First Aid

What is First Aid?
First aid is the provision of limited care for an illness or injury, which is provided, usually by a lay person, to a sick or injured patient until definitive medical treatment can be accessed, or until the illness or injury is dealt with (as not all illnesses or injuries will require a higher level of treatment). It generally consists of series of simple, sometimes life saving, medical techniques, that an individual, either with or without formal medical training, can be trained to perform with minimal equipment. – Wikipedia
What are the aims of providinfg first aid?

First Aid focuses on:
• Save Life of the injured
• Prevent the casulty’s condition to worsen further
• Promote Recovery

First Aid Skills
Firstly one should evaluate the situatuion correctly to see what conditions or injuries have taken place.
Check for the “ABC” of First Aid ie.
• Airway
• Breathing
• Circulation
This means first check for severety of the patients is to see and try to solve the the issues by the airways. You need to check out if there are no blockages in the airways to due any debris

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Breathing
Breathing checks to monitor whether the injured person or casualty is having a normal respiration. If not then “mouth to mouth respiration” needs to be carried out to restore normal respiration.

Circulation
To monitor if the:
Heartbeat & pulse are still normal or not
OR
The rhythm of the pulse and the heart beat
OR
It he heartbeat is taking place or not
If there is any of the problems exist then a CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) needs to be carried out.

Some tips for First Aid
Everyone in your family should have basic first aid knowledge.Seek training from any physician in your neighbourhood.
Have a first aid kit always ready at home and even in your car.
Always keep emergency numbers for police, hospitals and local fire fighting stations.
Always ensure full safety at all times as all of know, “Prevention is always better than cure.”

Your First Aid box should consist of:
• Band aids of different sizes
• Antiseptic solution such as Dettol
• Rubbing alcohol also called Isopropyl alcohol
• A pair of pointed tweezers to remove splinters which are superficial and have one end protruding. Deeper splinters or foreign bodies should be removed by a physician.
• Cotton - preferably sterile
• Blunt ended scissors
• Sterile bandages
• Torch or flashlight
• Tourniquet
• Heating pad
• Ice pack
• ACE bandages - for sprains and achy joints
• Acetaminophen (paracetamol) for aches and pains and fever
• Throat lozenges
• Ibuprofen, which has an anti-inflammatory action, also for aches and pains and fever
• Aspirin tablets
• Anti-allergy pills such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl).

When can first aid be required?
These are some of the possible conditions that can be saved from worsening if one has relevant first aid knowledge:
• Bone Fractures
• Burns
• Heart attacks
• Child birth
• Poisoning
• Wounds
• Dehydration
• Hypoglycemic