First Aid Emergency Action Plan

This is our First Aid Emergency Action Plan and it will teach you what to generally do in case of a first aid emergency.

First aid is given to those who have just gotten sick or injured. The practice includes self-help and homecare if medical assistance isn’t just possible.

Its main objectives are to

• help suffering
• stop further injury or danger
• extend life

THE FIRST AID EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN

Survey the scene

Ask and answer:

• Is it safe?
• Who else can help?
• Do you know first aid?
• Who needs first aid?
• What is the help available?

Do the Primary Survey

• Get consent
• Check for the patient’s consciousness
• Check for the patient’s airway (Head Tilt–Chin Lift Maneuver)
• Check for the patient’s signs of life
• Check for the patient’s sign of circulation (severe bleeding)

Call for Medical Assistance or Transfer Facility

Important information when calling for medical assistance

• What happened?
• Location?
• The number of people injured.
• The extent of the injury and the first aid given.
• The number you’re calling from.
• The identity of the caller.

Do the secondary survey

• Interview the victim
• Ask for the victim’s name
• Ask what happened
• Assess the SAMPLE history
  • S for Signs/Symptoms
  • A for Allergies
  • M for Medications
  • P for Past Illnesses
  • L for Last Oral Intake
  • E for Events Leading Up

Check the vital signs

• Determine pulse rate (radial/carotid)
  • Adult     60 to 100 per minute
  • Child      70 to 150 per minute
  • Infant    100 to 160 per minute
• Determine breathing (respiration rate)
  • Adult     12 to 20 per minute
  • Child      15 to 30 per minute
  • Infant    25 to 50 per minute

Determine skin condition

• Temperature
• Moisture
• Color of face and lips
• Examine from head-to-toe looking for other injuries by means of palpation.
• Check if the patient has any deformity, contusion, abrasion, puncture, burn, tenderness, laceration, or swelling.

More in-depth topics about First Aid will have their own articles made in the future.

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