fracture has a wound. The bone may or may not be protruding. There is also internal damage to surrounding tissue. 1.2 Describe how to manage a fracture. A casualty with a fracture needs to keep still and not move the injured part. The treatment for a closed fracture is to reduce the risk of further injury by preventing the casualty from moving the fracture and to get medical help. You need to: 1. Support the injured limb 2. Immobilise the affected part 3. Dial 999 or 112 for an ambulance 4. Treat for
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According to an article written by Kirstine Rice on the American Safety and Health Institute website‚ about 1/3 of all injuries in the United States occur at home. Knowing basic first aid is an extremely important skill to know when accidents do arise. All throughout life we go through experiences that lead us to these injuries. Whether it is cooking in the kitchen‚ riding a bike‚ or even just walking down the street accidents can happen. And being the kind of kid who did everything my parents said
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How to Perform Basic First Aid First Aid is something that should be widely known by people in case of any emergency. You never know when an accident may occur; accidents can occur at any moment in time. When my best friend drowned in the pool one day‚ I was scared because I did not know what to do. Luckily for me there was someone who knew CPR and saved the day and most importantly‚ saved my friend. This made me realize I needed to know how to perform first aid in case of any emergency because
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How visual aids can help when teaching a foreign language. 1 Visual aids provide a practical solution for teachers whose equipment can consist of nothing more than a few books and a classroom. They include black-boards‚ laptops‚ charts and posters‚ pictures‚ magazines‚ flash-cards and actual objects or ‘realia’. These teaching aids‚ and the ways in which they help the teacher are discussed below. Blackboard/whiteboard: In schools throughout the world‚ this piece of equipment is
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computers in present day united states Malware-software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. Sometimes I think what does this mean until I joined web design. Some people don’t care what they open on their computer but when it crashes they get mad and go out and spend hundreds of dollars to fix it. Little do they know it is free to get rid of all they have to do is wipe their computer clean. I don’t mean with a clean rag and Windex for those who want to be a smarty pants
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What is first aid? First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal
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First Aid is extremely important in the work place. Sudden injuries or illnesses‚ some of which may be life-threatening‚ occur at work. It can be something that is often overlooked in the workplace because of its simplicity. First Aid can be as simple as treating a small scrape so it does not become infected to keeping a person alive by performing CPR. OSHA describes the definition of first aid as medical attention that is usually administered immediately after the injury occurs. This attention
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Reaction Paper about First Aid Basic first aid refers to the initial process of assessing and addressing the needs of someone who has been injured or is in physiological distress due to choking‚ a heart attack‚ allergic reactions‚ drugs or other medical emergencies. Basic first aid allows you to quickly determine a person’s physical condition and the correct course of treatment. You should always seek professional medical help as soon as you are able‚ but following correct first aid procedures can be
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First aid assignment Unit 302.3 K3S198‚ K3H196‚ K3H197‚ K3H199 E1 10/689321 When I am working in the crèche with the children‚ I make sure that the children are all safe‚ sometime accidents do happen. If an accident does happen while I am there I would find out what has happened‚ by asking the child and other members of staff. While I am finding out what has happened I would give the appropriate first aid and recorded it in the first aid book. For example if a child has banged their head
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First Aid Training Name Institution First Aid Training Training Program The Project There could be number of issues and problems which an employee has to face whilst working in a business organization. In this particular project‚ we shall take account of training program based at Riyad Capital‚ Saudi Arabia consisting of provision of training and development of employees in terms of their first aid training. The whole project was divided into different steps which included needs
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