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    First aid is immediate assistance given to anyone with an illness or injury to preserve life and prevent worsening until medical help arrives. It involves basic medical training. After an earthquake, first take care of your own safety and help others only when safe. Check for injuries like bleeding and administer first aid like direct pressure, rescue breathing or CPR if needed until emergency services arrive. CPR involves chest compressions and rescue breathing to manually pump the heart and provide oxygen when someone's heart stops beating.

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    First aid is immediate assistance given to anyone with an illness or injury to preserve life and prevent worsening until medical help arrives. It involves basic medical training. After an earthquake, first take care of your own safety and help others only when safe. Check for injuries like bleeding and administer first aid like direct pressure, rescue breathing or CPR if needed until emergency services arrive. CPR involves chest compressions and rescue breathing to manually pump the heart and provide oxygen when someone's heart stops beating.

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    First aid is immediate assistance given to anyone with an illness or injury to preserve life and prevent worsening until medical help arrives. It involves basic medical training. After an earthquake, first take care of your own safety and help others only when safe. Check for injuries like bleeding and administer first aid like direct pressure, rescue breathing or CPR if needed until emergency services arrive. CPR involves chest compressions and rescue breathing to manually pump the heart and provide oxygen when someone's heart stops beating.

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    First aid is immediate assistance given to anyone with an illness or injury to preserve life and prevent worsening until medical help arrives. It involves basic medical training. After an earthquake, first take care of your own safety and help others only when safe. Check for injuries like bleeding and administer first aid like direct pressure, rescue breathing or CPR if needed until emergency services arrive. CPR involves chest compressions and rescue breathing to manually pump the heart and provide oxygen when someone's heart stops beating.

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    FIRST

    AID
    Omaima S. Abolais, RN
    WHAT IS FIRST
    AID?
    ANYONE?
    First aid is the first and immediate
    assistance given to any person with either
    a minor or serious illness or injury, with
    care provided to preserve life, prevent the
    condition from worsening, or to promote
    recovery until medical services arrive.
    First aid is generally performed by
    someone with basic medical training.
    WHAT WOULD
    YOU DO AFTER A
    DISASTROUS
    EARTHQUAKE?
    First take care of your own situation.
    Remember your emergency plans. Aftershocks may cause additional
    damage or items to fall, so get to a safe location. Take your disaster
    supplies kit.

    If you are trapped by falling items or a collapse,


    protect your mouth, nose, and eyes from dust.

    If you are bleeding,


    put pressure on the wound and elevate the injured part. Signal for help
    with your emergency whistle, a cell phone, or knock loudly on solid
    pieces of the building, three times every few minutes. Rescue
    personnel will be listening for such sounds.
    ONCE YOU ARE SAFE, HELP OTHERS AND
    CHECK FOR DAMAGE. PROTECT YOURSELF
    BY WEARING STURDY SHOES AND WORK
    GLOVES, TO AVOID INJURY FROM BROKEN
    GLASS AND DEBRIS. ALSO WEAR A DUST
    MASK AND EYE PROTECTION.
    Check for injuries
    • Check your first aid kit or the front pages of your telephone book for
    detailed instructions on first aid measures.
    • If a person is bleeding, put direct pressure on the wound. Use clean gauze
    or cloth, if available.
    • If a person is not breathing, administer rescue breathing.
    • If a person has no pulse, begin CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
    • Do not move seriously injured persons unless they are in immediate
    danger of further injury.
    • Cover injured persons with blankets or additional clothing to keep them
    warm.
    • Get medical help for serious injuries.
    • Carefully check children or others needing special assistance.
    4 LIFE SAVING
    STEPS
    1. STOP THE BLEEDING – BY ELEVATING, DIRECT PRESSURE & BY APPLYING
    TOURNIQUET.
    • CONTINUOUS PRESSURE WITH BOTH HANDS
    DIRECTLY ON TOP OF THE BLEEDING WOUND. PUSH
    DOWN AS HARD AS YOU CAN. HOLD PRESSURE TO
    STOP BLEEDING. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESSURE IS
    TO COMPRESS THE ARTERY AGAINST THE BONE,
    THUS SHUTTING OFF THE FLOW OF BLOOD FROM
    HEART TO THE WOUNDS.

    • LIFT THE WOUND ABOVE THE HEART IF POSSIBLE.


    IF YOU DO NOT SUSPECT THAT THE WOUND
    INVOLVES A BROKEN BONE, LIFT THE INJURED
    AREA ABOVE THE HEART LEVEL. ELEVATING THE
    WOUND WILL SLOW THE BLOOD FLOW. IF
    POSSIBLE, HELP THE PERSON LIE DOWN ON A RUG
    OR BLANKET TO PREVENT LOSS OF BODY HEAT.
    2. PROTECT THE WOUND – BY APPLYING FIRST AID DRESSING.

    • COVERING A BREAK IN THE SKIN HELPS TO CONTROL


    BLEEDING AND PROTECT AGAINST INFECTION.
    DRESSINGS ARE PADS OF GAUZE OR CLOTH THAT CAN
    BE PLACED DIRECTLY AGAINST THE WOUND TO ABSORB
    BLOOD AND OTHER FLUIDS.
    3. PREVENT ORTREAT SHOCK:

    a. KEEP THE VICTIM LYING DOWN WITH HIS/HER HEAD LOWER THAN THE BODY.
    b. LOOSEN ANY TILT CLOTHING.
    c. KEEP THE CASUALTY CONVERTIBLE WARM BY WRAPPING WITH BLANKET.
    d. GIVE HIM FLUID BY MOUTH WITH WARM STIMULANTS SUCH AS COFFEE, TEA OR COCOA
    REMEMBER ALCOHOL IS NOT STIMULANTS FLUID.
    4. RESTORE BREATHING – IF A CASUALTY
    STOP BREATHING YOU MUST GIVE
    ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IMMEDIATELY.
    THE SOONER YOU BEGIN ARTIFICIAL
    RESPIRATION, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE
    TO SUCCEED IN RESTORING BREATHING.
    HOW DO WE
    PERFORM CPR?
    REPUBLIC ACT NO.
    10871, July 17, 2016
    AN ACT REQUIRING BASIC EDUCATION
    STUDENTS TO UNDERGO AGE-
    APPROPRIATE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
    TRAINING
    CPR – OR CARDIOPULMONARY
    RESUSCITATION
    AN EMERGENCY LIFESAVING PROCEDURE PERFORMED
    WHEN THE HEART STOPS BEATING. IMMEDIATE CPR CAN
    DOUBLE OR TRIPLE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL AFTER
    CARDIAC ARREST.
    Before starting CPR
    • Ensure your own safety first, then that of the victim (for example, if the victim is lying on a road, take steps to alert
    oncoming traffic).
    • Gently tap the victim and shout “are you all right?” If the victim can respond and there is no further danger from their
    location, leave the victim in the position they are in. If there is no response, shout for help. Send for help if there is more
    than one rescuer present.
    • Ask that person to dial 111 for an ambulance and return to confirm that the ambulance is on the way. Tell the ambulance
    dispatcher the location and telephone number closest to the scene and be prepared to provide other information before
    hanging up.
    • Do not hang up until instructed to do so.
    • If alone, the rescuer should assess the victim for unresponsiveness and absence of signs of life before going for help.
    • The victim must be on his/her back on a firm surface.

    If the victim is unconscious, breathing and has other signs of life, turn the victim onto his/her side in the recovery position
    and ensure the airway is kept open.
    LET’S WATCH A
    VIDEO!
    ANY
    QUESTIONS?
    THANK YOU!

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