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First Aid Essentials: Objectives & Risks

This document provides an introduction to first aid, covering its objectives, legal concerns, health hazards and risks, diseases of concern, transmission of diseases, and precautions to prevent disease transmission. The document contains visual aids and information on various first aid topics.

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First Aid Essentials: Objectives & Risks

This document provides an introduction to first aid, covering its objectives, legal concerns, health hazards and risks, diseases of concern, transmission of diseases, and precautions to prevent disease transmission. The document contains visual aids and information on various first aid topics.

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Module 1

Introduction to
First Aid

TR 1-1
First Aid Visual Aids
Introduction to First Aid

FIRST AID
Is an immediate help provided to a sick or
injured person until professional medical help
arrives or becomes available.

Objectives of First Aid

1. To Preserve life
2. To prevent further harm and complications
3. To seek immediate medical help.
4. To provide reassurance

TR 1-4
First Aid Visual Aids
Introduction to First Aid

REMEMBER!!!
First Aid does not imply
medical treatment and is
by no means a
replacement for it.

TR 1-6
LEGAL CONCERNS

• Consent
• Duty to Act
• Standard of Care
• Negligence
• Abandonment
• Confidentiality
Article 12 No. 4
of Republic Act No. 3815
of the Philippine Revised Penal
Code Book One
Article 275 no. 1 & 2
of Act no. 3815
of the Philippine
Revised Penal Code
Book Two
HEALTH
HAZARDS &
RISKS
First Aid Visual Aids
Introduction to First Aid

DISEASES THAT CAUSE CONCERN

• HERPES is a viral infection that causes


eruptions of the skin and mucous membranes.

• MENINGITIS is an inflammation of the brain or


spinal cord caused by a viral or bacterial
infection.

• TUBERCULOSIS is a respiratory disease caused


by bacteria.

TR 1-10
First Aid Visual Aids
Introduction to First Aid

DISEASES THAT CAUSE CONCERN cont’

• HEPATITIS is a viral infection of the liver.

• HIV (Humane Immune Deficiency Virus) is


the virus that destroys the body’s ability to fight infection.
The resultant state is referred to as AIDS (acquired
immune deficiency syndrome)

TR 1-11
First Aid Visual Aids
Introduction to First Aid

Transmission of Diseases and the


First Aider

1. Direct contact 2. Indirect contact

3. Airborne 4. Vector
TR 1-9
Basic Life Support – CPR Visual Aids
Introduction to BLS - CPR

PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT
DISEASE TRANSMISSION
Body Substance Isolation
Are precautions taken to isolate or prevent risk of
exposure from any other type of bodily substance.
Basic Precautions and Practices

1. Personal Hygiene 2. Protective Equipment 3. Equipment Cleaning


& Disinfecting

TR 1-19

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