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ER Emergency
lesson 1
| What is the first step in ER? | ALWAYS check the scene. |
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| Why should you always check for safety? | You never want to be a second victim.What good would you be then? |
| What Do You Check In The Scene? | What Happened? Is it Safe? How many victims are there? Who should I help first?(Triage) Is there anyone else to help? |
| What is the second step in ER? | CALL! contact 9-1-1 or any other emergency number for help |
| What is the third step in ER? | Care! Give care based on what you find wrong with the person/s sometimes you need to break the three steps and care before before you call. |
| When would you need to break the steps? | You would give (2) minutes of care THEN call in these situations.you may need to break the three steps and care before before you call. .(unconscious adult) .(sudden collapse of a child) .(child with an unknown heart condition) |
| Reasons you may not want to help. | Don't know what to do? Afraid of doing it wrong? Think someone else will do it? Afraid of being sued? Afraid of diseases? |
| How can you change that? | You will gain confidence in what to do and how with this training. You will learn how to protect someone's spine.;How to help when they are choking.How to give CPR and more!! |
| What's the Bystander Effect? | The more people there are, the less likely someone is to do anything. DON'T WAIT! YOU MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONE GETTING NOTHING DONE! |
| Afraid Of being sued? | The LAW has your back! The good Samaritan law!! |
| How can it protect me? | It protects you if .You act reasonable .You stay within your training .You gain consent (Permission) .You don't abandon them |
| What's expressed consent? | Verbally given by conscious lucid adult,or parent of a child. |
| What do you say? | .Say your name .Say you are trained .Tell them what you plan to do .Ask if you can help them |
| But what if they say no?? | DO NOT TOUCH THEM!! DONT TOUCH THEM DO call 9-1-1 and DO NOT leave them! (monitor) |
| Afraid of catching a disease? | make sure you have Personal Proctective Equipment (PPE) |
| What is personal proctective equipment?? | They include gloves,masks,and goggles to protect your health |
| What do gloves,goggles,and facemasks protect me from? | Bodily Fluids. like blood,saliva,urine,and feces |
| Whats a Bio-hazard? | Bio hazards are items soiled by bodily fluids,after you use them, you dispose of any item that is soiled in a bio-hazard container |
| How can I make my own Bio-hazard container? | (2 ziplock bags) one inside the other. |
| What are some Blood Born pathogens? | .Hepititis B and Hepatitis C-both cause inflammation of the liver that can lead to liver damage,scarring and liver failure.There is a vaccination for B but not C HIV & AIDS Virus- Attacks your immune system,and kills. |
| What is Direct Contact? | Physically coming in contact with bodily fluids.This can happen via physical touch,kissing,exchange of personal body fluids and their fluids getting in your wounds. |
| What is Indirect Contact? | Airborne!At risk when somebody coughs or sneezes and the droplets released in the air are inhaled or get into the mucous membranes. |
| What are examples of mucous membranes? | The most important are your Eyes,Nose and Mouth |
| Last but not least.... | If nothing else call 9-1-1 |
Created by:
HaileeMcRoy
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