Physical Education and Health 2 – 4TH Quarter

Unit Topic: Sports Injury Management

Module Topic: First Aid & Bandaging

Module Duration: 3 weeks

Skills/Content Competencies:

After this module, the learner expected to:

 Identify the importance of a first aid and first aider.

 Identify the different kinds of bandaging.
 Perform appropriate and correct procedures during disaster and emergencies in sports, exercises and
recreational settings.

LECTURE 2
WHAT IS FIRST AID?

It is an immediate and temporary care given to a person who suddenly get ill or injured. It includes self-help and
home care if medical assistance is not available or delayed.

OBJECTIVE OF FIRST AID

P – Prolong Life

P – Partially Lessen Suffering

P – Prevent Further Injuries

ROLES OF FIRST AID

1. Bridge the gap between the time of the accident and the arrival of the physician.
2. Ends when medical assistance begins.
3. Doesn’t intend to compete with or take place of the physician.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD FIRST AIDER

GENTLE – does not cause pain and panic

OBSERVANT – notices all signs

RESOURCEFUL – makes the best use of things at hand

TACTFUL – does not frighten the victim

SYMPATHETIC – comforts and reassures the victim

COMPRESSIVE FORCE - Force impact the center causing it to be bend or fold.

 WHAT IS BANDAGING?
It is a process of covering a wound or an injured body part which is also part of first aiding.

3 KEYS OF BANDAGING
1. Applying pressure to bleeding wounds
2. Covering wounds and burns
3. Providing support and immobilization for broken bones, sprains, and strains.
TYPES OF BANDAGES
ELASTIC BANDAGE - A stretchable bandage used to create localized pressure.
LIQUID BANDAGE - Skin treatment for minor cuts and sores.
GAUZE BANDAGE - Loosely woven that is used for bandaging wound.
TUBE BANDAGE - Used to hold dressings or splints on to limbs.
TRIANGULAR BANDAGE - Used for slings and pads to control bleeding. It may also be used to support or immobilize
an injury to a bone or joint or as improvised padding over a painful injury.

PARTS OF TRIANGULAR BANDAGE

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRIANGULAR BANDAGING

1. Head Top (For Head Injuries)
2. Bandages for large head wounds and forehead wounds.
3. “Toothache style” this is to bandage an ear or cheek wound
4. Square Knot
5. Chest Injury Bandaging
6. Chest/Abdomen Bandage Dressing
7. Hand Bandage
8. Arm Sling