I‘m thinking for example how to do the Heimlich maneuver on others or on yourself, what to do during an earthquake and similar things.

I‘m having lots of fun learning new things with Anki and thought a deck like this would be a good addition. Of course hoping I won‘t ever need to apply any of it.

  • Vanth ( Vanth@reddthat.com ) English
    16·
    vor 25 Tagen

    Take a modern first aid class. Some of the things taught in recent decades (mouth-to-mouth CPR, tourniquets, heimlich maneuver) are no longer advised for. And as certain tools became readily available for trending problems (NARCAN for opioid overdoses), new trainings are prioritized that someone going through first aid classes a decade-plus ago wouldn’t have learned about.

    “Normal” first aid today will teach about scene assessment, AEDs, chest compressions only CPR, and NARCAN. A wilderness first aid class would teach things with the assumption trained medical help is not 30 min or less away (broader scope of scene assessment, tourniquets and splinting bones, hypothermia, animal bites, evacuation, +).

  • livligkinkajou ( livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net ) 
    8·
    vor 25 Tagen

    I think abdominal thrusts AKA Heimlich maneuver is no longer recommended as a first aid for choking, but let me double check

    edit: I was mistaken, you should alternate back blows with abdominal thrusts. Detailed info below:

    From React First UK

    Adult choking flowchart

    and Resuscitation Council UK

    If a person is suddenly unable to speak or cough, particularly if eating. Ask the person: “Are you choking?” Encourage the person to cough.

    If the person is unable to cough or the cough becomes ineffective, give up to five back blows.
If back blows are ineffective, give up to five abdominal thrusts.
If choking has not been relieved after five abdominal thrusts, call 999 and continue alternating five back blows with five abdominal thrusts until choking is relieved, or the person becomes unresponsive.
    • Do NOT use blind finger sweeps to try and remove a foreign body from the mouth or airway.
    • If the person becomes unresponsive, start CPR and ensure [local emergency number] has been called.
    • Any person successfully treated for choking with abdominal thrusts or chest compressions should be evaluated by a healthcare practitioner since complications and injuries may occur.