im doing my nvq 2 in care
2006-11-07 10:43:15 · 7 answers · asked by linzi114 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
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2006-11-07 10:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will partly depend on the severity of the electrocution.
However the first thing to do in any electrocution (indeed any situation you come across) is to check for danger - you're not going to be any help if you get hurt too! Isolate any electricity supplies at the mains, or even better, at the fuse board BEFORE touching the casualty or going anywhere near them.
The casualty may be conscious or unconsious. If they're conscious, just call an ambulance and while waiting for them, see if you can find where the entry and exit marks are - the electricity will have either passed over the surface of the body, causing burns (treat with cold running water for 10 mins or a cold compress if you can not get the affected part to running water), otherwise the electricity will have gone through the body and have caused an internal burn.
If the casualty is unconscious, check their airway and see if you can check for breathing, call an ambulance, and they will instruct you to do CPR if necessary. Continue until the ambulance people take over (don't just stop because they have arrived). If they are not breathing, it is likely their heart has stopped too, so if you're in a place that has a defibrillator available - get someone to bring it to you, it will give them the best chance of survival and they're really easy to use.
2006-11-08 05:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by junkmonkey1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are doing a care course then you should cover that sort of stuff in a first aid section. read your books and use the internet to research, in the mean time dont touch any electric appliancies with wet hands, dont use electric in the bathroom and dont stick your fingers in the plug sockets.
2006-11-07 19:13:33 · answer #3 · answered by jerseydoris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
switch off the electricity supply. then check the victims A b c...........airways breathhing and circulation,
2006-11-08 01:51:37 · answer #4 · answered by robinhood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your appeal lawyer to appeal for clemancy.
Told you you should have had an alibi. !
2006-11-07 19:34:48 · answer #5 · answered by Handsome 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ermmmmmmmmm? dont touch live wires? jeeez?????????is this question real?
2006-11-07 18:56:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well let´s see DONT
2006-11-07 18:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by thedeliciousone14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋