3. THE AIMS OF FIRST AID ARE:
• To preserve life,
• To prevent the worsening of one’s medical
condition,
• To promote recovery, and
• To help to ensure safe transportation to the
nearest healthcare facility.
8. OBJECTIVES OF FIRST AID
To understand your own abilities and limitations.
■ To stay safe and calm at all times.
■ To assess a situation quickly and calmly and summon the
appropriate help if necessary.
■ To assist the casualty and provide the necessary treatment, with
the help of others if possible.
■ To pass on relevant information to the emergency services, or
to the person who takes responsibility for the casualty.
■ To be aware of your own needs.
10. THE FIRST AIDER MUST HAVE
• A first aider is the term describing any person who has
received a certificate from an authorized training body
indicating that he or she is qualified to render first aid.
First aid certifications issued by St. John Ambulance
Association and the Indian Red Cross Society are
awarded to candidates who have attended a course of
theoretical and practical work and who have passed a
professionally supervised examination and medical,
paramedical profession person from recognized
board/university/council.
11. FIRST AID PRIORITIES(APPC)
• Assess a situation quickly and calmly.
• Protect yourself and any casualties from danger—never put yourself
at risk .
• Prevent cross-contamination between yourself and the casualty as
best as possible .
• Comfort and reassure casualties
• Assess the casualty: identify, as best as you can, the injury or nature
of illness affecting a casualty .
• Give early treatment, and treat the casualties with the most serious
(life-threatening) conditions first.
• Arrange for appropriate help: call 911 for emergency help if you
suspect serious injury or illness; take or send the casualty to the
hospital; transfer him into the care of a healthcare professional, or to
a higher level of medical care. Stay with a casualty until care is
available.
15. KEY SKILLS TO FIRST AID(ABCD)
• First aider are taught to focus on the ABC of
first aid before giving additional treatment:
– Airway
– Breathing
– Circulation
• Some instructor add a fourth step of D for
– Deadly bleeds or defibrillation.