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    First aid is immediate assistance given to victims of illness or injury before medical treatment. It aims to save lives, relieve pain, promote recovery, and control bleeding. The principles of first aid include calling for help, taking charge calmly, checking the scene and casualty, and carefully applying first aid. A first aid kit should be available. The document then provides information on treating dog bites, drowning, electric shock, burns, choking, snake bites, seizures, fainting, bleeding, and performing CPR.

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    First aid is immediate assistance given to victims of illness or injury before medical treatment. It aims to save lives, relieve pain, promote recovery, and control bleeding. The principles of first aid include calling for help, taking charge calmly, checking the scene and casualty, and carefully applying first aid. A first aid kit should be available. The document then provides information on treating dog bites, drowning, electric shock, burns, choking, snake bites, seizures, fainting, bleeding, and performing CPR.

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    First-Aid 2

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    ahesan rajpura
    First aid is immediate assistance given to victims of illness or injury before medical treatment. It aims to save lives, relieve pain, promote recovery, and control bleeding. The principles of first aid include calling for help, taking charge calmly, checking the scene and casualty, and carefully applying first aid. A first aid kit should be available. The document then provides information on treating dog bites, drowning, electric shock, burns, choking, snake bites, seizures, fainting, bleeding, and performing CPR.

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    Basic First aid

    Introduction

    WHAT IS FIRST AID???


    WHAT IS FIRST AID?
    First aid is the immediate assistance given to a casualty or
    victim of sudden illness or injuries before being taken to a
    health unit for further management.
    AIM OF GIVING FIRST AID :
    o
    To save life
    o
    To relieve pain.
    o
    To promote quick recovery.
    o
    To control bleeding
    o
    To be able to transport casualties
    Principles of first Aid:-

    Call for help


    Calmly take charge
    Check the scene &
    casualty
    Carefully apply first aid
    FIRST AID KIT:-
    EPISTAXIS:-
    DOG BITE
    How to handle a dog bite ????

    Wash wound for 10-15 minutes with running


    water and soap
    Put pressure on the area to stop bleeding
    Do apply povidone iodine
    Cover it with a bandage
    Inform doctor immediately
    Take rabies immunoglobulin and vaccine as per
    doctor’s advice
    DROWNING
    ELECTRIC SHOCK
    Don’t
    touch!
    Turn power
    off
    Call 108
    Remove
    person
    from live
    wire
    Check for
    breathing
    BURNS
    CHOKING
    .

    Ask a person to
    speak or cough
    Deliver 5 back
    blows
    Perform
    abdominal thrusts
    Repeat sequence
    of back blows and
    abdominal thrusts
    SNAKE BITE
    SEIZURE
    .
    Stop the flow of blood
    Wear gloves
    Cover the wound
    Apply pressure
    If a body part has been amputated, put it on ice

    the wound
    Apply pressure
    If a body part has been
    amputated, put it on ice
    FAINTING
    BLEEDING
    Stop the flow of blood
    Wear gloves
    Cover the wound
    Apply pressure
    If a body part has been
    amputated, put it on ice
    Get the patient to hospital
    CPR
    Thank you…

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