PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

Early Recognition and Send for Help As an Emergency Responder you must first recognise that an emergency exists. Once you’ve determined that an emergency exists, assess the scene to determine if it is safe for you to assist the casualty. You will learn proper scene assessment and primary assessment during Skills One and Two of this training program. Next, for a casualty with a life-threatening problem, you must first call EMS. This is the Call First concept. Early CPR A person who is not breathing normally needs CPR immediately. CPR is a skill you will learn in Skills Three and Four. Early CPR is an important way to provide emergency care until the arrival of EMS personnel. Early Defibrillation An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is key to reviving an adult casualty suffering from a cardiac emergency involving ventricular fibrillation (abnormal, twitching heart). You will learn to use an AED in Skill Five of this training program. Early Professional Care and Follow-up EMS personnel can provide advanced casualty care such as artificial airways, oxygen, the use of cardiac drugs and defibrillation when AEDs are unavailable or may not be used by Emergency Responders in a local area. To complete the Chain of Survival , casualties move from your important, initial care to Emergency Medical Services’ care (and hospital care, if needed). What is the Cycle of Care (Emergency Action Plan or Resuscitation Chart) – DRSABCDS? ARC presents the Basic Life Support Flow Chart as DRSABCD.

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