PROJECT ANDAM UG LUWAS KA BA?

“PROMOTING CULTURES OF PREPAREDNESS,

SAFETY AND RESILIENCY IN THE BARANGAY
THROUGH INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND
TRAINING”.

BASIC FIRST AID

TRAINING COURSE

Barangay Matina Crossing 74-A

Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Committee
BASIC FIRST AID TRAINING

Topic 2

Guidelines in Giving
Emergency Care
A. Getting Started

 Plan your action

 Gather needed materials

 Perform initial response as follows:

• A - Ask for help

• I - Intervene
• D - Do no further harm

 Instruct helpers
B. Emergency Action Principles (EAP)

 Refer to a four-step plan of action in

handling emergency situations.

A first aider should follow these steps so that

he/she does not forget anything that might

affect personal safety and the victim’s survival.
 The 4-steps of the EAP should always be
performed in this order:

I Survey the Scene

• Is the scene safe?

• What happened?
• How many people are injured?
• Are there bystanders who can help?
• Identify yourself as a trained first aider.
II Do a Primary Survey
Check for life-threatening conditions. Begin
by checking for responsiveness. If victim is
unresponsive, check his/her Airway (A),
Breathing (B), and Circulation (C). As you are
checking, identify the problems and give the
appropriate first aide care.

“A primary survey is a process of finding out

if there are conditions that are an immediate
threat to the life of a victim of emergency”.
 PRIMARY SURVEY CHECKLIST

Life-Threatening
Elements Condition/s First Aid Care
Obstruction:
Head-Tilt, Chin lift
Airway Tongue
Heimlich
AbdominalManeuver
Thrusts
Foreign Body
Breathing Respiratory Arrest Rescue Breathing
Cardiopulmonary
Circulation Cardiac Arrest
Resuscitation
Severe Bleeding Bleeding Control
III Activate Medical Assistance or
Transfer Facility

When to activate MA/arrange TF:

• Unconsciousness or altered level of
consciousness
• Breathing problems
• Persistent chest or abdominal pain
• Absence of pulse
• Severe bleeding
• Vomiting of blood
• Poisoning
• Seizures, severe headache or slurred
speech
• Head, neck or back injuries
• Possible broken bones
 Making the call

Relay the following salient information:

• Exact location of the emergency

• Number of the phone being used
• Name of caller
• What happened
• Number of victims involved, their
conditions and the help being given

Remember: DO NOT HANG UP FIRST!

IV Do a Secondary Survey

• Interview the victim (if victim is conscious)

- ask the victim’s name
- ask what happened
- assess using SAMPLE history (for medical cases)

S - signs and symptoms

A - allergies
M - medications
P - pertinent past illness
L - last oral intake
E - events leading to illness
• Check the vital signs
- determine radial or carotid pulse (pulse rate)
- determine the breathing (respiratory rate)
- determine body temperature
- determine skin appearance
• Do head-to-toe examination (for trauma
cases) to check for:

D - Deformity
C - Contusion
A - Abrasion
P - Puncture
B - Burn/Bleeding
T - Tenderness
L - Laceration
S - Swelling

• Other agencies use the pnemonics:

D - Deformity
O - Open wounds
T - Tenderness
S - Swelling
 “A secondary survey is a systematic method
of finding other injuries or conditions that
may become life-threatening if not cared for.”
Survey the Scene • Is the scene safe?

• Is the victim conscious?

• Does the victim have an open airway?
Do a Primary
• Is the victim breathing?
Survey
• Does the victim have a pulse?
• Is the victim bleeding severely?

Activate Medical • Ask/Request someone to call for an

Assistance
ambulance

• Interview the victim

Do a Secondary
• Check vital signs
Survey
• Perform a head-to-toe examination
QUESTIONS?
REACTIONS?
Let us not grow tired of doing
good, for in due time we shall
reap our harvest, if we do not
give up…

Galatians 6:9