COMMON INJ U R I ES

BY JUSSEL CATALO
 DISLOCATION
Occurs where bones meet at joints
-bones are move from their normal position
-common sites of dislocation: shoulder, knee, elbow, fingers

FIRST-AID:
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS: • STABILIZE AND SUPPORT THE AREA OF THE INJURED
PART
• PAIN
• APPLY COLD PACK/ICE.
• DEFORMITY OF THE AFFECTED JOINT
• SEEK MEDICAL EXPERTS’ HELP
• SWELLING Do not try to reposition the bone by
• LOSS OF MOVEMENT yourselves!
 CONCUSSION
- A brain injury where the brain is shaked
within the skull caused by a blow to the
head or from a sudden, violent motion
or deceleration.

SYMPTOMS: FIRST-AID:

• UNCONSCIOUSNESS • ROLL CASUALLY ONTO TJEIR SIDE SUPPORTING THEIR

HEAD.
• MEMORY LOSS
• NAUSEA AND VOMITING • LET THEM REST.
• IMMEDIATELY CALL AN AMBULANCE IF THERE IS LOSS
• DIZINESS AND/OR HEADACHE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
• BLURRED VISION • CHECK-UP IS MOST NEEDED IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE
• SEIZURES ARE POSSIBLE BRAIN FOR ANY FURTHER INJURIES.
 AMPUTATION
-a body part (e.g. finger, limbs) is amputated from the body.

FIRST-AID:
• APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE TO THE WOUND TO MANAGE BLEEDING.
NOTE:
• IMMEDIATELY CALL AN AMBULANCE AND SEEK HELP FROM MEDICAL EXPERTS

• IN ATTEMPT TO REATTACH THE AMPUTATED PART LATER ON: USE A TOURNIQUET OR

-DO NOT WASH OR CLEAN THE AMPUTATED PART COMPRESSION BONDAGE
-PLACE THE BODY PART IN AN AIR-TIGHT SEALED BAG AND PLACE IT IN A
WHEN THE BLEEDING CANNOT
BE STOPPED USING DIRECT
CONTAINER ALONG WITH PACKS OF ICE.
PRESSURE.
-LABEL THE BAG (NAME & TIME OF ACCIDENT) TO SEND IT WITH THE

CASUALTY TO THE MEDICAL FACILITY.

 LACERATIONS(CUTS)
-torn or jagged wound usually caused by a sharp object
(e.g. knife, cutters, scissors)

FIRST-AID:

SYMPTOMS: • APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE TO MANAGE THE

BLEEDING.
• TORN/JAGGED TISSUE
• CLEAN WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER.
• MODERATE TO HEAVY BLEEDING • APPLY ANTIBIOTICS/OINTMENTS
• OPEN CUT • WRAP WITH A STERILE GAUZE BONDAGE TO
PREVENT INFECTION.
 ABRASIONS(SCRAPES)
-a wound caused by friction or scraping resulting to
damaging & scraping of the epidermis or the entire
skin itself.

FIRST-AID

SYMPTOMS: • WASH WITH RUNNING WATER AND SOAP

TO REMOVE DIRT.
• VISIBLE SCRAPED PART OF THE SKIN
• BLEEDING • SANITIZE THE WOUND FURTHER BY
APPLYING BETADINE TO THE WOUND AND
STERILE GAUZE BONDAGE.