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First Aid Essentials for Surface Coal Mining Operations

Learn key first aid procedures for handling emergencies at surface coal mines. Ensure patient safety, conduct proper assessments, and manage injuries effectively.

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First Aid Essentials for Surface Coal Mining Operations

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  1. First Aid Review

  2. First Aid Review 77.1702 (a) Each operator of a surface coal mine shall make arrangements with a licensed physician, medical service, medical clinic, or hospital to provide 24-hour emergency medical assistance for any person injured at the mine. (b) Each operator shall make arrangements with an ambulance service, or otherwise provide for 24-hour emergency transportation for any person injured at the mine.

  3. First Aid Review • Definition: • The immediate care given to a person who is injured or ill. • Principle goals: • Ensure the safety of rescuer and patient. • Identify the causes of injury. • Stabilize the neck and care for life threatening injuries. • Arrange for transportation. • Continue patient assessment

  4. First AidScene Safety • Make sure the area is safe • What caused the injury or accident? • Ensure Personal Safety • Protect yourself with gloves, masks, before you act. • You wouldn’t work with toxic chemical without the proper protection would you?

  5. First AidPatient Assessment • Primary Survey • ABC’s and severe bleeding • Life Threatening conditions • Secondary Survey • DE • Thorough Head to toe “hands on” examination for wounds, burns, musculoskeletal injuries and anything else that will require treatment.

  6. First AidPatient Assessment • A (Airway) • Assess for unresponsiveness • Open the Airway (Head tilt-Chin lift) • B (Breathing) • Look, Listen and Feel for Breathing • If not breathing, give two normal breaths • C (Circulation) • Check Pulse at Carotid Artery (5-10 seconds) • If no pulse, start chest compressions

  7. First AidPatient Assessment • D • Assess for Deformity • Hands on; Head to toe Examination for all other injuries and conditions that will require treatment • E • Expose • If you can’t see it, you can’t treat it

  8. First AidCPR and Rescue Breathing • ABC’s • Ratio • 30 compressions to 2 breaths • 1 breath every 5 seconds • Rate • Hard and Fast • 12 breaths per minute

  9. First AidControl of Bleeding • Direct Pressure • 95% • Elevation • 97% • Pressure Points • 99% • Tourniquet • Last resort 1%

  10. First AidBurns • Degree • First (Superficial) • Second (Partial Thickness) • Third (Full Thickness) • Treatment • Remove heat • Prevent contamination • Over Bandage; loosely

  11. First AidMusculoskeletal Injuries • Splinting • Immobilize the jointabove and thejointbelow • When in doubt, SPLINT • Elevate • Apply cold compresses • Do we ever want to attempt to "straighten out a broken bone or fracture?

  12. First AidShock • Treat for Shock on all patients from the beginning. • Shock can kill, even though the injuries wouldn’t. • Be calm and reassuring • Keep the patient warm • Elevate feet, if no back or head injuries.

  13. First Aid Review • Definition: • The immediate care given to a person who is injured or ill. • Principle goals: • Ensure the safety of rescuer and patient. • Identify the causes of injury. • Stabilize the neck and care for life threatening injuries. • Arrange for transportation. • Continue patient assessment

  14. First AidScene Safety • Make sure the area is safe • What caused the injury or accident? • Ensure Personal Safety • Protect yourself with gloves, masks, before you act. • You wouldn’t work with toxic chemical without the proper protection would you?

  15. First AidPatient Assessment • Primary Survey • ABC’s and severe bleeding • Life Threatening conditions • Secondary Survey • DE • Thorough Head to toe “hands on” examination for wounds, burns, musculoskeletal injuries and anything else that will require treatment.

  16. First AidPatient Assessment • A • Assess for unresponsiveness • Open the Airway (Head tilt-Chin lift) • B • Look, Listen and Feel for Breathing • If not breathing, give two normal breaths • C • Check Pulse at Carotid Artery (5-10 seconds) • If no pulse, start chest compressions

  17. First AidPatient Assessment • D • Assess for Deformity • Hands on; Head to toe Examination for all other injuries and conditions that will require treatment • E • Expose • If you can’t see it, you can’t treat it

  18. First AidCPR and Rescue Breathing • ABC’s • Ratio • 30 compressions to 2 breaths • 1 breath every 5 seconds • Rate • Hard and Fast • 12 breaths per minute

  19. First AidControl of Bleeding • Direct Pressure • 95% • Elevation • 97% • Pressure Points • 99% • Tourniquet • Last resort

  20. First AidBurns • Degree • First (Superficial) • Second (Partial Thickness) • Third (Full Thickness) • Treatment • Remove heat • Prevent contamination • Over Bandage; loosely

  21. First AidMusculoskeletal Injuries • Splint • Immobilize the joint above and the joint below • When in doubt, SPLINT • Elevate • Apply cold compresses

  22. First AidShock • Treat for Shock on all patients from the beginning. • Shock can kill, even though the injuries wouldn’t. • Be calm and reassuring • Keep the patient warm • Elevate feet, if no back or head injuries.

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