Is First Aid Enough?
In remote areas when someone is seriously sick or injured, first aid is an important first step in ongoing medical care. However, when the injury or illness exceeds the limitations of the first aid being provided, receiving professional medical help can be vital to a patient’s survival.
First Aiders: patient assessment, bandaging, splinting, choking, CPR & AED
Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs): patient assessment, bandaging, splinting, patient extrication, spinal immobilization, assess blood pressure and other vital signs, oxygen therapy, oropharyngeal airways, CPR & AED
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs): patient assessment, bandaging, splinting, traction splinting, patient extrication, spinal immobilization, vital signs, IV therapy, Nitrous Oxide therapy, oropharyngeal suctioning, cardiac monitoring, use of bronchodilators, CPR & AED
Paramedics: patient assessment and treatment, patient
extrication, spinal immobilization, suturing, IV therapy,
medication administration, deep tracheal suctioning,
endotracheal intubation, rapid sequence sedation,
cricothyrotomy, percutaneous transtracheal ventilation,
cardiac monitoring, 12 lead monitoring, cardioversion,
manual defibrillation, transcutaneous pacing, nasogastric
tube insertion, needle thoracostomy
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