How to apply first aid
Sarah Jacob
How to Apply First Aid Demonstration Speech
Introduction: I know all of us at some point have gotten a cut or scrape and started bleeding or you just freak out and don’t know what to do. All though out life we go through different experiences that leave us with all kinds of injuries, weather it be cooking in the kitchen, riding your bike or just walking down the street, accidents can happen. And though all my personal experiences I’ve learned that there is a proper way of taking care of cuts and scrapes. There are just three easy steps: Prep, Cleaning, Dressing
Prep: The first step in the process is to take the necessary precautions in order to prevent the injury from being contaminated by outside germs or bacteria that can cause infection. First of, you want to make sure you wash your hands before and after. In impulse minor cases you can use hand sanitizer, today I’m using sanitary wipes and in more serious cases you would want to use gloves. The goal of this step is to prevent the exchange of bodily fluids, which can spread germs, and bacteria and you definitely don’t want that. After you’ve taken the necessary precautions now you can move on to handling the wound itself.
Cleaning: The next step in the process is to clean the wound. In any situation, most of the time, cuts and scraped bleed, it just occurs naturally. It’s not something you should be scared or worried about, you just want to make sure that before you start cleaning you want to stop the bleeding. To do that all you have to do is apply direct pressure to the wound, you can get some gauze or even just a paper towel, or a piece of clothing and apply direct pressure, that will help slow the flow of bleeding and help the blood clot and eventually it will stop bleeding altogether. Another thing you can do is to raise the injury above the heart, what this does is this just uses gravity to slow the flow of blood away from the injury site and also help the blood clot faster. After
How to Apply First Aid Demonstration Speech
Introduction: I know all of us at some point have gotten a cut or scrape and started bleeding or you just freak out and don’t know what to do. All though out life we go through different experiences that leave us with all kinds of injuries, weather it be cooking in the kitchen, riding your bike or just walking down the street, accidents can happen. And though all my personal experiences I’ve learned that there is a proper way of taking care of cuts and scrapes. There are just three easy steps: Prep, Cleaning, Dressing
Prep: The first step in the process is to take the necessary precautions in order to prevent the injury from being contaminated by outside germs or bacteria that can cause infection. First of, you want to make sure you wash your hands before and after. In impulse minor cases you can use hand sanitizer, today I’m using sanitary wipes and in more serious cases you would want to use gloves. The goal of this step is to prevent the exchange of bodily fluids, which can spread germs, and bacteria and you definitely don’t want that. After you’ve taken the necessary precautions now you can move on to handling the wound itself.
Cleaning: The next step in the process is to clean the wound. In any situation, most of the time, cuts and scraped bleed, it just occurs naturally. It’s not something you should be scared or worried about, you just want to make sure that before you start cleaning you want to stop the bleeding. To do that all you have to do is apply direct pressure to the wound, you can get some gauze or even just a paper towel, or a piece of clothing and apply direct pressure, that will help slow the flow of bleeding and help the blood clot and eventually it will stop bleeding altogether. Another thing you can do is to raise the injury above the heart, what this does is this just uses gravity to slow the flow of blood away from the injury site and also help the blood clot faster. After