GOLDEN RULES

You wanna remember in first aid

If you’re old enough to be reading this…
 If you’re old enough to be reading this…

…you’re old enough to have experienced injuries…

…to have bled…
Despite this, that
and blah, blah, blah,
you survived and
still have tomorrows
because…
…you excel at First Aid…
…you knew what to do when you needed help…
…you knew what to do when you needed help…

…and did what needed be done in time.

What I’m asserting
is…if you could help
yourself, you can help
others.
What I’m asserting
is…if you could help
yourself, you can help
others.
 Looking at stats,
nearly 173 people
died in workplaces
around the world last
year…

Source: The Health & Safety Executive 2011/12 annual reports

However…
In more occasions than we can happily accept…
In more occasions than we can happily accept…

…whether or not people

have any such thing as…
In more occasions than we can happily accept…

…whether or not people

have any such thing as…

“tomorrow” depends on…

Whether they get the right aid…
…at the right time…
…at the right time…

…or not.
Let’s offer what we
can to people,
bearing in mind
these…
 5 GOLDEN RULES
You wanna remember in first aid
Before getting to Rule (1)

The Foundation
First Aid is…

…the act of human love you can exercise for someone

when they need medical attention but yet to get it.
First Aid is…

…the act of human love you can exercise for someone

when they need medical attention but yet to get it.

And as such, it aims…

G.R (1) To prevent preventable death…
G.R (1) To prevent preventable death…
 They say that
Justice delayed
is
Justice denied.
 They say that
Justice delayed
is
Justice denied.
Timely treatment saves
lives.
G.R (2) To reduce anxiety if not to relax/comfort…
Minus the fear, an injured
person still has an
avalanche of problems.
 Take anxiety out of the
equation, facilitation of
treatment becomes a lot
easier.
G.R (3) To reduce if not end pain…
 Part of Medicine says:
alleviate the pain even if
you can’t eradicate the
underlying problem.
Quality of life doesn’t just
mean the absence of
disease or infirmity.
 Help…

When you sense someone in need of first aid

G.R (4) Watch out for your own safety.
G.R (4) Watch out for your own safety.

You’re engaging to solve the problem in

the first place, not to become the next
problem yourself… So…
G.R (4) Watch out for your own safety.

You’re engaging to solve the problem in

the first place, not to become the next
problem yourself… So…
If it doesn’t look safe for you to engage…
first…
G.R (5) Call for help when it seems available.
You needn’t solo. Believe it or not, people
will energetically and voluntarily come to
the aid of someone who is aiding someone.
 Hazard

Person

And…for a start…
Separate the person from the hazard, where
Hazard is heavier than Person.
e.g. When a part of a building crushes down
on a person and there is more to crush
down… Or…
Separate the hazard from the person, where
Person is heavier than Hazard.
e.g. When there is a splinter in your thumb…
When there is only one person requiring
help…
Treat first.
Treat first. Call for help later.
But if you have to help more than one person
at once…
Call for help first. You sure can’t help ‘em all alone.
And then…
Treat the one who is bleeding profusely…
…as this may lead to death due to
hypovolaemic shock extreme blood loss…
…and then the one whose breathing/heartbeat stopped…
…as the brain dies within 4 seconds of
hypoxia oxygen shortage…
…and then the one who is unconcious with a pulse…
…in that order.
 LET’S
RECAP!
 Rules to
Remember
 Rules to
Remember

Prevent Preventable Death Reduce Anxiety

Reduce Pain Watch Out for Yourself Call for Help

Some final words
Speaking about First aid, you don’t just do
that. Correct measures need to be
learned…
…trained…
…and practiced.
While it remains a tough truth that you
can’t just do first aid with these rules, it is
worth noting that every first aid measure
stems out from them.
When calling the ambulance isn’t good
enough, by bringing those rules to action
with good judgment and exercise of
common sense, you might save someone
perhaps.
When calling the ambulance isn’t good
enough, by bringing those rules to action
with good judgment and exercise of
common sense, you might save someone
perhaps. or
ease
Keep alive.
 Thank You

Together, let’s rid workplaces

of unnecessary deaths and
suffering.

Want to talk ‘bout this or plain wish to say

‘hi’, write to me at
anderson85alric@gmail.com
Credits

Many thanks to Compfight.com,

istockphotos.com, shutterstock photos,
Flickr.com and Google for the photos I
borrowed without permission.

Special thanks to Jessedee for inspiring

me with “You Suck at Powerpoint”.

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