Why people hesitate to provide

for Emergency Care

GROUP 5
ANXIETY
People may hesitate because of nervousness.
This is a normal reaction but always remember to trust
your training and do the right things at the right time.

GUILT
As a person, you cannot guarantee if the patient
will live or fully recover but have confidence that
everything that can be done will be done.

RESPONSIBILITY
People may hesitate because of the idea of
being sued. Good Samaritan Laws have been put to
encourage people to come to the aid of others.
 FEAR OF IMPERFECT
PERFORMANCE
Dont be afraid of mistakes while providing
adequate care, adequate care is always better that
perfect care withheld. Something is better than
nothing.

FEAR OF INFECTION
People also hesitate because of the possibility of
being infected by the patients disease or health
problems, this should not stop you from providing CPR
or emergency care. Your training includes learning to use
protective barriers to minimize the risk of infection, by
using these barriers your unlikely to get infeected.
Always remember that the First Aiders life
is also in danger in the event of an accident.
Diseases and or health problems that the victim
may have may be transmitted through:

DIRECT CONTACT
if the first aider has a direct
contact with an infected persons body fluids

INDIRECT CONTACTif the contamination

is from the objects that have been
contaminated by blood of an infected person.
AIRBORNE if the first aider inhales the
infected droplets coming from the patient as
he/she sneezes or coughs.

VECTORif the animal such as dog or an

insect, such as tick, transmits a pathogen into
the body through a bite.
 PRECAUTIONS TO
PREVENT DISEASE
TRANSMISSION
BODY SUBSTANCE ISOLATION
Practices such as personal hygiene, wearing
protective equipment and regular cleaning and
disinfecting equipment will help to prevent this kind
of diseases.
Do not abandon the patient once you
begin care.
The exception to this is if you must do so
to protect yourself from danger.
SIX WAYS YOU SHOULD ACT TO BE
PROTECTED BY THE GOOD SAMARITAN
LAW
Only provide care that is within scope of your training as
an emergency responder.
Ask permission to help.
Act in good faith.
Do not be reckless or negligent.
Act as a prudent person.
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Why people hesitate to provide

for Emergency Care

GROUP 5