Thursday, February 24, 2011

Team Rocket Power Impaled object

1. Place gauze on both sides of object
2. Start wrapping apply pressure as you wrap
3. Countiune X formation as wrap
4.End by tying or tucking gauze into the side of bandage 

Rock Climbing Hard Splint Scenario: Fantastic Four

A victim fell off a cliff while rock climbing and has broken their lower arm (antibrachial). The paramedics are unable to reach your position.
What do you do?
>Find Sticks
>Place Sticks on sides of broken arm
>Wrap shirt, jacket, and/or sock around sticks
>Use shoe Strings to secure combined items
>Help victim to open area
>Wait for paramedics

Your victim was picked up by paramedics.


Red Cross Responders: Scenario to Prepare for Skills Check

Skill: Impaled Object

Care or Call First Situation: This is a care first situation. If the wound is severe enough call 911 or take victim to ER.

Actual Scenario: Lisa is taking a a test her sharp pencil rolls off the desk. As Lisa reaches down to grab it the pencil bounces upward off of the chair and the momentum from her hand going down cause the pencil to impale her left palm.

How many victims, conscious or unconscious, sign of life, do the rescue breaths go in?

There is one conscious victim, there are signs of life. The victim needs the pencil and bleeding to be stabilized.

Immediate Four - Scenario

Skill: Rigid splint

Care first situation

Scenario: You are walking through enchanted rock.You stumble upon a person who has fallen and is complaining of severe leg pain. There are no lacerations.There is also no cell phone reception.




OVER ACHEIVERS

Skill - Impaled object
Care or Call first situation - Care first situation

Scenario:
A student trips over a chair in class and lands on a pencil which impales his/her arm.  The responder grabs the first aid kit and places a role of gauze on both sides of the impaled pencil so it won't move while wrapping the object.  Secure the gauze and object with a bandage and seeks further medical attention. 

Impaled Object - Team Wolfpack

Skill: Impaled Object

- Care first before you call, if needed call 911

Scenario: Victim was working on a jobsite and happened to step on a long nail. Nail remained stuck through the victim's foot.

Care: Provide a impaled object splint to the vitim's injury. Place 2 rolls of gause on the topside of the foot, then use one more gauze roll to wrap the injury and keep it secure. You do not want to remove the object cause it could possibly make the injury worse. Rush the victim to urgent care to have the object removed.

Monday, February 21, 2011

OVER ACHEIVERS

 1st step: find who is injured.........found him!!!!
 2nd step: prepare supplies
 3rd step: carefully put arm on splint
 4th step: have injured person hold a roll of gauze to keep wrist elevated
 5th step: tie gauze/bandage at the wrist 1st
 6th step: tie gauze/bandage just under elbow line
7th step: Congratulations you have just seen the proper way to execute a splint