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ingestion the standard treatment for this type of poisoning is as follows1 tell the casualty to spit out as much of the material as possible and
first aid procedures for chemical accidents there are three general procedures to be followed for chemical accidents and all are based on the
heart massage for restoring circulation in cases of breathing failure you should check that the casualtys heart is still beating this is especially
mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration if a casualty does not start breathing by the above process artificial respiration must be started immediately
opening the airwayif a casualty has stopped breathing first of all we should clear the airway of the victim so that heshe could inhale fresh air the
checking breathing and pulse before attempting to resuscitate a casualty it is essential that you check hisher breathing rate and pulse you can
resuscitation - an explanationa living person needs the support of abc mentioned belowairway - clear airwaybreathing - normal breathingcirculation -
diabetes a diabetic patient may lapse into diabetic coma or unconsciousness but usually the affected person is aware of the symptoms before this
fits fits of various kinds may be accompanied by unconsciousness and are usually characterized by the casualty being unaware of hisher reactions you
first aid procedure for unconscious casualties let us now discuss the first aid procedure for unconscious casualties the common causes of
first aid procedure for electric shock although the procedure described is usually followed there are occasions when other matters have to be
sequence of actions the precise sequence of actions in emergency situations is governed by the circumstances the following order is of general
treatment first aid treatment is a set of actions taken to preserve life of the casualty prevent the conditions from becoming worse and promote
diagnosis1 diagnosis of the casualty involves considering the history symptoms and signs2 history is the information as to how the accident
general features of first aid procedure the order of priorities in administering first aid is decided by the principal objective - to save life
placement of first aid box all first aid equipment should be placed close to the sites where accidents are likely to occur the location of first aid
what is first aidfirst-aid is the immediate and temporary care given to the victim of an accident or sudden illness its purpose is to1 help preserve
accident report forms accident report forms are to be used in case of serious accidents a properly completed accident report form should contain the
accident reporting procedure it is better to use incident book and accident report forms for the purposes of keeping records of accidents the
the need for reporting accidents all accidents no matter how trivial and dangerous near misses should be recorded the recording of accidents ensures
accident reportingto start with let us explain two closely related words accident and incidentaccident is an unexpected or unplanned event it may
objectivesafter studying this unit you should be able to1 explain the need for reporting lab accidents2 state the accident reporting
introduction in this unit we shall discuss the need and the method for reporting an accident we shall explain the choice of locating the first aid
safety aspects in a detailed way here explained the need for a personal code of behaviour and then gave a list of instructions which could serve as
moving loads on a trolley loads on a trolley are normally moved through pulling or pushing process during the pulling process the whole strain is to