emergency
a) Unusual appearances
b) Unusual behaviors
c) Unusual noises
d) Unusual odors

5. Barriers to Act
 Being unsure of the person’s
condition
and what to do
 Assuming someone else will take
action
 Being unsure of when to call
 Fear of catching a disease
 Type of injury or illness
 Fear of being sued

6. Decide to Act
 Overcome
Barriers
 Getting the
appropriate
skills

7. Cardiac Emergencies and
Common Signals
 Persistent chest
pain, discomfort, or
pressure
 Discomfort in other
areas of upper body
 Pale or ashen (gray)
skin
 Trouble breathing
 Severe indigestion
 Profuse sweating

8. Follow the “ACTION STEPS”
If you don’t have a CPR Training
 Check The scene and the person
 Call 9-1-1 or local emergency number
 Care for the person by comforting as
responders arrive

9. Recognize Breathing Emergencies
Respiratory distress:
 Breathing becomes
difficult
Respiratory Arrest:
 Breading has stop
due to a respiratory
distress

10. Breathing Emergencies are
Caused by:
 Chronic conditions
such as asthma
 Lungs or abdomen
problems
 Drug overdose
 Poisoning
 Drowning
 Choking
 Injury to the head
brain stem, or
chest
 Irregular heartbeat
 Emotional distress
 Electrocution
 Heart attack
 Illness

11. Choking: Call 911 if:
 Most common
breathing
emergencies
 Airway is partially or
completely blocked
 Person is not
breathing
 Breathing is too fast
 Too slow
 Painful
 Noisy

12. What to do if an adult or child is
choking?
 Let him or her try to
cough up the object
 Use the combination
technique to provide
back blows
 Followed by
abdominal thrusts

13. What to do if an infant is
choking?
The combination
technique of back
blows followed by
abdominal thrust is
a little modify

14. If the person becomes
unconscious
 Check The scene
and
the person
 Call 9-1-1 or local
emergency number
 Care for the person
by comforting as
responders arrive

15. Sudden Illness
Fainting
 Insufficient blood
supply to the brain
for a short period of
time
 It may be a symptom
of a more serious
condition
Seizures
 Abnormal electrical
activity in the brain
 Involuntary changes
in body movement

16. Seizures…
Keep airway
open
 Do not place
anything is his/her
mouth
 Do not try to stop
the seizure
 Do not hold the
person

17. Stroke - Brain Attack
Think FAST
 Face: Weakness,
numbness or
drooping on one
side of face
 Arm: Weakness or
numbness in one
arm
 Speech: Slurred or
difficulty speaking
 Time: Determine
when the signal

18. Follow the “ACTION STEPS”
 Check the scene
and the person
 Call 9-1-1 or local
emergency number
 Care for the person
by comforting as
responders arrive

19. Diabetic Emergencies
Hyperglycemia Hypoglycemia
High level of sugar
Both high and low
have similar
characteristics
 Rapid breathing and
pulse
 Abnormal skin
characteristics
 Drowsiness
Low level of sugar
 Abnormal rapid or
weak pulse
 Changes in level of
consciousness
 Dizziness
 Confusion

20. If you suspect a diabetic
emergency
Do not administer insulin
Call for advanced medical personal
If the patient becomes unconscious …
follow the “Action Steps”

21. Allergic Reactions
Over activity of the immune
system
Causes: What to look for?
 Latex
 Pinots
 Pollen
 Antibiotics
 Some drugs
 Certain foods
 Bee or insect venom
 Itching
 Rash
 Nausea
 Vomiting
 Dizziness
 Weakness
 Stomach cramps
 Trouble breathing

22. Injuries to the Muscle , Bones and
Joints
Types of
injuries
 Strains
 Sprains
 Fractures
 Dislocations

23. Do not move the person if…
 Cannot use the
affected body part
 Visible bone
fragments
 Feeling of a snap,
pop or bone grating
 Significant bruising,
swelling or
deformity
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Elevate

24. Soft Tissue Injuries
General Care for Open
Wounds
If bleeding does not
stop call for advance
assistance
Control the Bleeding
 Cover the wound with
sterile dressing
 Apply pressure for few
minutes
 Wash the wound
thoroughly with soap
and water for 5 minutes
 Cover with sterile
dressing and a bandage
to keep moist
 Check for circulation on
the

25. Soft Tissue Injuries
General Care for
embedded Objects Call 911
If an object such as
knife, a piece of glass or
metal
 DO NOT REMOVE
OBJECT
 Place several
dressings around the
wound
 Bandage the
dressings in place
around obmect
 Keep object

26. Do not forget to call for advanced
medical personal if….
 Suspect any
cardiac emergency
 There is a
breathing distress
 The patient
becomes
unconscious
 Cannot use the
affected body part