What is First Aid?
As the name suggests, first aid is the very first form of help externally provided by a professional or a by anyone else who encounters the patient in an unhealthy state. While it is assumed that only trained professionals such as nurses, doctors, or paramedics are allowed to provide first aid, any individual who is in the vicinity of the patient should provide basic first aid.
Under Australian laws, most public buildings are supposed to have a basic first aid kid with directions and pictorial representations on how to use it. If you find someone around you who needs immediate attention and you are not sure how to proceed, feel free to contact the emergency numbers. feel free to contact the emergency numbers
DRS ABCD Plan
Applying first aid can seem complex if you are not a professional. When an emergency situation surfaces, applying the process can become even more difficult. In order to help individuals who may not come from a medicine background understand the first aid process, this system of acronyms has been developed by medical professionals. You can remember it as the DRS ABCD (Dr’s ABCD).
1. Danger: Make sure that you, the patient, and everyone around you is safe. If necessary, move the patient to a new location or get rid of the danger. .
2.Response: Get the patient to respond. Ask the patient for her/his name and squeeze the person’s shoulder.
3.Send for Help: If you don’t find the patient responding at all, immediately ask someone to dial 000. Don’t leave the patient alone under any circumstances.
4.Airway: Check the patient’s mouth as well as the throat. If you find something blocking the airway, roll the patient over to one side and remove it. Do this only if you find the airway blocked. Otherwise, let the patient stay in her/his original condition.
5.Breathing: Evaluate the person’s breathing pattern. Let the patient stay in resting position if nothing is alarming. If the patient does not breath for 10 seconds or more, immediately call the ambulance and start the CPR procedure.
6.CPR: 30 Chest Compressions + 2 Breaths. Continue repeating the cycle till the patient starts breathing or responds.
7.Defibrillation: Ask someone to get you an Automated External Defibrillator. Attach it to the patient and follow the audio commands.