First Aid Lesson #1

What are your 4 goals when you help a victim?
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What are your 4 goals when you help a victim?
1. Keep the vicitim alive
2. Prevent the victim's condition from getting worse
3. Give first aid until help arrives
4. Ensure the victim receives any needed medical care
True or False: Check the victim quickly before calling 9-1-1.
True: But check first only for responsiveness and normal breathing
True or False: Ask a responsive adult for consent for you to give care.
True: A responsive adult must give consent, but consent is assumed for an unresponsive adult and for a child without a parent present.
True or False: Do not move a victim unnecessarily.
True: Never move a victim unless it is necessary because the scene becomes unsafe, you need to move the victim to give proper care or you need to move the person to reach another victim who is more seriously injured.
What are the 6 steps in any emergency?
1. Recognize the emergency
2. Check the scene for safety
3. Obtain consent, then check the person
4. Call 9-1-1 when appropriate
5. Care for the person
6. Have the person seek medical attention when appropriate
True or False: After determining the scene is safe, the first thing you should do when you approach a victim is check for responsiveness.
True: Always check for responsiveness and shout for someone to call 9-1-1 for any unresponsiveness victim.
True or False: If the victim occasionally seems to gasp, this means the victim is breathing normally.
False: Occasional gasps are not normal breathing. Agonal gasps may occur when a victim is near death and are not enough to sustain life.
True or False: Do not stop to call 9-1-1 until you've checked the victim all over and have bandaged all bleeding wounds.
False: Unresponsiveness is a medical emergency, so call 9-1-1 immediately for any unresponsive victim. Only with life-threatening bleeding, if you are alone, should you control the bleeding before leaving the victim to call 9-1-1
True or False: Check a responsive breathing victim immediately for bleeding that may be life-threatening.
True: Always check first for life-threatening conditions including unresponsiveness, lack of normal breathing and severe bleeding.
True or False: If you find a person who is not breathing normally, conduct a fully physical examination to look for possible causes.
False: A person who is not breathing normally needs CPR immediately- do not waste time looking for the cause of the breathing problem or other injuries.
True or False: When you call 9-1-1, the responding dispatcher will ask you questions, such as:*Your name *Phone number you are using *location and number of victims *Victim's approximate age, sex and condition *What happened to the victim and any special circumstances *What is being done for the victim *Dispatcher may also give you instructions on how to help the victim. (Stay on the line until the dispatcher says you can hang up)