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
choking techniques