First Aid

Wound management is one of the cornerstones for nursing care however, effective wound care extends far beyond the application of the wound itself. Nurses may be required to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate wound care; therefore, order to fill these roles it’s critical to have an understanding of the several different areas of wound care such as, integumentary system, classification of wounds, wound procedures, and documentation. Knowledge in each of these areas will allow nurses to make well informed decisions about wound care, and as a result play an active part in wound healing.

Special dressings and bandages can be used to protect and to speed up the healing of pressure sores.

ICU patients suffer from a broad range of pathologies, requiring MV, sedation and use of multiples devices, which do not allow patients to protect their airway (Augustyn. 2007; Kollef. 2004).

When an emergency occurs and first aid is required it is always important for a qualified first aider to carry out any first aid required there are many reasons for this, the most important is that if a non qualified person try s to give first aid they may cause more damage or injury to the individual, it is also against policies and procedures of organisations and health and safety legislations.

First-aid – the person who takes duty of the session must be responsible of the first aid. This should always be available for the training session as well as other sessions. This can be provided to a person when they are injured during the match or training. This prevent more damage and injuries to your body. An example includes at a hockey game, one of the players gets hit, and first aid is immediately required to keep the payer in a stable condition. They would need medical help as soon as

If an accident does happen, and it results in an injury to a child, the teacher will do all she/he can to aid the child concerned. The school keeps first aid boxes in various locations around the school such as in our key stage one building we have a first aid box in the nursery kitchen, also in the breakfast club room. Key stage two building has a fist aid box stored in the first aid room and one in the

In this paper we will present critical analysis on the different views on nursing the wound dressing focusing primarily on the possible infections ranging from technique to use of silver to the overall impact made by these choices.

|• First aid- First aider on duty every day. First aid box clearly marked and adequately supplied. |

Franks, P. J., & Moody, M. (2007). Randomized trial of two foam dressings in the management

Barrett (2009) concurs that, the management of wound required dressing that can maintain a moist environment, absorbs exudates as well as remain in situ over number of days.

One of the most important things to maintain a trauma patients airway is ensuring that you have adequate help around (Stephens, 2011). This is important because there are many different tasks that must be delegated in maintaining this persons airway. Some of these processes include opening the airway, suctioning the airway, inserting the proper adjunct, and maintaining

At Grove primary school, we have a qualified first aider in all settings although most of the staff in nursery and reception are also first aid trained. All the first aiders are listed on a notice on the doors of the rooms and near the first aid equipment located in the room for everyone to see should they require help. If a child or young person has an accident at the setting and requires first aid, then the relevant qualified person will use the settings first aid kit which is easily accessible and regularly checked and kept up to date and stocked making sure there is always available equipment to be used. When an accident

Background. Surgical site wound closure can play a key part in the recovery of patients post-operatively. The use of closure material is usually according to the preference of the surgeon and is a frequently debated issue.

Band-Aids keep your minor injuries very safe under a protective layer of absorbent sterile fabric. They

The ABC of first aid is a mnemonic designed to help people remember how to respond to an emergency situation in which someone is injured. There are many other mnemonics and variants, but it is probably the most useful one for lay people to remember. The letters stand for Airway, Breathing, and Circulation, also referred to as the vital signs. If all of the vital signs are monitored and addressed, a patient has a much better chance of surviving until trained help arrives.