First Aid and Emergencies  An emergency is defined as a situation where there is an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment and urgent action is needed to try to stop the situation from worsening.
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2. Legal, Workplace and Community Factors  You must try to gain consent from a casualty before proceeding with first aid.
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3. Risk Management  The best way to avoid risks and hazards is to leave the task to another person so you do not get hurt.
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4. Assess the Scene and Casualty  When conducting a visual assessment, you should be checking for risk in the immediate environment and looking for conscious state, breathing, skin colour and appearance of the casualty.
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5. Reassure the Casualty  The best way to reassure a casualty is to discuss how critical the situation is and start phoning family members.
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6. Maintain Hygiene  In order to prevent any infection from blood, and other bodily fluids before attempting first aid, you would follow standard precautions such as washing hands and wearing gloves.
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7. Use Manual Handling Techniques  Where there is an immediate threat of danger you may need to do an emergency move. Emergency moves may be done with one person or two or more people.
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8. Provide First Aid Management  To be a good first aider, you must be physically strong.
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9. DRS ABCD Action Plan  The Action Plan refers to Do not Attempt, Rescue, Send, Airway, Circulation, Danger.
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10. CPR Compression Rate  CPR consists of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths. If you have given a total of four (4) rescue breaths to a patient, you would have given 60 chest compressions in total?
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Principles of First Aid  The principles of first aid are to preserve life, protect from further harm, prevent the condition worsening, and promote recovery.
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12. Shock can be associated with a fall in blood pressure.
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13. Chest Pain  Angina is chest pain having a sensation of heaviness and squeezing whereas heart attack is the blocking of an artery.
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14. Angina  A casualty had chest pain at 4:25 pm, you assisted them in administering their Angina medication at 4:30pm, you should call the ambulance at 4:55pm if there is no relief or change observed.
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15. Skeletal Injuries  The best form of splint/sling for Injuries to the arm or hand is called a Spitting splint.
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16. Altered Consciousness  A seizure is an interruption to the electrical activity of the brain, and if the casualty falls, this can cause concussion.
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17. Respiratory Distress/Conditions  A casualty is experiencing an asthma attack. You administer their asthma medication with the 4x4x4 method. Did the casualty receive 26 puffs of the medication in total?
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18. Bleeding, Wounds and Injuries  Haemorrhage is a common term for blood loss.
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19. Burns  When treating chemical burns, a first aider should apply cool running water for 5 minutes to the affected area.
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20. Environmental Impact  The casualty is experiencing a heat stroke. Their temperature has reached 41°C. Normal temperature is 37°C. This is an increase in temperature of 6°C.
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21. Envenomation  Funnel Web Spider bites are venomous and require use of the pressure immobilisation technique.
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22. Poisons  Poisons can enter the body by contact with the skin or being ingested, injected, or inhaled.
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23. Monitor and Respond to Casualty’s Condition  When monitoring vital signs, you should look at the colour of the causality’s eyes.
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24. Finalise First Aid Treatment  You have a legal obligation to maintain confidentiality after an incident.
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25. Evaluate Your Performance  Everybody reacts differently to traumatic situations. Crying, difficulty sleeping, and excessive alcohol consumption can be a sign of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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