1. Emergency First Aid at Work

2. Health and Safety 3. C o u rs e O b je c tiv e- B y th e e n d o f th is c o u rs e y o u w ill h a v e g a in e d th e b a s ic s k ills a n d k n o w le d g e to d e m o n s tra te th a t y o u c a n w o rk a s a n E m e r g e n c y F irs t A id e r in th e w o rk p la c e - T h e s e s k ills a n d k n o w le d g e w ill b e b ro k e n d o w n in to s m a lle r o b je c tiv e s th ro u g h o u t th e day. - T h e q u a lific a tio n y o u w ill b e w o rk in g to w a rd is th e E m e r g e n c y F ir s t A id a t W o r k V e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 2 4. T h e P rio ritie s o f F irs t A id a re A IR W A Y L IF EB R E A T H IN G C IR C U L A T IO NV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 6 5. P rim a ry S u rv e y D anger R e s p o n s e - H e lp !! A irw a y B re a th in g C irc u la tio n C o n tro l b le e d in gV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 7 6. A irw a yIn s p e c t-c le a r-o p e nV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 8 7. B re a th in g L o o k lis te n a n d fe e l fo r a m a x im u m o f1 0 s e c o n d s fo r n o rm a l b re a th in gV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 9 8. C irc u la tio n If n o rm a l b re a th in g is p re s e n t c irc u la tio n isa ls o p re s e n t C h e c k fo r a n d c o n tro l m a jo r b le e d in gV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s10 9. T h e S e c o n d a ry S u rv e y T h e s e c o n d a ry s u rv e y c o n s is ts o f: A m o re d e ta ile d e x a m in a tio n o f th e c a s u a lty M a k in g a d ia g n o s is v ia : H is to r y a n d E x te r n a l c lu e s S ig n s S y m p to m s T re a tin g w h a t y o u fin d T h e re c o v e ry p o s itio nV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 11 10. H is to ry a n d E x te rn a l C lu e s H is to r y :- T h e a m o u n t o f fo rc e in v o lv e d C a s u a ltie s a g e a n d s ta te o f h e a lth T h e e n v iro n m e n t A re th e y s u ffe rin g fro m a n y illn e s s e s E x te r n a l c lu e s :- W a rn in g b ra c e le ts M e d ic in e s /in h a le rsV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 12 11. S ig n s W h a t y o u c a n s e e , fe e l, h e a r o r s m e ll:- B le e d in g B ru is in g S w e llin g D e fo rm ity V o m it N o is y b re a th in g A lc o h o lV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 13 12. S y m p to m s12 W h a t th e c a s u a lty c a n te ll y o u :- P a in10 L o s s o f s e n s a tio n8 D iz z in e s s Column 16 N auseaColumn 2 Column 3 L oss of m ovem ent4 F a in tn e s s2 A n x ie ty V e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 140 Row 1Row 2Row 3Row 4 13. T h e R e c o v e ry P o s itio n U se d fo r a nu n c o n s c io u s c a s u a ltyw h o is b re a th in gIt:- P re v e n ts th e to n g u e fro m b lo c k in g th e th ro a t A id s d ra in a g eV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 15 14. B a s ic L ife S u p p o rtC a rd io p u lm o n a ry R e s u s c ita tio n ( C .P .R )V e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 1 15. What Are The Requirements? The First Aid at Work Training Course andEmergency First Aid at Work courses are theonly recognised way to achieve compliance inthe workplace, inStockport, Liverpool and Manchester 16. C A R D IA C A R R E S TR e la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n100 S u rv iv a l R a te & T im e toD e fib rilla tio n .80 %60D is c h a rg e d40A liv e20 0051015 20M in u te s to D e fib rilla tio nV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s3 17. C h e s t C o m p re s s io n s R a te= 1 0 0 -1 2 0 P e r m in u te D e p th= 5 -6 c m R a tio = 3 0 C o m p re s s io n s /2 V e n tila tio n s N o te -if d o n e 1 0 0 % c o rre c tly th is o n lyp ro v id e s a m a x im u m o f 3 0 % n o rm a lc a rd ia c o u tp u tV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 5 18. F in a l T h o u g h ts I f y o u s ta r t C .P .R th e p a tie n t m a y , o r m a yn o t, b e s u c c e s s fu lly re s u s c ita te d . If y o u d on o t s ta rt th e ir c h a n c e o f s u rv iv a l w illd im in is h b y 2 0 % p e r m in u te D o n t le t y o u r C .P .R s k ills g e t r u s ty - afrie n d s life m a y d e p e n d o n th e mV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 7 19. CHOKINGChoking1/11 20. T e c h n iq u e s to R e lie v e C h o k in g F in g e r s w e e p C o u g h in g B a c k s la p s A b d o m in a l th ru s tsV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 10 21. F in g e r S w e e p U s e d to c le a r th e a irw a y m a n u a lly D o n o t fo rc e th e fo re ig n b o d y fu rth e r d o w nth e a irw a y O n ly g o a s fa r a s y o u c a n s e e O n ly u s e y o u r fin g e rsV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 11 22. C o u g h in g M o s t e ffe c tiv e w a y if th e a irw a y is p a rtia llyb lo c k e d C a lm th e c a s u a lty d o w n A s k th e m to c o u g h D o n t c o n tin u e a s k in g if th e y c a n n o t e x p e lth e fo re ig n b o d yV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 12 23. B a c k B lo w s U s e d to c re a te a na rtific ia l c o u g h D e liv e re d b e tw e e n th es h o u ld e r b la d e s w ithth e fla t o f y o u r h a n dV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 13 24. A b d o m in a l T h ru s ts U s e d if th e p a tie n td e v e lo p s p o o r a ire x c h a n g e o r if th e a irw a yis c o m p le te ly b lo c k e d P u rp o s e is to c re a te a na rtific ia l c o u g h A b d o m in a l th ru s ts c a n b ep e rfo rm e d w h ils t v ic tim iss ittin g , s ta n d in g o r la y in gdow nV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 14 25. U n c o n s c io u s n e s sV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 1 26. C au sesS S tro k e F F a in tin gH H e a rt a tta c k I In to x ic a tio nA A s p h y x ia /A s th m a S ShockP P o is o n in g H H e a d in ju ryE E p ile p s yD D ia b e te sV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s3 27. H e a d In ju rie sV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 4 28. C o n c u s s io n R e s u lts fro m th e b ra inb e in g s h a k e nV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 6 29. C o n c u s s io nS ig n s a n d s y m p to m s :- U n c o n s c io u s fo r a s h o rt p e rio d M e m o ry lo s s D iz z in e s s o r n a u s e a T re a tm e n t:- A .B .C s a n d m o n ito r If re c o v e re d w ith in 3 m in u te s w a tc h c lo s e ly , if n o t s e e k m e d ic a l h e lpV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s7 30. C o m p re s s io n B ru is in g o r b le e d in gin to th e c ra n ia l c a v ityc a u s in g a n in c re a s e o fp re s s u re o n th e b ra inV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 8 31. C o m p re s s io n S ig n s a n d S y m p to m s :- D e te rio ra tin g le v e l o f re s p o n s e A p p a re n t fu ll re c o v e ry fo llo w e d b y a d e te rio ra tio n U n e q u a l p u p ils /w e a k n e s s o n o n e s id e S lo w /fu ll p u ls eV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 10 32. T re a tm e n t o f C o m p re s s io n C o n s c io u s :- S u p p o rt in a c o m fo rta b le p o s itio n M o n ito r S e e k u rg e n t m e d ic a l h e lp U n c o n s c io u s :- A .B .C s R e c o v e ry p o s itio n ? M o n ito r S e e k u rg e n t m e d ic a l h e lpV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 12 33. S tro k eV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 13 34. S tro k e W h a t? D is ru p tio n o f b lo o d flo w to th e b ra in C a u s e d b y a c lo t o r b le e dV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 14 35. S tro k e S ig n s a n d s y m p to m s :- H eadache C o n fu s io n W e a k n e s s /p a ra ly s is S p e e c h p ro b le m sV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 15 36. H e a rt C o n d itio n sV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 17 37. T h e C o ro n a ry A rte rie sV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 18 38. A n g in a S u p p ly o f o x y g e n isin s u ffic ie n t N o rm a lly c a u s e d b y an a rro w in g o f th ea rte rie s U s u a lly o c c u rs o ne x e rtio n o r s tre s sV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 20 39. S ig n s a n d S y m p to m s C h e s t p a in (c ra m p /in d ig e s tio n ) S h o rtn e s s o f b re a th S w e a tin g / n a u s e a In c re a s e d p u ls e ra te F e e lin g o f w e a k n e s s A n x ie tyV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 21 40. H e a rt A tta c k O c c u rs w h e n a p o rtio n o f th e c a rd ia cm u s c le is d e p riv e d o f o x y g e n a n d d ie s T h e la rg e r th e b lo c k a g e , th e la rg e r th ea tta c k P o s s ib le c a u s e s in c lu d e :- E m b o lis m B lo o d c lo t S pasm of a vesselV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e ra tio n s 23 41. S ig n s a n d S y m p to m s A p e rs is te n t c ru s h in g /v ic e lik e c e n tra l c h e s t p a in -m a y ra d ia te to th e ja w /a rm s A s h e n s k in (s w e a tin g ) R a p id , w e a k , irre g u la r p u ls e R a p id b re a th in g F a in tn e s s o r g id d in e s s S e n s e o f im p e n d in g d o o m N o t re lie v e d b y G T NV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 19 42. A s th m aV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 25 43. A s th m a W h a t? R e v e rs ib le a irw a y o b s tru c tio n S ig n s :- D iffic u lty b re a th in g W h e e z in g T ig h t c h e s t T re a tm e n t::- H e lp s e lf-m e d ic a te R e st a n d re a ssu re S e e k m e d ic a l h e lpV e r s io n 1 .0a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 26 44. E p ile p s yV e r s io n 1 .0 a .i.d tr a in in g & o p e r a tio n s 27 45. E p ile p s y W h a t? T re a tm e n t:- D is tu rb a n c e o f th e P ro te c t fro m fu rth e r h a rm b ra in s n o rm a l a c tiv ity L o o s e n c lo th in g K e e p p e o p le a w a y W hy? E n c o u ra g e to a tte n d H e a d in ju ryh o s p ita l D is e a s e D o n o t:- L ack of oxygen U se fo rc e P u t a n y th in g in th e m o u th S o m e p o is o n s 6 0 % a re u n k n o w nV e r s io n 1 .028