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Patient Positioning

• Reposition a patient only when necessary

• Reposition a breathing, unresponsive, non-

trauma patient in the recovery position

• Don’t move or reposition a trauma patient unless

necessary to treat life-threatening condition

• Allow responsive patient to assume comfortable

position

Recovery Position

• Helps keep airway open• Allows fluid to drain from mouth• Prevents aspiration• If possible, put victim onto left side• Continue to monitor breathing 3

Recovery Position for Unresponsive Breathing Infant

• Hold infant facedown over your arm with head slightly lower than body

• Support the head and neck with your hand, and keep nose and mouth clear

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1. Extend victim’s arm farther from you above victim’s head

2. Position victim’s other arm across chest

3. Bend victim’s nearer leg at knee

4. Put forearm nearer victim’s head under victim’s nearer shoulder with

hand under hollow of neck

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5. Roll victim away from you by pushing on victim’s flexed knee

and lifting with forearm while hand

stabilizes head and neck

6. Continue to support head and neck. Position victim’s hand palm

down.

7. Check airway and open mouth to allow drainage.

Emergency Moves

• Use only if:– Patient faces an

immediate danger– You cannot give

lifesaving care because of location or position

With All Emergency Carries

• Use good body mechanics/lifting techniques

• Don’t try to lift/carry person before checking for injuries

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Moving Victims – If Alone

• Unresponsive victim who cannot safely be dragged–Pack-strap carry

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Moving Victims – If Alone

• Lighter victim or child– Cradle carry (responsive or

unresponsive victims)– Piggyback carry (responsive

victim)• Support the patient’s weight with your

arms under the patient’s thighs• If able, have the patient clasp hands

and lean forward; if not able, grasp the patient’s hands with yours to keep patient from falling back

Moving Victims – If Alone• Responsive victim

who can walk with help– One-person

walking assist

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Firefighter’s Carry

• Support the patient’s weight on your shoulders while holding the patient’s thigh and arm

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Moving Victims – With Help

• Responsive victim:– Two-person walking assist– Two-handed seat carry

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Two-Rescuer Assist

• Both rescuers position the patient’s arms over their shoulders

• Each rescuer grasps the patient’s wrist, with the other arm around the patient’s waist

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Hand Seat

(Two First Aiders)

Four Handed Seat Two Arm Seat

(When The Casualty is Co-operating)

Modes of carrying

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When space does not permittwo hand seat

Improvised (chair)

Modes of carrying

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Two-Rescuer Extremity Carry

• To carry a patient down steps, the forward rescuer grasps patient’s legs under the knees while the rear rescuer reaches under patient’s armpits from behind to grasp the patient’s forearms

Types of Bleeding

• Veins

• Capillary

Spurting

Steady flow

Oozing

Artery

Internal Injuries

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Image of the five basic steps.

Control of BleedingDirect Pressure

Elevation

Cold Applications

Pressure bandage

Pressure Points Where the artery passes

over a bone close to the skin

Temporal

Facial

Carotid

Sub-clavian

Brachial

Radial

Ulnar

Femoral

Popliteal

Pedal

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e. how to treat a big bleed

Do you know how to treat a deep wound to the arm? Put the pictures in the right order…

The right order is:

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