Event Details

SFA Discussion Time

Step 1 – 

• Recognize that an emergency exists
• What is normal and not normal
• Medical Conditions
• Diabetes
• Strokes
• Seizures
• Heart Attacks
• Others
• You are not here to be a hero
• You will not save the person’s life without Advanced Training
• The key is to initiate EMS – They have the training, skills, and equipment to save a person’s life

Step 2 – Decide t o Act

• Good Samaritan Law
  • Protects you
  • Does not protect the company
• Give care to your comfort level
• What you do for a family member is more than a friend and is more than a stranger

Step 3 – Initiate EMS

Step 4 – Give care to your comfort level

Skills Activities

• Put on Gloves
• Clean and Unclean
• Sterile
• Location of gloves

Check injured or ill adult

• Most of time done in a sitting position
• Do not place on the floor- keep sitting unless required for CPR/AED
• Do a demo discussion followed by 2-3 more practices
• Talk about need for continued practice because when emergencies occur they forget or panic

Control Bleeding

• Make shift not pretty bandages
• Saturated bandages
• Roll and tie the bandage
• Remove dirty gloves
• Clean method
• Disposal of gloves