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1. Title of the Module: Introduction to Basic Life Support and First Aid

2. Overview/Introduction:
3. Learning Outcome/Objective
a. Identify
4. Learning Content/Topic

A. First Aid- Is immediate help provided to a sick or injured person until professional medical help arrives
or becomes available.
B. Basic Life Support -Are emergency procedure that consists of recognizing respiratory or cardiac
arrest or both and the proper application of CPR to maintain life until a victim recovers or advanced life
support is available.
C. Objectives of First
 Preserve life.
 Prevent further harm and complications.
 Seek immediate medical help.
 Provide reassurance.
D. Legal Concerns
 Consent- agreement to a patient or victim to help or According to the Article 275 no. 1 & 2 of Act No. 3815
touch them of the Philippine Revised Penal Code Book Two:
 Duty to Act- a legal duty requiring a party to take “Abandonment of person in danger and
necessary action to prevent harm to another person abandonment of one’s own victim”.
or to the general public.  1. Anyone who shall fail to render assistance
 Standard of Care- the level at which the average, to any person whom he shall in an
prudent provider in a given community would uninhabited place wounded or in danger of
practice.  dying, when he can render such assistance
 Negligence- Deviation from the accepted standard of without detriment to himself, unless such
care that results in further injury to the victim. omission shall constitute a more serious
 Abandonment- failure to continue first aid until offense.
relieved by someone with the same or a higher level 2. Anyone who shall fail to help or render
of training assistance to another whom he has
 Confidentiality- privacy and respecting someone's accidentally wounded or injured.
wishes
According to the Article 12 no.4 of Act No.3815 of the Philippine
Revised Penal Code Book One
 
“any person who, while performing a lawful act with due care, causes an
injury by mere accident without fault or intention of causing it” is exempt
from criminal liability.

E. Health Hazards and Risk

a. Common Transmittable Diseases

 Herpes- A common virus that causes sores on your genitals and/or mouth.
 Tuberculosis- A disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
 HEPATITIS- An inflammatory condition of the liver. It's commonly caused by a viral
infection, but there are other possible causes
 (HIV)/ (AIDS) - a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
 F. Prevention and Protection
Universal Precautions are a set of strategies developed to prevent transmission of blood borne pathogens. Body Substance Isolation
(BSI) are precautions taken to isolate or prevent risk of exposure from body secretions and any other type of body substance such as
urine, vomit, feces, sweat, or sputum. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is specialized clothing, equipment and supplies that keep
you from directly contacting infected materials.

G. Emergency Action Principles To obtain consent, do the following:

 Identify yourself to the victim.
a. Scene Size-up  State your level of training.
I. Scene Safety  Ask the victim whether you may help.
II. Knowing What Happened  Explain what you observe.
 Cause of injury  Explain what you plan to do.
 Nature of illness
Primary assessment can be done
III. Role of bystanders
IV. Number of casualties with the patient in the position in
V. Asking permission or consent which you find him or her, and
begins with checking the patient’s
b. Primary Assessment responsiveness.
I. Assessing Responsiveness
A patient’s response level can be summarized in the AVPU Information to be remembered in
mnemonic as follows: activating medical help:
 A – Alert  What happened?
 V – Responsive to Voice  Location of emergency?
 P – Responsive to Pain  Number of person injured or ill?
 U – Unresponsive/Unconscious  Cause and extent of injury and nature of illness and first aid
given?
II. Activate Medical Help Telephone number from where call is made?
 Ask someone to call for local emergency number and  Name of person who called medical help (person must
get an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). identify him/herself and hang up the phone last).
III. Airway
An open airway allows air to enter the lungs for the person
to breathe. If the airway is blocked, the person cannot breathe.
IV. Breathing
While maintaining an open airway, quickly check an unconscious person for breathing by doing the LLF technique for no more than
10 seconds.
V. Circulation
 Pulse
Check for definitive pulse at carotid area for adult or child, while brachial for infant
(Applicable for Professional Rescuers and Healthcare Providers).
Call First or Care First
 Bleeding
If you are ALONE, it is important to
Quickly look for severe bleeding by looking over the person’s body from head to know when to call during
toe for signals such as blood-soaked clothing or blood spurting out of a wound. emergencies. Call First situations
 Shock are likely to be cardiac emergencies,
If left untreated, shock can lead to death. Always look for the signals of shock where time is a critical factor. In
whenever you are giving care. Care First situations, the conditions
 Skin color, temperature and moisture. often are related to breathing
Assessment of skin temperature, color, and condition can tell you more about the emergencies.
patient’s circulatory system.

c. Secondary Assessment
If you determine that an injured or ill person is not in an immediately
life-threatening condition, you can begin to check for other To gain essential information about the patient’s
conditions that may need care. medical history, ask the patient questions based on
 Interviewing the person and bystanders the SAMPLE approach:
 Checking the person from head to toe.  S – Signs and symptoms
 Checking for vital signs.  A – Allergies
 M – Medications
 P – Pertinent past medical history
 L – Last intake and output
 E – Events leading up to the injury or illness

5. Teaching and Learning Activities: Online posttest on the concept

6. Flexible Teaching Learning Modality adapted: Online classroom Via Zoom app.
7. Assessment Task: Video Making “Performing EAP”

8. References
 Comprehensive Course Guide for First Aid and CPR by © 2017 The Red Cross Society