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First Aid Essentials for Health Extension

The document discusses the importance of first aid in managing accidents and health-related issues, particularly in developing countries like Ethiopia. It outlines the objectives of first aid, including life-saving treatment and prevention of further injury, as well as the steps to provide emergency care. The scope of first aid treatment includes assessing the situation, diagnosing problems, and referring patients to higher health institutions when necessary.

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First Aid Essentials for Health Extension

The document discusses the importance of first aid in managing accidents and health-related issues, particularly in developing countries like Ethiopia. It outlines the objectives of first aid, including life-saving treatment and prevention of further injury, as well as the steps to provide emergency care. The scope of first aid treatment includes assessing the situation, diagnosing problems, and referring patients to higher health institutions when necessary.

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INTRODUCTION

In our daily life we may see that people have b


een suffered and died
due to the cause of various accident and health
related problems.
Accident is one of the leading causes of mortality a
nd morbidity in the
developing country especially in Africa particularl
y in Ethiopia due to
different factors.
Definition
• First aid is the initial treatment or help given to
sick particularly injured
• individual before professional medical care
becomes available with
• the materials at hand.
Such intervention aims in reducing the
• situations that threaten the victim until a pr
ofessional arrives or the
• sick individual is brought to \health facility.
Cont…….
•
• In short this lecture note is designed to develo
p the capacity of health
• extension students and enable them to ma
nage and prevent accident
• at community level and refer when nec
essary so that mordity and
• mortality rate be reduced and controlled.
General Objectives
• The aim of the first-aid treatment or
• management of Health Extension Package
is to give life saving
• treatment and to prevent accident as well
as emergency illness at
• community setting or environment.
Purpose of first aid treatment

• To keep the injured or ill person alive


• To prevent the injured condition
• To help him/her to recover
• To sustains life
Steps in giving emergency care:

• Look at the general situation of the causality q


uickly
• Decide what is wrong and how severe
or dangerous the injury is
• Give the appropriate first aid
• Notify your senior and arrange transport to ho
spital or health center
• Give follow up care during Journey.
What is first aid?

• First aid is the treatment given when a


n accident or sudden
• illness occurs or immediate care given to
a person who has
• been injured until he / she is taken to health fa
cilities.
The scope of first aid tretement:

•  Assessing the situation


•  Diagnosing the problems
•  Giving immediate treatment
• 
Referring of the causality to higher health insti
tutions
A. By observation:
Cheek for any external bleeding and determine whether
the bleeding is severe or not
Check for breathing pattern and determine whether there
is respiratory problem or not.
Note:Bleeding and respiratory problems are the top
urgent emergencyconditions that need fast
decision and action.
Brief Examination of patient
• First check:
• Breathing (Listen and look at rise and fall of th
e chest)
• Color of skin (darks skin due to shortage of oxy
gen)
• Circulation of blood (by taking pulse and blood
pressure)
Cont……..
• Check parts of the body:
• Look carefully and quickly of each part of the body
in the
• following order or steps:
• Head
• Back
• Neck
• Arms, hands, fingers
• Chest
• legs, feet, toes
• Abdomen
Look for:
• Signs of internal damage to organ
• Burns
• Dislocation (broken bone)
• Wounds
• Dislocation (bone put out of place)
• Fracture
•

• Thank you

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