HOME EMERGENCY GUIDE

TAUFIQ ABDULLAH,MD
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF BRAWIJAYA
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF SAIFUL ANWAR HOSPITAL
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
 RELIEF CHOKING

American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual. AHA: 2011; p 183.
 HEART ATTACK
• MAKE VICTIM COMFORTABLE
• SUMMON HELP
• Dial 119/118. Tell the dispatcher that you are with
someone who is probably having a heart attack.
• Call the victim’s doctor, if you are requested to do
so.
• HELP WITH MEDICATION
• MONITOR CONDITION
• Check and record the victim’s breathing, pulse, and
level of consciousness until medical help arrives.

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 STROKE
• LAY VICTIM DOWN
• Make the victim comfortable by
laying her down and supporting her
head and shoulders slightly with
cushions or rolled-up blankets.
• Tilt her face to one side to allow any
fluid to drain out of her mouth, and
wipe her face with a washcloth.
Alternatively, place something
absorbent on her shoulder to soak up
the fluid.
• Loosen restrictive clothing around
her neck and chest.
• SUMMON HELP
• MONITOR VICTIM

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ASTHMA ATTACK
• CALM VICTIM
• Sit the victim down in a
comfortable position.
Leaning forwards is
usually best.
• PROVIDE MEDICATION
• Give the victim her
reliever inhaler, and ask
her to take a dose.
• REPEAT THE DOSE
• Tell her to inform her
doctor if the attack was
unusually severe.

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 EYE CHEMICAL
• RINSE EYE
FOREIGN OBJECT • If the victim cannot open his
• SIGN & SYMPTOM eye, use your finger and
• Eye pain or discomfort thumb to gently separate the
• Blurred vision two eyelids.
• Red or watering eye • Hold the affected eye under
gently running cold water for
• EXAMINE EYE at least 10 minutes.
• Sit the victim down so that she is
facing the light. • Be careful that water being
• Using two fingers, gently separate rinsed from the injured eye
the upper and lower eyelids so does not drain into the other
that you can examine the eye. eye or splash either you or the
victim.
• FLUSH OUT OBJECT
• If it is easier, use a jug or glass
• If you can see something floating
on the white of the eye or to pour water onto the eye.
trapped under the lower lid, try
to flush it out with clean water.
• SEEK MEDICAL HELP
• LIFT OFF OBJECT
• Do not use any pressure
• INSPECT UPPER EYELID
• Look under the upper eyelid to
see if a foreign object has lodged
there. To remove it, ask the victim
to grasp the upper lashes and pull
the eyelid over the lower one.
• SEEK MEDICAL HELP
 •If blood seeps through
BLEEDING the dressing, cover it
with another one. If
bleeding continues,
• CONTROL BLOOD FLOW remove both dressings
• If necessary, remove or and apply a fresh one.
cut away any clothing to • SUMMON HELP
expose the wound.
• MONITOR VICTIM
• Press the wound firmly
for 10 minutes, or longer • Watch for signs of
if necessary, until the shock
bleeding stops.
• Cover the injury with a
sterile wound dressing, a
clean pad if you have
one, or with your hand.
• LAY VICTIM DOWN
• SECURE DRESSING
• Bandage the wound
dressing firmly but not
too tightly

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 NOSE BLEED
• CONTROL BLEEDING
• Seat the victim with her
head leaning forward over a
bowl.
• Ask her to pinch her nose
just below the bridge and to
breathe through her mouth.
If the victim is a child, pinch
it for her.
• Tell her to avoid coughing,
spitting, sniffing, swallowing,
or speaking, since any of
these actions could disturb a
blood clot.
• ASSESS SITUATION
• After 10 minutes, release
the pressure on the victim’s
nose.
• If the bleeding continues when
the pressure is released, pinch
her nose for 10 more minutes.
• If, after 30 minutes, the nose
is still bleeding, take her to
the hospital. Keep her
leaning forward.
• CLEAN VICTIM
• When the bleeding has
stopped, clean the blood
away with lukewarm water,
ensuring that the victim is
still leaning forward.
• Tell the victim to rest for a
while.
• Advise her not to blow her
nose as it could disturb the
blood clots.
SEIZURE
FEBRILE
SEIZURE
SEVERE
BURNS
MINOR
BURNS
SPRAINS AND
STRAINS
FAINTING
SWALLOWED
POISON
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