First Aid Class
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...�OBJECTIVES
-RISK ASSESSMENT
-PROPER APPLICATION OF A FIELD OR PRESSURE DRESSING AND TOURNIQUET
- FIRST AID FOR BURNS
- IDENTIFY AND TREAT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
...�UNCOVER THE WOUND
...�APPLY THE CASUALTY'S FIELD DRESSING
...�APPLY MANUAL PRESSURE AND ELEVATE LIMB
...�APPLY PRESSURE DRESSING IF BLEEDING CONTINUES
...�PERFORM ADDITIONAL FIRST AID MEASURES IF NECESSARY
...�CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSES MORE POISONING DEATHS THAN ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE. IT IS PRODUCED DURING THE INCOMPLETE BURNING OF ORGANIC FUELS. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A COLORLESS, ODORLESS, TASTELESS GAS; WHICH MAKES ITS DETECTION IN THE AIR DIFFICULT AND THUS INCREASE THE HAZARD. USUALLY THE VICTIM DOES NOT REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
...�SENSE OF PRESSURE IN THE HEAD
...�ROARING/ RINGING SENSATION OF THE EARS
...�PATIENT IS CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO THINK CLEARLY
...�DRUNK APPEARANCE
...�OFTEN VOMITING
...�INCONTINENT
...�CONVULSIONS
...�CHERRY RED LIPS
...�DILATED PUPILS
...�COMA
...�NOTE: YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHENEVER CONFRONTED WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS WHO ARE SHARING ACCOMMODATIONS.
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