First Aid

Providing immediate relief to people with illness or accident victims who need basic medical treatment to prevent disability or death.

The purpose of First Aid

1. Save the lives of sufferers

2. Preventing disability

3. Provide comfort and support the healing process

Integrated Emergency Care System

In the development of first aid measures are expected to be part of a system known as Integrated Emergency Response System, the system of emergency services for people in need, particularly in health.

Components of the Integrated Emergency Response System:

1. Access and Communication

The public should know where they have to ask for help, either general or specific.

2. Pre-Hospital Services

In general, all individuals may provide relief.

Classification Helper:

a. Layman

Not trained or have little knowledge of first aid

b. First Helper

This qualification is achieved First Aid

c. Special Workers / Trained

Specially trained manpower to cope with emergencies on the Ground

3. Transportation

Preparing patients to be transported

If you do not find signs of life in people who are unconscious, the emphasis on the heart needs to be done to restore blood circulation. Research shows that more effective chest compressions save lives than to focus on providing artificial breathing through the mouth.

The study of 3,000 patients found, in emergency emphasis on the chest alone can increase chances of survival by 22 percent. Even so, the emphasis that is coordinated with the heart the mouth to mouth artificial respiration remains the best option.

Life-saving techniques on the unconscious victim's heart stops and breathing stops or cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of exercise by giving chest compressions artificial breathing from mouth to mouth. Techniques used to do in various types of emergencies, such as heart attack or the victim nearly died of drowning.

A first auxiliary duty is to provide relief in patients who are sick or injured. Before you can perform maintenance must first be done with good patient assessment. Assessment of patient outcome is determined based on the state of knowledge regarding the composition of the body of helpers. Knowledge of functions and system parts and organs must be known. This capability not only very helpful in the field, but also facilitate communication between officials and health facilities to prevent misunderstandings. In medicine is known as the anatomy and physiology.

Anatomy (Body Composition)

Anatomy is the study of body composition and body shape.

Accident or undesired event can occur anywhere and anytime. This incident could be a minor incident or a disaster involving patients in large numbers.

The first person who will give help are those who are on the scene. Those who seek to provide this aid have different levels of knowledge ranging from not having first aid knowledge and are not trained to have an experienced & trained. There was a time of relief at the crash site until the victims can obtain relief by medical personnel in health facilities, so that the grace period is to be filled by the first person closest to the victims who have First Aid skills.

1. Destination First Aid

Perpetrators of first aid is the first rescuers arrived and the closest to the victim, who has the ability and trained in basic medical treatment.