Logistics
This organization is the Canadian authority for aquatic life saving education and lifeguarding
What is The Life Saving Society
What does First Aid training do?
Provides people with the skills to manage illness or injury while accessing emergency services
What are the 3 Rescue Elements?
Recognize (identify when someone is hurt)
Assess (Search for clues and decide what to do)
Act (action of treating the situation)
What is the most important step before you begin administering first aid?
SELF SAFTEY
ensure the scene is safe for you to help, if it is not, call EMS and stay nearby to continue assessing
What are 2 common types of PPE
Gloves and a Pocket Mask
These are the two components of a First Aid course
What are the 3 P's
Preserve Life
Prevent Further Injury
Promote Recovery
What scenarios require calling EMS immediately?
If the person is...
Unresponsive***
breathing and circulation problems, heart attack and stroke, spinal injury, major injury
What is the rhyme scentance for scene assessment?
Look up, look down, look all around. Suds? Drugs? Thugs? Fire? Wire? Gas? Glass? Annndddd sniff.
If a child is assumed to be under 18, what do we do before we begin giving care?
Try and find parents to ask for permission
What level of first aid certification is valid for 3 years?
Who is a "First Aider"
someone at an emergency scene and provides first aid
What information should you provide when you call EMS?
1) Your name, where you are, and most major incident
2) number of victims, age, gender, condition
DO NOT hang up before EMS directs you to do so
After determining the scene is safe, what 2 things should you assess next?
1 - How many victims are present?
2 - Mechanism of the injury?
YES - if you act with a Standard of Care, most provicnes have laws to cover situations where the first aider acts voluntarily.
1891, Bronze Medallion
What are the 3 steps of First Aid Protocol
- Gain Permission
- Act reasonably within the scope of your training
- Continue until someone more qualified takes over
What is a KEY step in delegating someone to call EMS for you?
MAKE SURE they report back to you to ensure the call has been made
How do you care for a suspected spinal injury?
Do not move the person
Immobilize the victim by supporting the head and neck
Who is the most common people you will administer first aid to?
People you know!
How many Canadians participate in first aid training annually?
1 million
When do you STOP giving first aid
When someone more qualified takes over
You are at personal risk
The person has a DNR order
What do you do if parents are present? If they're not?
If they are not present, see if there is another adult in charge of them, or act as reasonably as you can.
When multiple victims are present, who should receive help first?
Victims with more serious injuries should receive care first, especially those suffering injury to an ABC's
How many years has Miss. Wade been certifed in Standard First and and CPR-C?
8 years!