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Today’s Agenda Bell-ringer Introduction to safety and unintentional injuries Safety Stations

Today’s Agenda Bell-ringer Introduction to safety and unintentional injuries Safety Stations Closing Thoughts Journal. FIRST AID. Definition : The immediate and temporary care given to someone who becomes injured or ill until regular medical care can be provided.

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Today’s Agenda Bell-ringer Introduction to safety and unintentional injuries Safety Stations

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  1. Today’s Agenda Bell-ringer Introduction to safety and unintentional injuries Safety Stations Closing Thoughts Journal

  2. FIRST AID • Definition: • The immediate and temporary care given to someone who becomes injured or ill until regular medical care can be provided

  3. Life-Threatening Emergencies • - Respiratory distress or cessation of breathing • - Severe chest pains • Shock • Uncontrolled bleeding • - Choking • - Poisoning • - Prolonged unconsciousness • - Overdose • - Severe Burns • Any complaint or observation which • indicates head or spinal cord injury

  4. Universal Precautions • Definition: • Steps you take to minimize contact with blood and other body fluids, what can contain viruses.

  5. Universal Precautions • WASH HANDS before and after each medical procedure • WEAR GLOVES whenever there is a possibility of coming in contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials (body fluids and tissues) • Wear full-body gowns whenever there is a possibility of blood splashing onto the rescuer • Wear face masks and eye protection whenever there is a possibility of blood splashing into the rescuer's face • Dispose of all contaminated sharp objects in an appropriate puncture-proof container • Dispose of all contaminated personal • protective equipment in an appropriate • container marked for bio-hazardous waste

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