Pocket First Aid & CPR Guide Be prepared 24/7 for a medical emergency. Whether you’re at home‚ on the road‚ or in the woods‚ Jive Media’s Pocket First Aid & CPR Guide is at your fingertips with concise‚ clear instructions to care for you and your loved ones. Dozens of articles‚ including CPR‚ the Heimlich Maneuver‚ bites‚ bruises‚ burns‚ seizures‚ diabetic emergencies‚ and many more. All articles are stored on your iPhone‚ so you can provide first aid even when out of cell phone range. Enter
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What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma‚ there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. This results in asthma symptoms‚ including coughing‚ wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and chest tightness. If it is severe‚ asthma can result in decreased activity and inability to talk. Some people refer to asthma as "bronchial asthma." Asthma symptoms can
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Part I: Indirect Care Experience Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregivers about environmental factors that can affect the health of infants. Use the "Pamphlet Template" document to help you create your pamphlet. Include the following: 1. Select an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants. 2. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants. 3. Offer recommendations on accident prevention and
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First Aid Notes Q. Why is first aid important? A. It is better to know first aid and not need it than to need it and not know it. Q. What is first aid? A. First aid is the immediate care give to an injured or suddenly ill person. Q. What is Duty of Care? A. While providing first aid you have a duty of care which requires you to assess and treat the casualty within the confines of your training and expertise i.e. you must only do what you are trained to do. Q. What is CPR A. CPR stands for CARDIOPULMONARY
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Describe common types of wounds. There are a few common types of wounds that you may come across in first aid‚ the first one is a bruise or ‘contusion’‚ and this is normally caused by bleeding under the skin and may be the result of a blunt blow or bleeding from underlying damage like a broken bone. To help to ease the pain you should cool the area with an ice pack or use cold water as soon as possible for 10 minutes. The second one is a graze or abrasion‚ this is when the top layer of the skin
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Chapter 1 Importance of First Aid it’s better to know it and not need it than to need and not know everyone should be able to perform first aid‚ you are going to need it What is First Aid? the immediate care doesn’t take the place of proper medical care temporary help difference between life or death First Aid and the Law can be sued Minimize Risk of Suite get consent follow guidelines explain what you will do once you start‚ you can’t leave until proper help comes Consent
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COURSE: To give you a good overview of the principals of advanced first aid‚ shock‚ first aid safety‚ patient assessment‚ bleeding and wounds‚ fractures‚ choking and C.P.R. To help you to reach an acceptable level of providing practical patient treatment. FIRST AID is the initial assistance given for any victim before the arrival of an ambulance‚ doctor or other qualified person. The purpose of having people trained in First Aid is to provide help and care to the injured or sick‚ for the shortest
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SCOPE OF FIRST AID First Aid First Aid is the assistance or help given at once to those suddenly taken ill or injured before being taken home or hospital or before medical expert takes over or an ambulance arrives. AIMS OF FIRST AID a) To save life b) To prevent the situation from worsening. c) To promote recovery. FIRST AIDER A First Aider is a person who had received training and certificate from an authorized training body approving him/her to render first aid. TASKS OF FIRST AIDER In an
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Unit 001 Introduction to Communicate in Health Social Care or Children’s Young Peoples Settings Outcome1 - Understand why communication is important in the work setting 1/ Identify different reasons why people communicate? We all communicate continuously throughout the day. When communicating‚ people send and receive messages. There are many reasons why
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FIRST-AID First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a non-expert person to a sick or injured casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment
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