Category: First Aid
Disasters Disasters are sudden, catastrophic events that disrupt pattern of life, often associated with destruction of property, multiple injuries and death of a number of persons. Common elements of …
Priority and Transportation in first Aid Priority Conditions Highest (red tag) – Respiratory arrest, airway obstruction and severe breathing difficulties Cardiac arrest Uncontrolled severe hemorrhage and shock Severe …
Ambulance service in first aid If there are multiple causalities, as in a disaster, first aid has to be administered to a large number of victims. In such cases, …
How to label and interpret a Casualty During emergency, the seriously injured or unconscious persons are carried on stretchers to hospitals for treatment. Labels made up hard paper are …
How to load an Ambulance A few ambulances have flat built- in beds with grooves to take the runners of a standard stretcher. Four persons should do this together. …
Carrying a Stretcher When the casualty has been placed on the stretcher the bearers should take up their positions at each end of the stretcher. At least two trained …
Prepare a Stretcher One blanket method: place a blanket diagonally over the stretcher so that there are two opposing corners at the ends of the stretcher. After placing the …
Stretchers A stretcher is used to carry a seriously ill or injured victim. There are a number of stretchers available, e.g. the standard stretcher; the pole- and – canvas …
