1. FIRST AID
Ali
Kelci
Katelyn

2. Assessing the Scene
You may have to give first aid in a dangerous place.
Make sure the scene is safe
As you approach the scene consider this:
Danger: Move only if they are in danger
or you need to move to provide first aid.
Help: Who can help you phone for help.
Who: Who is injured, how many are injured.
Where: Where are you. Be able to tell
Dispatch where you are.

3. Chain of Survival
Phone for help/ call 911: stay with injured person and have someone else go get first aid and call 911 also if necessary ask them to get the AED
Continue until EMS gets there and takes over: Ambulance
Coordinated Care afterwards: Hospital Care
*if you are by yourself and if it is safe to leave them then go get the AED and First Aid Kit also call 911 and return
Start CPR: 30 compressions 2 breaths
Go get or yell for someone to get an AED and use it right away

4. Chain of Infection
Infectious Agent: Mostly harmless, when they multiply is when they become harmful
Reservoir: Humans, insects, food, water, bed linen or books. Pathogens stay in the reservoir *infectious agents multiply here*
Portal of Exit: Escape routes, Respiratory Tract and GI Tract, Skin and blood, and also Mucus membranes

5. Chain of Infection Continued
Mode of Transmission: This is how the pathogens get from place to place, it can be spread by direct contact or airborne droplets
Susceptible Host: One that is capable of becoming infected, microorganisms must be preset in large quantity, *host must be susceptible* if you are immune you are not susceptible
Portal of Entry: Pathogens need a portal of entry for transmission, routes of entry Respiratory and GI Tract, mucus membrane, cut on skin

6. Vocabulary
First Aid: Immediate care that you give to a person with an illness or injury before rescuers arrive
Bandage: Used to protect or cover injured part of body. Keep pressure on wound
Stroke: Blood clot in the brain/ blood stop flowing to brain
First Aid Kit: Small kit with medical supplies inside, usually medicines, bandages, wipes, ointments, etc.
Heat Exhaustion: Serious often turns into Heat Stroke, caused by exercise in heat

7. Vocabulary Continued Heat Stroke: Life threatening –serious condition
Chain of Survival: Actions to treat adults with life threatening emergencies outside hospital
Burns: Can be caused by heat, electricity, and chemicals
Choking: When food/ other objects get stuck in airway/ throat