FIRST AID I

LESSON ONE : Transporting A Patient - Emergency Stretcher
So, in case you are on duty or not, and you see someone needs help, to be brought to the first aid station or to a shady area , you should place the person in the stretcher. BUT.....WHAT IF.... You DON have a stretcher or it's lying somewhere???? You won't have time to wait for someone to pass you the stretcher and then carry the injured/half-conscious/faint person for first aid!!!! SO....Alternatively you will need carry the injured person all by your strength and with the help of your partner of course. This is known as emergency stretcher ...(officially...Not sure...But that's what I called)
You will need a partner to help have the emergency stretcher, preferably nearly having the same height. Then,
Step 1: Place your left hand on your right arm. So does you partner.
Step 2: You and your partner stand face to face and then place each others right hand on the left of your partner. What you should get is a square/rectangular space in the middle of you and your partners hands
Step 3: The injured person will be placed on the space you have just made. In other words, the injured person is sitting on you and your fren's hands. The arms of the injured person must be placed on you and your fren's neck to prevent him/her from falling.
Step 4: When everything is done, you and your friend must get ready and carry the patient to the destined place.
* Never walk and stop and take a deep breath and then walk again!!!*
Why?
- you will be more tired when you stop and then walk again. So, once you are carrying the patient, make sure you carry them until the destined place then take your time to catch a breath.
- imagine if you stop, rest then walk for five times, what happen to the patient??????(faint)


LESSON TWO : Too HOT/Heat Stroke? - Triangular Cloth
Sometimes, a person may get too hot especially in the case when they participate in any outdoor sports. So, you have to cool them down and what you need is a triangular cloth. By the name of it, you know it is triangle in shape and you will need a partner to help you out.
Step 1: You, being the stronger one will hold two end of the triangular cloth. Twist your fingers at the end of the cloth to have a stronger grip
Step 2 : Your partner will hold the remaining end of the cloth. Then, both must pull the cloth.
Step 3 : Then, your partner will stay still while pulling the cloth and at the same time you will fan the patient at one end of the cloth. In other words, your right hand is moving/ fanning while your left hand and your partner will pull the cloth to ensure a surface tension on the cloth so that there is maximum wind produced.
* cooperating is very important. Both must work together.
* Person fanning must fan as hard as you can or put some force or else if you don, there's not much wind produced. SO what's the point!!

LESSON THREE : Bandage
OK, bandage, there are a lot of ways to bandage. We were taught half way on bandage so.....I just wrte what we have just learnt today. Name of the bandage.... dunno yet. All I know, is that this bandage is suitable for bandage the hand. What we learn is to tie the cloth to bandage.
Step 1: Grab hold two end of the cloth at the left and right of your hands
Step 2: the right end of the cloth is tied to the left and again. (Make sure your left end of the cloth stays still,. Just mover your right end of cloth/ tie it to the left)
Step 3 : once tieing two times, pull it hard and then hold the right end of the cloth and the knot and then pull the left end of the cloth to release it.
* practice makes perfect for this one
* you can start with the left tieing to the right. which means at the end, you pull the right. In short, you pull th one that is still at the beginning.

I hope you can understand what i have written. if not then, call me, i will be right beside you to give the first aid. till then.
AND...HAPPY birthday SHIH yang.!!!