"SLC21/WK1: Empowering Life-Saving Skills: A Guide to First Response and Basic First Aid"

I am very thankful to organisers of this learning challenge who gave all of us a good opportunity to learn about some of the emergency procedures and some of life saving skills. So this is I am going to explain that how I will act as a first responder and how I will play my role in giving basic first aid as a first responder.

Travel is part of daily life for every person it respective of economics status. If someone is rich then still he have to travel or if someone is poor then still he also have to travel so travelling is in our daily life and we see different road accidents while travelling. Sometimes because of any carelessness we can also become a part of traffic accident and this is not surety that at the time of accident there will be people around us or not so we should be very well aware about our personal safety If in case we get victim of a traffic accident.

My age is around 33 years but if I move back 10-12 years ago when I was a teenager at around 21 years of my life then I became victim of an accident and at that time even I was quite sensible that how to handle a situation if someone get victim of a traffic accident so I fell down while going to University from my motorbike and I get injury at my lower part.

Bleeding from my leg started but I had a polythene bag with me in which I kept my food so at that time I have an idea that definitely if there is bleeding at any area of your body then you have to apply pressure depending upon severity of bleeding.My bleeding was not too much little (Which can be controlled by applying pressure from fingers)not too much more (Which can't be controlled by applying pressure from a piece of cloth) so by applying pressure for 5 minutes from that polythene bag at my injured area I was able to stop my bleeding.

After that I started deep breathing and then I take some water and this is all about my personal experience about my personal safety which was done by me at that time.

By keeping in mind the above scenario as a first responder I will give priority to keep that motorcycles secure and safe by providing immediate care before arriving of professional medical help so through a step by step procedure I will manage this scenario;

Motorcyclist assessment before professional help

• First I will ensure my safety from oncoming traffic or any hazardous material and I will be at safe side of motorcyclist.
• After that within 5 to 10 seconds I will make sure to check airways, breathing and circulation of motorcyclist.
• I will check that is there any obstruction or blockage in airway, are there breathing sound present, is there proper pulse of motorcyclist.
• After that I will immediately call to 911 which is emergency service of my country Pakistan and I will properly report about accident ,about location of accident and I will request for ambulance assistance.
• After that I will apply pressure to bleeding area by using a clothes which is clean because if I will use any contaminated clothes or gauze to stop bleeding then it can cause infection to person because pathogen can enter directly from his blood into his body.
• After that I will try to elevate leg of patient above heart level because it will help to stop bleeding in an effective way.
• Most importantly I will not move body of motorcyclist or leg of motorcyclist much frequently because it will increase circulation and will cause more bleeding.

• After that for maintaining airway or for keeping airway open I will use our technique of gentle tilting of head back and lifting chin.
• I will keep to monitor vital signs of patient through his pulse from wrist which is radial pulse.
• I will keep on noticing health of motorcycles continuously and if after 2 minutes I feel that motorcyclist have a lot of difficulty in breathing and pulse is reduced then I will start CPR with 30:2 in which there will be thirty compressions after each 2 minutes.

Handovering to medical professionals

• When I have to hand over that motorcyclist to medical professionals then definitely I will try my best to provide most precise, clear information to emergency responders about details of accident, about condition of patient and about care that I have provided personally before their arrival.

• I will help out responders to transportation to a stretcher by keeping neck and spine of the patient secure by maintaining safe posture.
• I will offer additional information and support to these professional in case of any need and for this I will offer my contact details to them.

In this way, by passing through a step by step procedure I will play my role in saving an injured motorcyclist or a life.

Above is DRABC protocol in a flowchart I have made or created by using Canva app.

D=Danger
R=Responsiveness
A=Airways
B=Breathing
C=Circulation

✅ is illustrating if something is present or positive.
❌ is illustrating if something is not present or negative.

Following are emergency services of Pakistan and my city Lahore.

Pakistan emergency services

• Police(15)
• Ambulance(1122)
• Fire brigade(16)
• Rescue service(1122)
• Helpline(1099)

Lahore emergency services

• Police(15)
• Ambulance(1122)
• Edhi services.
• Fire brigade(16)

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