ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Help given to an injured or suddenly ill person using readily available materials.
What is First Aid?
Under 1 year old.
What is an infant?
What happened.
What is a history?
Clothing and equipment used to protect the first aider and to minimize the risks of health and safety hazards when in contact with a casualty.
What are PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment)
Comprised of bacteria, viruses, and parasites. These are what actually make people sick. They can be new or a mutation of an existing one.
What are Pathogens?
A person who takes charge of an emergency scene and gives first aid.
Who is the First Aider?
From age of one to age eight.
What is a child?
The force applied to the body and how it was applied (e.g. impact from a fall, collision)
What is the Mechanism of Injury (MoI)
It provides a physical barrier and a one-way valve to protect a rescuer from bodily fluids while administering rescue breaths to a person in need of CPR.
What is a face mask?
Where pathogens live before moving around. (e.g animals, food and water, soil, or other people.)
What are reservoirs?
The injured or ill person
What is a casualty?
Over eight years of age.
What is an adult?
Indications you can see or measure (e.g. bleeding)
What are signs?
Prevents direct hand contact between the first aider and the casualty.
What are disposable gloves?
How pathogen moves from one location to another. This can be through close contact with an infected person, or via contaminated surfaces.
What is transmission?
Preserve life; prevent further illness or injury and promote recovery.
What are the three priorities/objectives of first aid?
Indications the casualty feels (e.g. nausea or pain)
What are symptoms?
A covering over a wound, used to stop bleeding and prevent contamination of the wound.
What is a dressing?
How the pathogen leaves the reservoir. When infections transfer between people, the common exit paths are coughing, sneezing, blood, or fecal matter.
What is exit?
Help given by a medical doctor or under the supervision of a medical doctor.
What is medical help/aid?
The material that holds a dressing in place.
What is a bandage?