First aid example only Get a persons consent before you help the person use personal protective equipment‚ plastic bags if u dont have gloves to protect your self Dont do rescue breath just do cpr if u got no protection Response are you ok can you hear me‚ can u open your eyes can you blink‚ can you feel this can you feel Touch person if u think its safe to do it Dont touch above shoulders‚ squeeze shoulders‚ talk and touch‚ Send. For help; phone ambulance 3 conditions
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Correct First Aid Procedures First Aid: Help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available FOR CUTS OR OPEN WOUNDS 1. Stop the Bleeding Apply direct pressure on the area. 2. Clean and Protect Clean the area with warm water and gentle soap. Apply an antibiotic ointment to reduce chance of infection. Put a sterile bandage on the area. SPRAIN 1.Rest the injuried limb 2. Ice the area 3.Compress area with bandage 4. Elevate the injured limb above your
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Sarah Jacob How to Apply First Aid Demonstration Speech Introduction: I know all of us at some point have gotten a cut or scrape and started bleeding or you just freak out and don’t know what to do. All though out life we go through different experiences that leave us with all kinds of injuries‚ weather it be cooking in the kitchen‚ riding your bike or just walking down the street‚ accidents can happen. And though all my personal experiences I’ve learned that there is a proper way of taking
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Chapter 1 Importance of First Aid it’s better to know it and not need it than to need and not know everyone should be able to perform first aid‚ you are going to need it What is First Aid? the immediate care doesn’t take the place of proper medical care temporary help difference between life or death First Aid and the Law can be sued Minimize Risk of Suite get consent follow guidelines explain what you will do once you start‚ you can’t leave until proper help comes Consent
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Describe common types of wounds. There are a few common types of wounds that you may come across in first aid‚ the first one is a bruise or ‘contusion’‚ and this is normally caused by bleeding under the skin and may be the result of a blunt blow or bleeding from underlying damage like a broken bone. To help to ease the pain you should cool the area with an ice pack or use cold water as soon as possible for 10 minutes. The second one is a graze or abrasion‚ this is when the top layer of the skin
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occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding July‚ 1996‚ two thousand‚ six hundred and sixty-seven people aged 13 to 24 were diagnosed with AIDS. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control warns that‚ ¡§while the rate of new AIDS cases reported among people born before
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Fundamentally‚ there are three main ways of how aid is given‚ they are bilateral aid (direct country to country)‚ multilateral aid (country to World bank to country) and NGO aid (aid given by Oxfam‚ Red Cross etc non government organizations). Food aid could also be split into long term and short term‚ depending on the situation and the need. Recently‚ cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on the 2nd of May‚ a poor LEDC in Asia. Their infrastructure is poor and housing was appalling‚ resulting in deaths
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Summary of Jessica Reaves’s “What the Rest of Africa Could Learn about AIDS” In her essay “What the Rest of Africa Could Learn about AIDS” Jessica Reaves suggest that “comprehensive sex education—including information about condoms and how to use them—is one of the most important weapons in the fight against AIDS.” According to Reaves‚ countries in Africa with high infection rates could significantly reduce the outbreak of AIDS by simply promoting safe sex. Reaves concludes this by looking at statistics
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Suggest reasons for successes and failures of the management of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. HIV and AIDS are having a devastating impact in Sun-Saharan Africa. For example in 1999 it was estimated that two thirds of the people suffering from HIV were found in sub-Saharan Africa. Also in 2008 a UNAIDS report showed this area accounted for 75% of the global death toll from AIDS. This just demonstrates the damage it is doing. Management strategies are being put in place‚ however some there success
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Africa is facing a devastating crisis with respect to the AIDS epidemic‚ currently accounting for over 70% of the world ’s HIV-positive population. There are‚ of course‚ many factors that drive the explosive transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ but in the tangled web that is the epidemic in Africa‚ many of these issues share a common thread. The oppression of women in Africa can be considered the virus ’ cultural vector. Females are rendered powerless in African societies‚ and existing
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