Ms V’s 25 First Aid Topics
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Ms V’s 25 First Aid Topics
- Aims of first aid
Overview of How to Assess Your Casualties needs - Prioritising your
casualties (TRIAGE)
- The primary survey
(DRsABtpC)
- The secondary survey (top
to toe 12)
- Reasons for being
unconscious – FISHSHAPED
- The recovery position
Overview of Circulatory System related First Aid - Cardiac Arrest and CPR
- Heart Attack and Angina
- Bleeding
- Shock
- Infection/illness/infantile
convulsions (meningitis and other illnesses such as croup or measles)
Overview of the Nervous System related First Aid - Head injuries (concussion
and compression)
- Stroke
- Epilepsy/Seizures
Overview of the Respiratory System related First Aid - Choking/Airway Hypoxia
- Asthma and
Hyperventilation
Overview of the Skin, Bones and other Organ related First Aid - Burns and Scalds (inc.
electric Shock)
- Poisoning and Allergies
(including Anaphylaxis)
- Dermatitis and eczema
- Bites and Stings
- Broken Bones, strains and
sprains
- Diabetes
Overview of Outdoor related First Aid - Hypothermia
- Heat exhaustion
- Drowning