Becoming an actual legit first responder

What does DRSABCD stand for?

• Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillate

• Detect, Reset, Signal, Answer, Between, Continue, Distance

• Nothing

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What is an emergency?

• Anything that happens near me that I don't understand

• A cockroach running across the kitchen floor

• a serious, unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate attention

• There's never a true emergency

What is important for us to do if we think we're involved in an emergency?

• Panic, shake and shout, hyperventilate

• Take a deep breath, stay calm and think about DRSABCD

• Run away and pretend we saw and know nothing.

• Jump straight in and perform CPR

What is a danger to yourself, patient and/ or bystander?

• Extreme weather, exposure to heights.

• Dogs off leash, electrical material.

• Crowds of people,

• All of the above

What questions do we ask if we follow the COWS prompt?

• Are they mooving?

• Are they milking it?

• No questions, just "shake and shout" at them

• Can you hear me?

  Open your eyes?

  What is your name?

  Squeeze my hands?

What is the number we call to access Emergency services?

• All of the above

• 999

• 000

• 911

How do we clear someone's airway?

• Roll person to recovery position

• Clear mouth with fingers if needed

• Tilt head back with hands on chin and forehead

• All the above

To check someone is breathing we...

• Use a stethescope to listen to their chest

• Look, Listen and feel for a breath

• Sit them up and pat them on the back

• Watch them for a while

If the person is breathing, what can you do?

• Nothing

• Commence CPR

• Lie the person in the recovery position and monitor their pulse

• Leave

What other information is helpful to give emergency services?

• The person's favourite food

• The person's cultural background.

• Person's age, What happened? Any pain?

• The person's eye and hair colour.