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First Aid Guidelines For Qualified First Aiders

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First Aid Guidelines For Qualified First Aiders

As a qualified first aider, you must continue to use your skills when managing any first aid incident, but you now need to be more aware of yourself and others' risks. Here is some advice to assist in the safe treatment of a person who is ill or injured.

1- Keep Yourself Safe

It is good practice to wear a mouth shield when administering rescue breaths on a casualty.

Wash your hands or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% before and after treating a casualty.

When administering first aid, wear disposable gloves (latex-free gloves).

If you suspect a serious illness or injury, call 911 (from a KAUST landline) or 012 8080911(from a mobile) immediately.

Call for help whenever you feel you need assistance or before performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

2- Safe Assessment And CPR

01

Tilt the head to open the airway and check for breathing by placing your other hand close to their face. Do not listen or feel for breathing by placing your ear or cheek close to the victim's mouth.

02

For the primary survey, do not place your face close to the victim. Instead use your hand and look at the chest of the casualty for chest movement.

03

If unresponsive and not breathing normally, call 911 (from a KAUST landline) or 012 8080911(from a mobile).

04

First, use your voice to check for a response, then gently tap the shoulders of the casualty.

05

Ensure that the rescuer, the victim, and all other people on site are safe.

06

Observe the chest movement to determine if the victim is breathing normally.

07

Ask someone to find an automated external defibrillator (AED) when others arrive on scene.

08

If in any doubt about confirming the cardiac arrest, CPR is performed.

09

Ask someone to find an automated external defibrillator (AED) when others arrive on scene.

10

If someone brings an AED, ensure they follow the prompts and, control the scene by not allowing anybody to touch the casualty.

11

Early use of a AED significantly increases the person's chances of survival.

12

Put hands together in the middle of the chest and push hard and fast.

3. After Treatment

After performing compression-only CPR, all rescuers should wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water; or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Continue to monitor the casualty and look for other injuries.

Keep the area clear of people and arrange for the area to be cleaned.

All used materials and PPE should be disposed of appropriately.