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A first aid kit may include a CPR mask or barrier device.

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A CPR class can teach how to use a CPR mask to make this much safer. A helper could get sick from "giving breaths" to someone who has a disease. "Giving breaths" is blowing air into someone else's mouth while holding their nose shut and watching their chest rise from the air you blow in.

Breathing - move air from the outside into the lungs.

A choking person with no airway can be helped with abdominal thrusts, sometimes called the Heimlich maneuver. But without an airway, a person cannot breathe and will soon die unless an airway can be re-opened. Moving a hurt person can make their injuries worse. Turning an ill person on their side if they have vomited ("thrown up") may help keep the airway open so they can breathe.

Airway- keep a path open for air to go from the mouth to the lungs.

Traditionally it was taught to use the patient’s clothing, if practicable, as any bacteria will be familiar to the patient. If a first aid kit is not there, a cloth "dressing" for direct pressure can be made from ripped or cut clothing. Others such as a tourniquet are taught in first aid classes.

This "direct pressure" is the simplest and most effective way to stop bleeding.

Keeping blood inside the body can be done using a piece of cloth (which soaks up blood) to apply firm pressure to the bleeding area(s).

Emergency medical dispatchers can tell a person how by telephone or radio. This requires no kit and only a little training. Compressions refers to a part of CPR called Hands Only CPR, where someone pushes with their hands on the center of a person's chest over and over again to keep blood flowing to the brain. circulation (or Compressions) - keep blood inside the body and the heart beating.Promote recovery – try to help the person heal their injuriesĪnother set of goals for keeping a badly hurt person alive is sometimes called "C-A-B" :.First aid can include how to safely move injured people - or move them anyway with less harm if there is no choice. If possible, an injured person should not be moved. Prevent further injury – stop the person from being injured even more.Preserve life – stop the person from dying.One set of goals of first aid is called the " Three P's": Goals of first aid įirst aid skills are kept simple on purpose so that people can remember and use them in an emergency to save at least one life. This can include the "C-A-B" listed below. In places far from hospitals, first aid may be the only help possible until the person can be taken to a hospital or clinic.Įmergency medical dispatchers are trained in first aid, so that if there is an emergency, they can give the caller some information on what to do until the ambulance arrives. First aid can be done just about anywhere that an emergency requires. Lives can be saved even without a first aid kit. A package of things useful to give first aid is called a first aid kit. First aid is also used to help people who suddenly become sick, until help arrives or they can be taken to medical care.Ī person does not need much equipment to give first aid. For example, first aid is used at accidents to help an injured person until they get medical treatment (help by doctors, nurses or ambulances). First aid is promptly helping people who are suddenly sick ( illnesses) or hurt ( injuries or body damage).