KIN 125 Lecture 3: Chapter Three - Intro to First Aid
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Size up the scene: take the body substance isolation precautions, if possible, assess safety of the scene, determine victims condition, determine number of victims, determine resources needed. Easy steps to follow: ask victims name, maintain eye contact, speak calmly, give orders quietly. Position at a comfortable level relative to the victim. Conduct your survey in a slow, systematic manner. Determine basic info: airway status, adequacy of brething, mental status, mechanism of injury, nature of illness. Visually inspect body: medical alert bracelet/tag, bleeding, cuts, deformities, cyanosis. If unconscious: head tilt/chin lift if no spine injury, jaw thrust maneuver if suspected spine injury. The patient is breathing if: they can talk, they can cough. If you suspect the victim is unconscious: check breathing immediately, look for chest rise and fall, listen for sounds of air movement, feel on your cheek for air movement. Check pulse: conscious radial, unconscious carotid. Normal rate (bpm: adult 60 -100, child 80 150, infant 120 160.
