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Basic First Aidfor your Child

Tuesday, February 8, 2011



Topics

• What is First Aid

•First Aid vs Emergency situation

• What to do about wounds

• Fracture and dislocation

• Choking

• Epilepsy




First Aid

• Accidents may occur at anytime

•Doing something for your child before

getting medical attention.

• Good knowledge to learn

•Prevent further complications




First Aid in an Emergency

• Emergency is a sudden illness or accident that

is life threatening.

• Accidents: Falls, sharp or blunt objects, etc

• Medical: Severe asthma, high fever, etc.

•First aid provide physical or/and psychological

relief




First Aid vs Emergency

It is an emergency when:

• bleeding for more than 10minutes

• extensive head injury

• poison

• fever > 39 degrees

• 2nd or 3rd degree burns

• others.




Wound management

• Types of wound

•abrasions

• Cuts (laceration)

• Avulsion

• Burns




Wound Management

Abrasions What can you do?- clean wound using sterile water

- apply antiseptic solution/cream- use opsite (water proof)- or just leave it to dry




Wound Management

Cuts What can you do- Clean around the wound using sterilewater and antiseptic solution/cream

- Apply melolin/gauze over the wound- Apply bandage to secure wound




Wound Management

AvulsionWhat can you do- Try to clean around the wound usingsterile water and antiseptic solution/cream

- Close the flap- Apply gauze over the wound- Apply bandage to secure wound




Wound Management

Burns What can you do- immediately run through water

for 10 minutes- do not burst any blister- for severe burns use a burndressing (if possible)- may use laceration or avulsiondressing methods.- use




Practical time

• Cleaning wound

• Applying dressing

• Need to see doctor?




Fracture and dislocation

management• Fracture is a break in continuity of a bone

•Dislocation only occurs within joints





management• How to manage fracture





management• How to manage dislocation




Practical time

• Golden Rule for fracture

• Making an immobilizer using bandage and

hard objects.





Choking Child

• When there is an obstruction in the pipe

that leads to the lung

• Difficulty in breathing

• Shows the universal sign

•usually cause by food, objects or illness




Choking Management

• Heimlich maneuver




Practical time

• Child Heimlich maneuver





Epilepsy Management

• What is epilepsy

• Unconscious vs Conscious fits




Epilepsy Management

• What can you do?

1. Understand the aura

2. Know the trigger

3. Prepare a safe place for the the fits to pass

4. Do not put anything in the mouth.

5. Ambulance should be called when

a. fits last more than 5 minutes

b. first time

c. continuous fits of 3 episodes or more without anysignificant break in between




Thank you

Questions?

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