Exclusive first aid tutorial

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First aid is the life saving skill which a person undertakes or gives in order to counterattack a sudden illness. First aid has enabled the community to deal with sudden accidents in a professional way in oder to minimize death or further body or cell damage. First aid is very important since sometimes response from a medical team or from a qualified health practitioner may be late while the accident may require immediate medical attention. Since first aid are simple professional moves that anyone can learn, individuals who have learnt these first aid moves have been able to deal with severe accidents or sudden health cases that required immediate medical attention while medical practitioners were not near. It is important for everyone to have an interest or rather to learn first aid skills. As I just said it is mostly aimed in dealing with accidents or sudden medical situations that nobody plans for. You might just be able to save your family member or dearest friend. In my next posts I am going to teach about firs aid topics listed bellow:
1] Responsibilities of a first aider, universal precautions and personal safety. – Here we will talk about what you need to be an effective first aider. It is obvious that in any work there is a kind of personality you should portray. And in first aid, his is no ordinary work, as you are dealing with someone's life. I am going to take you through disciplines like; attitude of a first aider (very important), acronyms for the responsibility of a first aider (very helpful and equally important), does, dont's and cautions for first aiders, common mistakes done by first aiders, getting help (a first aider must ask help from qualified medical practitioner in order for the sick person to be treated afterwards), recording information about the sick person (very very crucial)
2] How the body works –It is like reading a manual of what you are about to operate. Know how the body functions in oder to identify situations where the body is not working well and this may help you suspect a situation (what the patient is suffering from).
3] Emergency scene management, casualty management and primary survey. –This is a manual for 'where to start incase of an emergency ‘. This might be a first aider's greatest question which might turn to a nightmare if not answered.
3] Aid for a casualty who is not breathing normally.
4] Aid for a chocking casualty. Choking is common and can lead to unexpected death or other conditions. It should not therefore be taken lightly.
5] Aid for wounds and bleeding. Might be entry points for dangerous bacteria.
6] Aid for shock victim.
7] Placing a casualty in recovery position.
8] Head to toe (secondary) survey. Before moving a casualty you need to check for conditions like spinal injury or bone breakage or dislocations.
9] Ongoing casualty care. How to take care of a casualty as you wait for a qualified medical practitioner especially if they have dangerously delayed.
10] Moving the casualty.
11] Aid for near drowning. If not taken care of immediately it may produce very bad complications.
12] Aid for burns and scalds.
13] Aid for soft tissue injuries; strains and sprains.
14] Aid for fractures and dislocations.
15] Aid for stings and bites.
16] Aid for eye injuries.
17] Aid for poisoning.
18] Aid for angina and heart attack.
19] Aid for stroke.
20] Aid for fainting.
21] Aid for epileptic seizures.
22] Aid for asthma.
23] Aid for hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar)
24] Aid for excessive dehydration.
25] Aid for fever.
26] Aid for effects of extreme heat and cold.
27] Emergency child birth.
I am lastly going to extensively cover on common infectious diseases and HIV and aids awareness.