• setting priorities for managing a first aid situation and assessing the casualty
priority assessment procedures
Neck and spinal injury
situational analysis
Shock
STOP (Stop, Talk, Observe, Prevent further injury)
• Management of medical conditions - Heart Attack, Stroke, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Poisoning, Bites and Stings, Exposure to Heat and Cold
Medical referral
Support following first aid situations - Debriefing, Counselling
• Management of injuries - Cutes and Lacerations, Fractures, Dislocations, Head Injuries and Concusion, Eye Injuries, Nasal Injuries, Burn Injuries, Teeth Injuries, Electrocution, Chest Injuries, Abdominal Injuries
Care of the unconscious casualty
• Crisis management
Legal and Moral Delemmas - legal implications, eg Occupational Health and Safety legislation, litigation, moral obligations, eg duty of care, responsible citizenship, commonsense versus heroics
DRSABCD (Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillation)
Bleeding
Moving the casualty
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Infectrion Control and Protection - HIV/AIDS, Blood-Borne Viruses (Hepatitis B and C)
Physical environment - Traffic Conditions, Water Environment, Electricity
