1. Essential Understanding:
1. Disaster preparedness is a
response to rescue and safety
procedures.
2. Safety should always the first
consideration for both patient and
rescuer.
7. BASIC FIRST AID FOR CARDIAC
ARREST
1. Call 911 or the medical alert
system for the locale.
2. If you are trained, use chest
compressions and rescue
breathing.
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10. BASIC FIRST AID FOR BLEEDING
OF WOUNDS
1. Cover the wound with a gauze or
a cloth
2. Don't remove the cloth.
3. The cloth will help clots form to
stop the flow.
24. BASIC FIRST AID FOR BURNS
1. Flush the burned area with cool
running water for several
minutes.
2. Do not apply any ointments.
3. Take ibuprofen or
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26. BASIC FIRST AID FOR BLISTERS
1. Use a sterilized needle and
make small punctures at the
edge of the blister
and express the fluid.
2. Then apply antibiotic
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30. BASIC FIRST AID FOR FRACTURES
1. Don't try to straighten it.
2. Stabilize the limb.
3. Put a cold pack on the injury.
4. Elevate the extremity.
5. Give anti-inflammatory drugs like
ibuprofen or naproxen.
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32. BASIC FIRST AID FOR SPRAINS
1. Immobilize the limb,
apply a cold pack,
elevate it, and take anti-
inflammatory drugs.
2. Consult to your doctor.
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34. BASIC FIRST AID FOR NOSEBLEEDS
1. Lean forward, not back.
2. Pinch the nose just below the bridge.
Check after 5 minutes to see if
bleeding has stopped. If not, another
10 minutes.
3. You can also apply a cold pack to the
bridge.
An AED(automated external defibrillator) should be applied and used.
automated external defibrillator
is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiacarrhythmias
, allowing the heart to re-establish an effective rhythm.
1. and apply direct pressure to stop the blood flow. Add more layers if needed.
An abrasion caused by the skin rubbing against a rough surface.
A laceration is a irregular cut from tearing
The term laceration implies a torn or jagged wound. Cuts and lacerations are terms for the same condition.
that is produced by the tearing of soft body tissue. This type of wound is often irregular and jagged.
Sharp straight wound/ cut.
A puncture wound is a deep wound that occurs due to something sharp and pointed, such as a nail.
Part of skin loose or torn.
an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is torn off by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning "to tear off").
1. Do not use ice. Apply a light gauze bandage.
3. physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
2. Using a splint and padding to keep it immobile.
4. Itaas yung dulo. Raise or lift the part to a higher position.
5. EX. ALAXAN FR® can relieve mild to moderate pain from head to toe.
Naproxen is used to relieve pain from various conditions such as headache, muscle aches, tendonitis, dental pain, and menstrual cramps
Avulsion fracture, is a break at the site where bone attaches to a tendon or ligament. When this happens, the tendon or ligament pulls off a part of the bone it’s attached to.
2. For further diagnosis and treatment.
The biggest cause of a nosebleed is digital trauma – otherwise known as picking it.
2. Don't pinch the nostrils closed by pinching lower.
