2006-10-11 05:51:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Are you talking about what you can do yourself, or what you should do for someone else?
Above all else, the first step is to ensure that you are safe. If you have witnessed some type of impact injury, make certain that the scene is safe for you to approach. This includes donning personal protective gear, such as gloves.
After that, depending on the type of injury, ensuring a patent airway is vital. This includes spine immobilization. Remember, if you don't have an airway, you don't have a patient. After airway is breathing and circulation, then a whole bunch of other stuff you didn't ask about.
2006-10-11 07:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by EvilBunny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are the rescurer......is the area safe to enter, do not become the next victim. ie; is there fire, electricity, water etc.
If you are not part of the emergency services call for help. Direct traffic/people away from the area they only get in the way.
1. Mechanism of injury
2. ABC, if no CPR
3. Cervical immmobilisation
4. Secondary survey.
Take it from there.
2006-10-14 04:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by bluemax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The usual A B C I would think...Airway, Breathing Circulation. Mind you it would depend if the impact was a car against a body or a hammer against a hand!!!
2006-10-11 05:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the first thing you should do is to get some kind of cold compreshion on it and if it is a foot or leg problem take the waight of it and if it is a hand or arm give it some support and if it is a chest or head injery get your self up the hospital depending on the sereness of the injery
2006-10-11 06:24:29 · answer #4 · answered by gaz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a visit down to your GP or to accident and emergency or 999 depending on the severity of the injury or injuries.
2006-10-11 05:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by missree 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it's a female rush over an give her the kiss off life , if it's a male just pretend you did'nt see it !
2006-10-13 06:18:51 · answer #6 · answered by nicemanvery 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ice pack immediately and take the weight off it.
2006-10-11 05:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Druantia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Too little information !
Knife, hammer, car crash,fall off a ladder, slap, belly flop , punch?
2006-10-12 00:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by lifesagambol 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if your drunk sleep on it
if your sober put on a brave face and get to A&E
I broke my wrist (painful) two years ago i fell over when i was drunk and thought id just twisted it even tho the pain was bad I went to A&E two days later and had it put in plaster
2006-10-11 05:55:21 · answer #9 · answered by cazmo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
call injury lawyers for you (unless of course its your own fault)
2006-10-11 05:56:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋