Second Class First Aid
7a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning.
Three hurry cases
Hurry Cases video
b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
7c. Demonstrate first aid for the following:
Object in the eye
- Try to get them to blink it out
- Wash hands and then lift upper eyelid over lower eyelid.
- If that doesn’t help, lift eyelids and try to remove with sterile cloth…
Bite of a suspected rabid animal
- Call animal control to find animal and test for rabies
- Wash off all saliva and bandage.
- Get to doctor immediately
Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
- Bleed wound to get germs out
- Sterile tweezers
- Push barb back out, clip, and reverse.
Serious burns (partial thickness, or second-degree)
- Red, blisters, charred
- Cold, not pop
Heat exhaustion
- Cooling system out of wack
- Out of sun, lie down, raise feet, excess clothing, water w/ salt if possible
Shock
- Body is limiting blood flow
- Weakness, confusion, clammy cool pale skin, quick weak pulse, weak irregular breathing, nausea, extreme thirst,
- Deal w/ cause first. Then keep warm and calm. Send for help but do not leave alone
Heatstroke
- Heat exhaustion squared.
- Skin is DRY
- Cool them ASAP
- GET THEM WET!!
Hypothermia
Warm victim: jackets, sleeping bag, blankets, warm water bottles in armpit or groin. Offer internal warmth via hot liquids.