In an ambulatory healthcare setting, basic first aid principles include assessing the situation for safety, performing a primary survey to check responsiveness, breathing, and circulation, and administering necessary interventions like CPR or stopping bleeding. At home or in public, these principles extend to using available resources, maintaining calm, and calling for professional help when needed. Once, I encountered an unconscious person at a park. Initially, fear gripped me, but I took charge, checked breathing, and called for help while performing CPR. Relief washed over me when emergency services arrived; the experience deepened my understanding of responsibility in emergencies.
First Aid can also mean the difference between life and death.
Describe the basic principles of first aid pertaining to the ambulatory (clinic, not hospital) healthcare setting.
Describe the basic principles of first aid as they pertain to situations at home or in public.
Describe a time when you were in an emergency as someone who could or did help. How did you react, did you take charge, help or panic? What were some of your feelings before, during, and after the situation?
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