1. First Aid & CPR Recognizing & Responding to Emergencies
Emergency Action Steps

2. Bell Work Grab note taker and bell work log on front table
Wait patiently as I hand back your rubric from your elevator pitch
Be prepared to listen to classmate(s) elevator pitches

3. First Aid & CPR Bell Work
Elbow contusion
Conscious choking
Shoulder hurts
Not breathing
Bloody nose
Severe burn
Thigh cramp
Chest pain
Cut lip
Back pain
Open fx
Sprained ankle
Victim has fever
Vomiting blood

4. Objectives Students will be able to:
Understand & use the Check, Call, Care process
Understand when & why to prioritize care
Practice checking an unconscious person

5. Terminology Check, Call, Care
Steps to follow in any emergency situation
Signs of Life
Any physical sign that would lead a first responder to believe a person has an airway, is breathing & has blood circulation
Body movements or sounds

6. Terminology EMS Emergency Medical Service (911)
Life threatening conditions
Conditions from which a person could die

7. Terminology Recovery position
Side lying position that person is placed in when they are conscious, unconscious (but show signs of life) or are likely to vomit

8. Emergency Action Steps
What is the methodical process that the first responder should follow in providing care?
CHECK-CALL-CARE

9. Primary Survey

10. Primary Survey - Check Survey the Scene Is the scene safe to approach?#2

11. Primary Survey - Check Scene
What should we be checking for at the scene?
Safe vs unsafe

12. Primary Survey - Check Scene
Anything unsafe
Traffic
Fire
Smoke
Chemical spill
Escaping steam
Poisonous gas
Downed electrical lines
Extreme weather
Collapsed structures
Explosive areas
Gasoline spill
Any others?

13. Primary Survey - Check Victims
Check Consciousness
“Hey, are you okay?”
If answer, check level of orientation
Person, Place, Time
No answer, check level of responsiveness
Pinch arm #3 #4 #2

14. Primary Survey - Check Victims
Check for life threatening/non life threatening injury or illness #5

15. Primary Survey - Check Victims
Life threatening conditions
Unconsciousness
Breathing (absent or difficult)
Poisoning
Choking
No signs of life
Persistent chest pain
Severe bleeding
Severe burns
Shock
Stroke #6

16. Primary Survey - Call Call 911 (EMS)
Often the most important action you can take to help #3

17. Primary Survey - Call Give your name Address/Location
What has happened
Number of Victims
Any Life Threatening situations
Victims apparent condition
What has been done
Hang up last
Send someone out to direct ambulance to scene

18. Primary Survey - Care Care Check CAB for 5-10 seconds C A B
Circulation
Carotid Pulse
Airway
Head Tilt, Chin Lift
(Jaw Thrust)
Breathing
Rise and fall of chest
Breath sounds/feel breath
Check CAB for 5-10 seconds
Monitor CABs & consciousness
Provide specific care as necessary
Until help arrives or situation resolved #8 #8 #7 #8

19. Primary Survey - Care
Conscious victim can answer questions & give clue to problem
Unconscious victim cannot provide answers or clues
First responders has to look for signs

20. Primary Survey - Pulse
Find your own pulse
Find your partner’s pulse

21. Primary Survey Practice
Check Scene
Safe – Unsafe – Unusual
Check Victim
Consciousness – Life Threatening – Non-Life Threatening
Call
911
Care
CAB

22. Primary Survey Practice
Get in groups of 3
Practice the Primary Survey - Unconscious
1 person victim
1 person First Responder
1 person Coach

23. Primary Survey - Practice
Care
C A B’s
Circulation
Carotid Pulse 23

24. Primary Survey - Practice
Care
C A B’s
Airway
No C-Spine Injury
Head Tilt, Chin Lift
C-Spine Injury
Jaw Thrust
Recovery position
Monitor CABs 24

25. Primary Survey - Practice
Care
C A B’s
Breathing - 10 sec
Look
chest rise and fall (movement)
Listen
Breath sounds
Feel
Breath on cheek
2 rescue breaths 25

26. Primary Survey - Prioritizing Care
Imagine that you come upon an accident scene, you were the only responder & there are 3 injured people.
A. conscious woman – bloody, broken arm
B. unconscious man
C. conscious child – minor scrapes & cuts
Who should be treated first?
Thumbs Up or Down

27. Primary Survey - Prioritizing Care
Who gets treated first?
Life threatening
Most serious injuries
Multiple victims with life threatening conditions?
Responder has to choose

28. Primary Survey - Prioritizing Care
Get in groups of 3
Prioritize injury/condition

29. Closure
What is the method used when arriving on scene of an injury/accident?
Who gets care first?
Baby with elbow laceration
Older man with breathing difficulty
Pregnant woman with a suspected ankle fx