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First Aid. Chapter 1 Background Information. Need for First Aid Training. ________________ will need to provide or receive First Aid at some point Most injuries ______________________ require life saving efforts. What is First Aid?. _____________________________________________________
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First Aid Chapter 1 Background Information
Need for First Aid Training ________________ will need to provide or receive First Aid at some point Most injuries ______________________ require life saving efforts
What is First Aid? _____________________________________________________ _______________ assistance
What is First Aid? May mean the difference between: • _______________ • _______________ and long hospitalization • temporary ___________ and ________________ injury
What is First Aid? Important to: ________________ symptoms Do not _________________
Legal Considerations Battery: Consent Must gain __________ from victim Unlawful to give First Aid ________________________
Legal Considerations Expressed Consent Must be obtained from every ____________, mentally competent person Tell your name, explain ___________________
Legal Considerations Expressed Consent Consent my be _________________________ of the head
Legal Considerations Expressed Consent Unable to give consent if: • Under _____________ • Under _________________ • Unconscious • Mental _________________
Legal Considerations Implied Consent _____________ victim ________________ condition “Save ________________”
Legal Considerations Abandonment To ___________ giving care w/o ensuring ______________________ at same level or ____________________
Legal Considerations Abandonment Once you begin, you ___________________________ until another ___________________ takes over
Legal Considerations Negligence Not providing _________________ standard care that results in ________________________________________
Legal Considerations Negligence Factors include: • ______________ • ___________ duty • _____________ and ________________ inflicted
Legal Considerations Negligence: Duty to act ___________ required to help if __________________________________ exists
Legal Considerations Negligence: Duty to act Occurs if: • _____________________ requires • ________________________________: parent, driver
Legal Considerations Negligence: Breach of Duty • Acts of ____________________ • Acts of ___________________
Legal Considerations Negligence: Breach of Duty Acts of Omission - __________________to do what a _____________________ would do
Legal Considerations Negligence: Breach of Duty Acts of Commission - Doing something a reasonable person would ________ do
Legal Considerations Negligence: Injury & Damages Inflicted Physical _________, physical pain _______________________ Medical expenses Loss of _____________ and/or ______________________
Legal Considerations Good Samaritan Laws Encourages people to assist by granting ______________ Vary from _____________________
Legal Considerations Good Samaritan Laws Applies when: Acting during ______________ Acting in ________________ Acting _______ compensation Not guilty of _______ negligence
Legal Considerations Good Samaritan Laws Not a substitute for ____________________
Legal Considerations Good Samaritan Laws Primarily covers _____________________________________
Learning Activities 1 1. In most locations, an ambulance can arrive within minutes. This means most people do not need to learn first aid.
Learning Activities 1 2. Correct first aid can mean the difference btw life and death.
Learning Activities 1 3. Most injuries do not require life saving first aid efforts.
Learning Activities 1 4. Call for an ambulance and/or seek EMS for all injured victims.
Learning Activities 1 5. In most case, the victim must give consent for first aid.
Learning Activities 1 6. If the victim refuse your help you can still give first aid.
Learning Activities 1 7. Employers can designate people as first aiders. This means they must give first aid to injured employees on the job.
Learning Activities 1 8. First aiders giving care to injured victims are often sued.
Learning Activities 1 9. Good Samaritan Laws protect first aiders in all states.
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 10. Do you have to stop and help?
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 11. If you help, which type of consent applies?
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 12. She does not respond to “Are you ok?” You can leave and assume someone else will find her.
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 13. You decide to help. You straighten her leg causing a bone to protrude out. Does this increase your chances of being sued?
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 14. The Good Samaritan Law protects you from being sued.
Learning Activities 1 Scenario: You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 15. Instead of checking breathing and pulse, you care for the leg. You have failed to provide appropriate first aid.
Learning Activities 1 Scenario:. You see an elderly lady laying at bottom of porch. No one else is around. Her skin is bluish and she is motionless. 16. If the woman was your mother under custodial care, you must give first aid to her.
