Outline own role and responsibilities in the event of a child or young person requiring urgent medical attention. Describe how to deal with minor injuries. (PEFAP 001 - 1.1, 6.4, MU2.4 – 4.3) My role as first aider is to help the person injured. I should follow the ‘Three Ps’ which are preserve life; my main aim is to help the child or young person, prevent further harm; my second aim is to make sure the situation does not get worse, promote recovery; for example, if a child has fallen over and hurt their knee, I should apply a cold compress as a form of treatment. In an event that requires first aid, I should first assess the situation using sight, sound and smell.
When performing CPR you can use a plastic mouth guard. 1.3 Describe suitable first aid equipment, including personal protection, and how it it used appropriately Personal protective equipment should include disposable gloves and a resuscitation mask to reduce the risk of exposure to blood and body substances, gloves should be put on as soon as possible and and resuscitation mask put over the patients mouth before the first rescue breaths are given so that it forms a barrier to prevent cross infection from body fluids. A first aid kit should contain - plasters in a variety of different sizes, small medium and large sterile gauze dressings, sterile eye pads,triangular bandages, rolled bandages,safety pins,disposable sterile gloves, resuscitation mask,tweezers,scissors,alcohol-free cleansing wipes and tape. 1.4 Identify what information needs to be included in an accident report/incident record and how to record it All accidents and incidents should be logged in the accident book, and contain the following: the date, time and place of the incident the name of the injured or ill person details of the injury or illness
If the person is vomiting, to prevent choking, roll the person's head, neck, and body as one unit onto his or her side. This still protects the spine, which you must always assume is injured in the case of a head injury. Children often vomit once after a head injury. This may not be a problem, but call a doctor for further guidance. 7.
1.2 If you have a S/U who has had a stroke this may cause them to loose the use of their limbs which mean that it is important to remember that you dress the bad side first and undress it last. This is so you are not pulling their muscles in the direction they won’t go. Or if you have a S/U with arthritis they often have stiff, painful joints, and limited movement of joints, it is important to not move the joints beyond their limits, and be careful when moving and positioning the S/U to prevent pain and discomfort. 2.1 Every time
These can include, cancers, heart diseases, stroke, high blood pressure, and diabetes. By knowing the family medical history, we can take proactive measures to reduce the risk of developing the diseases 2. Does knowing your family history make you more aware of personal risk factors? Knowing about my family history defiantly makes me more aware of personal risk factors, and more conscience about my overall medical health. Knowing that there is history of heart disease or cancer in my family members will make more cautious about my life style, I will need to avoid all the factors that may cause these diseases and have regular medical check ups and tests.
One of the big ways to prevent the spread of pertussis is to keep the infected person away from anyone who does not have pertussis or is not infected. The article also explains, getting the vaccine for pertussis helps keep people protected from pertussis. However, the article did not explain if a person can get completely rid of pertussis or not once he or she becomes infected with the disease. The article explains, if a person thinks he or she may have pertussis or any other questions about pertussis to see or talk to a
Often, you have to wait a period of time before the sound can be heard again, if you manipulate the joint. It takes time for the gas bubbles to reform in the joint. Dr. Michael L. Mawby of the Traverse City Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center also stated that when a joint is “cracked” an event called articular release occurs where the gases are thought to escape the membrane, causing the characteristic, easy to hear sound associated with knuckle cracking. The same workings lie behind the “cracking” associated with fingers, wrists, ankles, and necks. Despite joint cracking being normal and fairly common throughout the body, knuckle cracking in particular has long been blamed as a contributor to painful arthritis.
Once you get off your horse you should untack them and apply the correct meds to wash and protect the wound until it is completely healed. This is for their benefit and yours because if you do not clean the wound then it can get infected and then you cannot ride your horse and they may even die from the
Euthanasia provides an end to suffering from illness, which have no cure and allow focus on quality of life over quantity. It would lower suicide rates in ill patients, as well as lessen the amount of pain it causes for the patient and their family. If they strongly believe in ending their life due to the inability to live because the serious state of illness they’re in, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to continue to live. Precautions as well as many other legal obligations should be considered when they have chosen this route, but it should not be illegal to choose euthanasia when they are too unhealthy to live a life to their
Name | | Outcome 5 | Understand the importance of using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the prevention and control of infections. | | 2 | Describe different types of PPE | | If it is not possible to reduce chemical hazards to an acceptable level, by elimination or guarding/isolation, we should wear certain protective equipment to prevent contact of the hazards with the body. This equipment forms a block between the toxic and the method of entry. If we don’t wear this equipment means we are immediate exposure to the hazard. Thus, personal protective equipment should not be regarded as a primary means to control hazards but rather as a addition to other types of control measure and we can give few examples as gloves to protect hands, aprons to protect skin and/or clothing, goggles to protect eyes, masks and respirators to protect mouth and respiratory area from airborne infectious agents and face shields to protect face, mouth, nose and eyes.