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Has 4 sessions:
1. Common Emergencies
• What is an emergency?
• How to manage?
2. Ensuring Scene Safety and Primary Assessment
3. Cardiac Arrest
• Chest Compression
• Use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
4. Relieving Airway Obstruction due Choking
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SESSION 1
COMMON EMERGENCIES
OBJECTIVES
• How to Recognise?
• Chest pain is classic but not always present
• If person has Diabetes, smoker, high BP or overweight, older age
• May just have sweating, tiredness, nausea, back ache, tingling, arm pain
TIME IS BRAIN
INFECTIONS
• Pneumonia, Urinary Infection, Skin Infection
• Seasonal:- Dengue, Malaria, Swine Flu, Chikungunya
• COVID 19 (Corona Virus) Pandemic
• Keep eyes nose and mouth free of contamination
• Wear face masks in public
• Do not touch face with hands
• Keep a distance of 1 meter from others
• Wash/Clean hands frequently with sanitizer gel or soap + water
• Seek medical help for difficulty in breathing
• Drink plenty of fluids
DIABETES
• Tourniquet
• Apply above level of bleeding
• DON’T apply over the joint
• Must be at least 3-4 finger breaths wide
SESSION 2
Scene Safety &
Primary Assessment
OBJECTIVES
• Is it safe to touch?
• Surrounding area?
v/s
DO NOT..
If unresponsive then,
1. Scene Safety
2. Primary Assessment:
• Assess Consciousness: AVPU
• Cover, Look, Feel: chest rise, breathing, carotid pulse
• Is it Cardiac Arrest?
SESSION 3
CARDIAC ARREST
OBJECTIVES
• Faces Covered!
• Provide compression at 120 per minute.
• Compress 1/3rd the height of chest wall
• Provide chest compression in Unconscious
infant with HR<60/min.
TWO PERSON CPR
• Check and remove foreign body from mouth only if you see it
• No blind sweeps: You can push it down further!
If able to cough
• Lean forward and cough vigorously until the
foreign body is out
If unable to cough
• Give yourself abdominal thrusts
• Lean over and push your abdomen against the
back of a chair, table or other firm object.
CHOKING IN INFANTS