Summary FIRST AID AND TRAUMA

FIRST AID AND TRAUMA

, OUTLINE
• Principles of First Aid
• Common emergencies
• First Aid kit components
• Lifting and carrying of a casualty
• System approach to trauma
• Mass casualty accident

, INTRODUCTION

First Aid
• Immediate help given to a victim of an accident, injury or
a sudden illness before medical help is obtained.
• Comprised of relatively simple techniques that can be
performed with rudimentary equipment
• It can be carried out by a layperson until professional
medical assistance arrives

, Philosophy of First Aid
In the pre-hospital setting, the key contributors to survival and
recovery from illness and injury are prompt and effective
maintenance of the body’s primary functions:

1. Airway

2. Breathing

3. Circulation

4. Deadly bleeds-Bleeding control (life threatening)