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    First aid involves providing immediate care for injuries and illnesses until full medical treatment is available. It aims to prevent conditions from worsening, relieve pain, and prolong life. First aid includes self-care if help is delayed as well as comfort and reassurance from the first aider. Proper first aid requires remaining calm, ensuring safety, assessing injuries, providing necessary treatment, keeping the victim still and warm, and avoiding unnecessary statements or actions that could worsen conditions. Basic first aid materials include disinfectants, bandages, scissors, and other supplies for cleaning and dressing wounds.

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    First aid involves providing immediate care for injuries and illnesses until full medical treatment is available. It aims to prevent conditions from worsening, relieve pain, and prolong life. First aid includes self-care if help is delayed as well as comfort and reassurance from the first aider. Proper first aid requires remaining calm, ensuring safety, assessing injuries, providing necessary treatment, keeping the victim still and warm, and avoiding unnecessary statements or actions that could worsen conditions. Basic first aid materials include disinfectants, bandages, scissors, and other supplies for cleaning and dressing wounds.

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    First aid involves providing immediate care for injuries and illnesses until full medical treatment is available. It aims to prevent conditions from worsening, relieve pain, and prolong life. First aid includes self-care if help is delayed as well as comfort and reassurance from the first aider. Proper first aid requires remaining calm, ensuring safety, assessing injuries, providing necessary treatment, keeping the victim still and warm, and avoiding unnecessary statements or actions that could worsen conditions. Basic first aid materials include disinfectants, bandages, scissors, and other supplies for cleaning and dressing wounds.

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    FIRST AID AND WATER

    SURVIVAL
    an emergency care for a victim of sudden
    illness or injury until more skillful medical
    treatment is available.

    In minor emergencies, first aid may


    prevent a victim’s condition from
    worsening or provide relief from pain.

    WHAT IS FIRST AID?


    the immediate care given to a person who
    has been injured or suddenly taken ill.

    Itincludes self-help and home care if


    medical assistance is not available or is
    delayed.

    WHAT IS FIRST AID?


    Italso includes well-selected words of
    encouragement, evidence of willingness to
    help, and promotion to confidence by
    demonstration of competence.

    WHAT IS FIRST AID?


    Emergency - a situation that poses an
    immediate risk to health, life, property or
    environment

    Injury
    – a general term that refers to any
    damage to the human body.

    Self aid - care given to oneself.

    First aider - a person who gives first aid.

    DEFINITION OF TERMS
    Emergency - a situation that poses an
    immediate risk to health, life, property or
    environment

    Injury
    – a general term that refers to any
    damage to the human body.

    Self aid - care given to oneself.

    First aider - a person who gives first aid.

    DEFINITION OF TERMS
    Emergency - a situation that poses an
    immediate risk to health, life, property or
    environment

    Injury
    – a general term that refers to any
    damage to the human body.

    Self aid - care given to oneself.

    First aider - a person who gives first aid.

    DEFINITION OF TERMS
    A good first aider should be:

    Observant – should notice all signs and


    symptoms
    Resourceful – should make the best use
    of things at hand
    Gentle – should not cause pain
    Tactful – should not alarm the patient
    Sympathetic – should be comforting
    Cheerful – should have a happy
    expression that inspires confidence
    Objectives of first aid

    To alleviate suffering


    To prevent further injury, damage or
    danger
    To prolong life
    GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR FIRST
    AIDING:

    • Don’t panic – the first aider must remain


    calm so that he or she has a clear mind of
    his or her role in the emergency situation.

    • Ensure the safety of the area – In an


    emergency situation, the first aider must
    first make sure that the area is safe for
    him and the victim. Transport the victim
    to a safer place if necessary.
    Check for vital functioning – Assess
    pulse and breathing.

    Check for injuries – This includes the


    careful physical examination of the victim
    to prevent further injury. In cases of
    multiple injuries, first aider should know
    which problem to treat first.

    Give needed first aid urgently – The


    application of necessary and appropriate
    steps to attain the objectives of first
    aiding.
    Keep the victim lying down – The
    victim should be examined in a lying
    position in order to immobilize the body.

    Keep the victim warm – This would help


    the victim recover faster by increasing the
    circulation of blood throughout the body.
    The victim may be provided with a jacket,
    a blanket or a body heat transfer by
    embracing the victim.
    Do not give fluids to an unconscious
    or partly conscious person – This must
    be noted by every person not only the
    first aiders and rescuers. The water may
    enter the windpipe and block the airway
    passage. Do not attempt to arouse an
    unconscious person by shaking him
    because it might cause further injury.

    Following injury, do not lift a gasping


    person by the belt. This may aggravate
    injuries of the back or internal organs.
    Reassure the victim – The first aider
    should explain to the victim what first aid
    steps he will do and how those steps will
    help him/her to reduce feelings of anxiety.

    Be reluctant to make statements – The


    first aider should be reluctant to give
    statements to the victim and bystanders
    about the injuries. It is not included within
    the first aider’s tasks to diagnose,
    evaluate and predict illnesses and injuries,
    but only to provide needed immediate
    care.
    MATERIALS FOR FIRST AID
    Hydrogen Peroxide
    Rubbing Alcohol
    Povidone Iodine (Betadine)
    Cotton
    Band aid
    Gloves
    Scissors
    Triangular Bandage
    Elastic Roller Bandage (3 inches)
    Gauze
    Plaster
    ASSIGNMENT
    1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
    Shock
    Hemorrhage
    Dressing
    Bandage
    Burn
    Poison
    Venom
    Wound
    2.
    What are the different types of wounds?

    3. What are the 10 pulse sites on the body?

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