Week 3 (17th May 2022) - First Aid

First Aid means you're the first person to help someone.
It's important to go on a proper First Aid course (eg RedCross, St Johns, Meditrain).
(This lesson is not a 1st Aid course. It's just a taster of the things you would learn on a course)

A good way to remember what to do is to follow the steps DRSABCD:
Danger - keep you and others safe (eg stop cars before helping someone who's in the road!)
Response - see if the person knows you're there and can communicate 
Send for help - phone 111 or tell someone to get adult help 
Airway - make sure the person's airway is open and not blocked
Breathing - see if they are breathing
Circulation - search for blood and stop the bleeding
Defibrillate - use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Questions you might have:

• Why's it important that I do a proper First Aid course?
• What do I do if there's bleeding?
• How do first aiders treat burns?
• What's diabetes and what can happen?
• What happens if someone breaks a bone or dislocates a joint?
• What do I do if I sprain a ligament / strain a tendon?
• What is a heart attack and what are the signs?
• What do I do if someone has a seizure?
• What can happen if someone's allergic? What's anaphalaxis? 
• What's concussion?

Activity: Click on the First Aid Scenarios in GClassroom