Requirement 1 “Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident.”
- What is an accident?
- What kind of accidents might happen to you or a friend?
- What is first aid?
- First rule: stay calm
- Emergency action steps
- Check – scene
- Is it safe to be here?
- Discuss why that question is important.
- Responders do no good if they get injured too
- What happened?
- Discuss why this question is important.
- The cause of an accident could be very important information for EMS to have when they are fixing it.
- What can you do to find out what happened?
- How many people are hurt?
- Important because other people could be hurt
- the operator will want to know how many people need help.
- How many can help?
- How far away is help?
- Is it safe to be here?
- Check—person
- Are they conscious?
- Tap and shout
- Check for breathing
- Check for bleeding
- Explain what a hurry case is
- Are they conscious?
- Call
- dial 911 or local emergency number
- send someone else to call
- why would you want to send someone else to call?
- Allows you to stay with the injured person and help them.
- make the call yourself
- say “this is an emergency call”
- state:
- who you are
- what happened
- where it happened
- when it happened
- how many people are hurt
- don’t hang up
- the operator may ask more questions
- the operator may give you more instructions
- send someone else to call
- dial 911 or local emergency number
- Care-Will be covered later in the class