COURSE AGENDA WELCOME COURSE RECORD & ADDENDUM PURPOSE RECOGNIZING & RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES OVERCOMING BARRIERS GOOD SAMARITAN LAWS

COURSE AGENDA CONSENT PREVENTING DISEASE TRANSMISSION EMERGENCY ACTION STEPS CHECKING AN ILL OR INJURED PERSON CHECKING A CONSCIOUS ADULT CHECKING A CONSCIOUS CHILD OR INFANT RECOGNIZING AND CARING FOR SHOCK

WELCOME INSTRUCTOR: KASANDRA SMITH PLEASE BE SURE NAMES ARE WRITTEN LEGIBLY ON COURSE RECORD PURPOSE IS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS; RECOGNIZE EMERGENCIES; MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS FOR CARE CORRECTLY ANSWER 80% OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH SECTIONS (5) CPR CERTIFICATES VALID FOR 1 YEAR. FIRST AID -3 YEARS

LOOK FOR SIGNS OF AN EMERGENCY – BLOOD, SMOKE, FIRE, BROKEN GLASS, PEOPLE CROWDED AROUND – PERSONS WHO ARE NOTICEABLY UNCOMFORTABLE – SOMEONE HOLDING THEIR THROAT OR PULLING AT COLLAR – DROWSINESS OR CONFUSED FOR NO KNOWN REASON

SIGNS OF AN EMERGENCY CONT. UNUSUAL ODOR TO BREATH SMELLS OF GAS OR UNRECOGNIZABLE SMELLS SCREAMING SUDDEN SILENCE OF AN INFANT OR CHILD TIRES SCREECHING METAL CRASHING CHANGES IN MACHINERY SOUNDS/PITCH

BARRIERS – UNCERTAINTY ABOUT CONDITION OR INJURY/ILLNESS – FEAR OF CATCHING DISEASE – FEAR OF DOING SOMETHING WRONG – FEAR OF BEING SUED – ASSUMING SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT

WAYS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS GET TRAINED IN CPR, FIRST AID, OR AED AVOID CONTACT WITH BODY FLUIDS BY USING PPE OR FOLLOWING STANDARD/UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS BE FAMILIAR WITH GOOD SAMARITAN LAWS

GOOD SAMARITAN LAWS

CONSENT ALWAYS ASK!!!! OBTAIN CONSENT – STATE YOU NAME. – TELL PERSON YOU ARE TRAINED IN CPR & FIRST AID – ASK IF YOU CAN HELP – EXPLAIN WHAT YOU THINK MAY BE WRONG – EXPLAIN WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO.

CONSENT CONT. IF PERSON REFUSES CARE – DO NOT GIVE CARE, BUT CALL 911 IMPLIED CONSENT – UNCONSCIOUS, CONFUSED OR SERIOUSLY ILL MINOR – OBTAIN PARENTAL CONSENT IF PRESENT; OTHERWISE CONSENT IS IMPLIED

PREVENTING DISEASE TRANSMISSION TREAT ALL BODY FLUIDS AS THOUGH THEY ARE INFECTIOUS(UNIVERSAL/STANDARD PRECAUTIONS) WASH HANDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER GIVING CARE OR USE HAND SANITIZER AVOID CONTACT WITH BLOOD/BODY FLUIDS USE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT – GLOVES – MASKS – FACE SHIELDS – GOOGLES IF AVAILABLE

EMERGENY ACTION STEPS CHECK – CHECK SCENE FOR SAFETY – CHECK PERSON FOR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS CALL – CALL 911 CARE – CARE FOR INJURED OR ILL PERSON – IF ALONE: CALL FIRST OR CARE FIRST – CALL FIRST SITUATIONS UNCONSCIOUS ADULT OR ADOLESCENT 12 OR OLDER WITNESSED COLLAPSE OF A CHILD OR INFANT UNCONSCIOUS INFANT OR CHILD HIGH RISK FOR HEART PROBLEMS

EMERGENCY ACTION STEPS CARE FIRST SITUATIONS: – GIVE 2 MINUTES OF CARE, THEN CALL 911 – UNWITNESSED COLLAPSE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON YOUNGER THAN 12 – ANY DROWNING VICTIM

MOVING THE PERSON TRY TO AVOID MOVING IF POSSIBLE MAY LEAD TO FURTHER INJURY WHEN TO MOVE PERSON – IMMEDIATE DANGER/SCENE BECOMES UNSAFE – NEED TO REACH A PERSON MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED – TO GIVE THEM EMERGENCY CARE – TRY TO LOG ROLL PERSON

CHECKING A CONSCIOUS ADULT (12 OR OLDER) GET CONSENT ASK PERSONS QUESTIONS HEAD TO TOE QUICK EXAM(BE CAREFUL NOT TO MOVE INJURED/PAINFUL PARTS) GIVE CARE BASED ON CONDITION/NEEDS CHECK FOR MEDICAL ID BRACELETS/NECKLACES

SHOCK LIFE-THREATENING LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO ALL BODY PARTS USUALLY RESULTS FROM SEVERE INJURY OR SEVERE BLEEDING/FLUID LOSS BODY SYSTEMS AND ORGANS FAIL REMEMBER CHECK, CALL, CARE ASK QUESTION ( ARE YOU IN PAIN?, ANY NUMBNESS?, TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS, HAVE ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS?

SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK PALE SKIN COOL, CLAMMY SKIN RAPID, WEAK PULSE. MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FEEL, IF SO CHECK CAROTID RAPID, SHALLOW RESPIRATIONS WEAKNESS EXTREME ANXIETY/AGITATION CONFUSION VOMITING BLURRED VISION DILATED PUPILS

TREATMENT CALL 911 KEEP PATIENT CALM COVER WITH BLANKETS TO PREVENT CHILLING DO NOT GIVE FOOD OR DRINK CONSTANTLY REASSURE VICTIM TRY TO STOP BLEEDING ELEVATE FEET IF NO HEAD INJURY OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING PRESENT

BREATHING EMERGENCIES & CONSCIOUS CHOKING CHOKING IS BREATHING EMERGENCY IF A PERSON CAN COUGH, LEAVE THEM ALONE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF CHOKING – CLUTCHING OF THROAT – NO SOUNDS OR UNABLE TO SPEAK OR BREATHE

CONSCIOUS CHOKING-ADULT CHECK, CALL, CARE LEAN FORWARD 5 BACK BLOWS 5 UPWARD ABDOMINAL THRUSTS CONTINUE UNTIL OBJECT IS REMOVED, PERSON CAN BREATHE OR COUGH FORCEFULLY, OR BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS

UNCONSCIOUS CHOKING CHECK, CALL, CARE A-AIRWAY B-BREATHING C-CIRCULATION TILT HEAD 2 RESCUE BREATHS(BREATHS DO NOT GO IN) 30 COMPRESSIONS LOOK FOR OBJECT NO OBJECT REPEAT PROCESS IF OBJECT SEEN, REMOVE IT, THEN 2 RESCUE BREATHS, THEN CHECK FOR SIGNS OF LIFE

CPR CHECK CALL CARE A-AIRWAY (HEAD-TILT/CHIN LIFT) B-BREATHING (2 RESCUE BREATHS)* C-CIRCULATION (CHECK FOR PULSE NO MORE THAN 10 SECONDS) D-DEFIBRILLATION COMPRESSIONS -30 (INFANT ½ - 1”; CHILD 1’-1 ½”) RESPIRATIONS -2 (JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE THE CHECK RISE AND FALL)

BREATHING DURING CPR ADULT/CHILD RESCUE BREATHS SHOULD LAST APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND INFANT RESCUE BREATHS SHOULD BE PUFFS OF AIR.

RESCUE BREATHING PERFORMED WHEN PULSE IS PRESENT, BUT IS NOT BREATHING ADULTS- ONE RESCUE BREATH EVERY SECOND CHILD-ONE RESCUE BREATH EVERY 3 SECONDS INFANT-ONE RESCUE BREATH EVERY 3 SECONDS

SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE FIRST AID INTERNAL BLEEDING (OBSERVE FOR CONFUSION,BRUISES, HARD BUMPS, VOMITING BLOOD) SEIZURE ( KEEP PERSON FROM HARM, NEVER FORCE ANYTHING IN THE MOUTH) SPRAIN, STRAINS, FRACTURES, DISLOCATIONS

SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE FIRST AID CHEST PAIN ( COULD BE HEART ATTACK, KEEP CALM, CALL 911) (aspirin) STROKES (F-FACE;A-ARM;S-SPEECH; T-TIME) DIABETIC EMERGENCY (CHECK SUGAR, FOLLOW APPROPRIATE PROTOCOL) HEAT CRAMPS (COOL PLACE, COOL WATER, STRETCH & MASSAGE)

SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE FIRST AID HEAT EXHAUSTION ( COOL PLACE, COOL WATER) HEAT STROKE (CALL 911, COOL PLACE) FROSTBITE (NEVER, EVER RUB) BLEEDING WOUND (APPLY PRESSURE WITH STERILE DRESSING)

SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE FIRST AID HEAD, NECK, BACK INJURY (TRY NOT TO MOVE) BURNS ( STOP BURN,COOL WATER, COVER WITH STERILE DRESSINGS LOOSELY) POISONINGS (CALL POISON CONTROL AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS) HYPOTHERMIA (LIFE-THREATENING, CALL 911, GET TO WARM AREA, AVOID CAFFEINE