Chapter 5Checking the victim

CHECK

• CHECK THE SCENE- Is it safe???

• CHECK THE VICTIM

• 1. Check for consciousness-How???

Say -Are you OKAY?

• ADULT AND CHILD-Shoulder tap

• INFANT- foot flick

Conscious victim• Tell them who you are.

• Your level of training.

• What care you would like to give.

• Ask permission to help them?

Checking a conscious victim• Interview the victim• What happened?

• Do you feel pain or discomfort anywhere?

• Are you allergic to anything?• Do you have a medical condition?

• Are you currently taking medicine?

Check victim from Head to Toe• Do not move any area that causes pain or if

you suspect neck/spinal injury

• Check head-scalp, face, ears, mouth or nose.

• Look for cuts, bruises, bumps or depressions.

• Watch for consciousness

• Look for changes in breathing

• Notice how skin looks and feels

• Look over entire body

• Look for medical identification tags/bracelets

Unconscious victim

• Implied consent law-allows you to help victim. Call 911

• Check for airway

• Breathing

• Circulation

• Severe bleeding

Airway• After you call 911

• Check the airway

• If you suspect NO NECK INJURY

• Perform the head tilt/chin lift

• Spinal injury-jaw thrust

Breathing• You will LOOK, LISTEN AND FEEL

FOR BREATHING for 10 sec.

• LOOK-At the chest rise and fall

• LISTEN- for breathing

• FEEL- feel for air on your cheek

Agonal breath

• Usually occurs in unconscious adults where breathing is irregular, gasping and shallow.

• Care for this person as if they are not breathing.

Unconscious victim

• Adult who has agonal or no breaths=perform CPR.

• Child or infant who is not breathing, give 2 breaths then perform CPR.

• Person is breathing but has severe bleeding=control the bleeding by applying direct pressure/pressure bandages.

H.A.I.N.E.S Recovery Position

• Placing a unconscious person in this recovery position will keep the airway open and clear.

MODIFIED-place hand under head.

Infant Recovery Position

Unconscious Adult• 1. Check the scene

• 2. check the victim-are you okay?-shoulder tap

• 3. call 911

• 4. open the airway-head tilt chin lift

• 5. Look, listen and feel-10 seconds

• 6. quickly scan for severe bleeding

• 7.NOT breathing-begin CPR

• IF BREATHING-maintain open airway, monitor breathing and look for changes.

Unconscious child/infant1. Check the scene2. check the victim-are you okay?-shoulder tap

(child) foot flick ( infant)3. call 9114. open the airway-head tilt chin lift5. Look, listen and feel-10 seconds6. If you see child collapse begin CPRIF Not breathing-give 2 rescue breaths if breaths

don’t go in -retilt and give 2 more7. quickly scan for severe bleeding8.if “retilting”breaths don’t’ go in= unconscious

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