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Chapter 5 Checking the victim

Chapter 5 Checking 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.

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Chapter 5 Checking the victim

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  1. Chapter 5Checking the victim

  2. CHECK • CHECK THE SCENE- Is it safe??? • CHECK THE VICTIM • 1. Check for consciousness-How???

  3. Say -Are you OKAY? • ADULT AND CHILD-Shoulder tap • INFANT- foot flick

  4. Conscious victim • Tell them who you are. • Your level of training. • What care you would like to give. • Ask permission to help them?

  5. 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?

  6. 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

  7. Unconscious victim • Implied consent law-allows you to help victim. Call 911 • Check for airway • Breathing • Circulation • Severe bleeding

  8. Airway • After you call 911 • Check the airway • If you suspect NO NECK INJURY • Perform the head tilt/chin lift • Spinal injury-jaw thrust

  9. 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

  10. Agonal breath • Usually occurs in unconscious adults where breathing is irregular, gasping and shallow. • Care for this person as if they are not breathing.

  11. 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.

  12. H.A.IN.E.S Recovery Position(High Arm IN Endangered Spine) • Placing a unconscious person in this recovery position will keep the airway open and clear. MODIFIED-place hand under head.

  13. Infant Recovery Position

  14. 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-Yes Breathing. IF BREATHING-maintain open airway, monitor breathing and look for changes. • 6. quickly scan for severe bleeding.

  15. Unconscious child/infant 1. Check the scene 2. check the victim-are you okay?-shoulder tap (child) foot flick ( infant) 3. call 911 4. open the airway-head tilt chin lift 5. Look, listen and feel-10 seconds Yes Breathing- maintain open airway, monitor breathing and look for changes. 7. quickly scan for severe bleeding

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