1. Chapter 3: Before Giving Care

2. 2 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Introduction  In this lesson, you will learn—  That your top priority is to ensure your own safety.  To protect yourself from disease transmission.  How to properly move a victim.  The basic legal information you will need to know before giving care.

3. 3 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Preventing Disease Transmission  Diseases that can pass from other people, animals, insects or things are called infectious diseases.  Four conditions must be present for a disease to be transmitted. If any of these conditions are absent, disease transmission is not possible:  A pathogen is present.  Enough of the pathogen is present to cause infection.  The pathogen passes through an entry site (eyes, mucus membranes, open cuts in skin).  A person is susceptible to the pathogen.  Diseases can be spread through direct contact transmission and indirect contact transmission.

4. 4 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Preventing Disease Transmission  Give care in a manner that minimizes the risk of disease transmission.  Standard precautions is an approach to infection control that encourages you to consider all bodily fluids as infectious and to follow safety measures to prevent exposure.  Good personal hygiene habits, such as frequent hand washing, help to prevent disease transmission.  Personal protective equipment is the equipment that helps keep you from direct contact with infected materials.  To learn more about preventing disease transmission, enroll in an American Red Cross Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission course.

5. 5 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Removing Disposable Gloves  Partially remove the first glove by pinching the glove at the wrist, being careful to touch only the glove’s outside surface.  Pull the glove toward the fingertips without completely removing it.  The glove is now partially inside out.  With the partially gloved hand, pinch the exterior of the second glove.  Pull the second glove toward the fingertips until it is inside out and then remove it completely.  Grasp both gloves with your free hand, touching only the clean interior surface of the glove.  Discard the gloves in an appropriate container.  Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.

6. 6 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Obtaining Consent to Give Care  One important aspect of giving care is to get permission.  Before giving care to a conscious adult, get consent to give care.  To get consent, you must tell the victim:  Who you are.  Your level of training.  The care you would like to give.

7. 7 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Obtaining Consent to Give Care (continued)  Do not give care to a conscious victim who refuses it.  Special situations:  The conscious victim is an infant or child.  When the victim is unconscious or unable to respond because of illness or injury, consent is implied.

8. 8 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Good Samaritan Laws  All states have enacted Good Samaritan laws.  This is a law that protects citizen responders who are willing to provide emergency care to injured or ill persons without accepting anything in return.

9. 9 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Reaching and Moving Victims  You should move a victim only when you can do so safely and when there is an immediate danger.  Before you act, consider the following limitations to ensure moving one or more victims quickly and safely:  Dangerous conditions at the scene  The size of the victim  Your physical ability  Whether others can help you  The victim’s condition

10. 10 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Emergency Moves  Four common types of emergency moves are:  Walking assist.  Pack-strap carry.  Two-person seat carry.  Clothes drag.

11. 11 AMERICAN RED CROSS FIRST AID–RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES FOURTH EDITION Copyright © 2005, revised edition 2007, by The American National Red Cross All rights reserved. Closing  Consider your own safety.  Protect yourself from disease transmission.  Check the scene for safety.  Obtain consent.  If you must move a victim, be sure to do so in a manner that is safe for you and will not cause the victim any further harm.  Questions?