CRI089FirstAidandWat erSafet

y
CRIM 2D (TTh9:00-
10:
00A. M.)
Gr
oupI IRepor
ti
ng
CHARACTERI
STI
CSOFGOODFI
RSTAI
DER

1.QUICKINACTI ON
Fi
rstai
der
sar
er equir
edt of
aceav ari
etyofemergencysi
tuati
onsandt hi
scall
fori
mmedi at
eacti
onand
wiset
hinki
ng.Agoodfi
rstaiderpromptl
yrespondstoacci
dentsintheri
ghtway .Duri
ngemergenci
esever
ysecond
count
s,andaslowandirr
ati
onal r
esponsecancosttheli
feoftheinj
uredperson.

2.KEEPI
NGYOURCOOL
Idealf
ir
stai
der
sdon’
tpani
cinemer
gencysi
tuat
ion.Theyar
econf
ident
,composed,
andknowhowt
odeal
wit
hthesit
uati
on.

3.EXCELLENTDECI SI
ONMAKERS
Goodfi
rstai
der
sarepret
tygooddecisionmaker
s.Wit
hinsecondstheycanassessthesituati
onandthe
i
njuredpar
tyandmakedecisi
onsaccor
dingl
y .I
fther
eismoret
hanonev i
cti
m, t
heypri
ori
ti
zetheirdutiesandf
ir
st
att
endthosepati
entswhoneedmoreattent
ion.

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Goodfir
staider
sarealwaysskil
l
ful.Theyar
enotcasual helpers.Theyr
eal
lyhavet
hefir
stai
dknowledge
andskil
lsandexpert
lyknowhowt oapplyit
.Properfi
rstai
dt r
aini
ngcanmakey ouski
ll
ful
bygiv
ingyoual
lrequi
red
fi
rstai
deducati
onintheform ofdemonstr
ations,l
ect
ures,anddiscussions.

5.GOODCOMMUNI CATIONSKI LLS

Goodfirstaider
sknowhowt otoeffect
ivel
ycommuni cat
ewiththepat i
ents.Itisext
remelyi
mportantthat
thesesuf
feri
ngpeopl ebetalkedtoinordert
omaket heri
ghtassessmentoft heirsi
tuationortokeepthem i
nsenses.
Goodcommuni cationskil
lsalsocomeinhandywhenconv eyingtheaccidentreport
st othemedicalspeci
ali
sts,
and
caneasil
yrecal
ltheent i
resi
tuati
onandcanconv eytheessenti
aldetai
l
s.

6.KINDANDCOMFORTI NG
Duri
ngthev eryunpleasantsituat
ionsforevery
one,especi
all
yforthev
ict
ims,akindandreassur
ing
responsecanhel
pt hevicti
msf eelli
tt
lebetter.Goodfi
rstai
dersareveryki
ndandcomf or
ti
ngtowardsthev i
cti
ms.He
i
snev erhar
shorindiff
erent.Thisisperhapsoneoft hemajorquali
ti
esofagoodf i
rstai
derandthi
salonecanhelpa
l
otincalmingdownt hestressfulsi
tuati
on.

DO’
SANDDON’
TSOFFI
RSTAI
DER

DO’s DON’Ts
1.Reassur
evicti
mt hathelpisont
heway. 1.Don’tmovet hevicti
m unlessabsolutel
ynecessar
y.
2.Formajori
njur
iescall9-1-
1immedi
atel
y. 2.Alway ssuspect“ spi
nalinjur
y”(anddon’tmov ethe
vict
im)
3.Checkv i
ctim’sst at
usr egularl
y. 3.Don’tsetf r
acturesandbr eaks(simplyimmobili
ze
thevict
im)
4.Usedi r
ectpr essur etost opbleeding. 4.Don’tapplyat ourniquet(use“direct
”pressureto
stopbleedi
ng)
5.Checkt oseei fthev i
ctim’sairwayar ecl ear. 5.Don’tremoveitemsi mbeddedintheey e(coverwi
th
adixiecup)
6.Ifnopul seorr espirat
ion, star
tCPR. 6.Don’tusetheburnoi ntments
7.To pr ev ent transmi ssion of di sease,use l at ex 7.Don’thesi
tatetocal l
9-1-1.
gl
ov es.
8.Keepv ictimsinshockwar m(usebl anket ,et
c.)
9.Assumespi nali nj
urywhen bl untf orcet r
aumai s
present.
10.Raiseheadi fbleedingi nuppertor soar ea.
11.Raisef eetifbleedingi nlowertorsoar ea.
12.Flushal lburnsandchemi calinj uri
eswi thcl ean
water.
13.Callt he Poi son Cont rol Cent er f or chemi cal
i
ngest i
on.