Priority and Transportation in first aid treatment-“First Aid”

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 head injuries

Open chest wounds

Burns involving respiratory tract

Unconsciousness, coma

Heart attack

Poisoning

Open abdominal wounds.

Second (green tag) – Severe burns.

Injuries to spine

Moderate hemorrhage,

Multiple fractures

Head injuries, patient conscious

Injury to spine

Lowest (white tag) –Minor fractures.

Minor bleeding

Moderate or minor burns

The ambulance

It should be in perfect condition in all of the following respects.

  1. Wheels, engine, and brakes.
  2. Doors and windows.
  3. Communication equipment
  4. Warning devices
  5. Lights

When on emergency duty of transporting a patient, an ambulance driver is generally granted the following privileges with respect to speed, passage through traffic, and parking…

  1. Exceed the speed limit by 5 to 10 mph is long as life and property of others are not endangered.
  2. Pass in no-entry-zones after providing an appropriate signal to other drives.
  3. With the proper caution and signals, disregard the regulations about traffic lights, turning etc.
  4. Use sound signals like siren sparingly.

 

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