How to Give First Aid

Transcript My name is Mary. I’m a registered nurse in New York City. I’ve been practicing here in Labor and Delivery for the past five years. I also have 19 nieces and nephews who get cuts, scrapes and all sorts of hijinks in their lives. So, I feel like I know what I’m talking about …

Transcript So, what do you do when you’re with somebody who gets a jellyfish sting? Number one, stay calm. Number two, get them out of the water, and get yourself out of the water. Stay safe. If you get stung, you’re not going to be able to help your friend who being stung as well. …

Transcript So, what is shock? When you hear people say, a state of shock, that’s usually meaning something psychological like they’re panicky or they have anxiety. True shock is when your blood pressure is low. When you have a lowered blood pressure it can be due to many things. It could be due to bleeding. …

Transcript So, there’s a difference between having too much to drink and having alcohol poisoning and the first thing you need to do is you need to make sure that they’re breathing and see if they’re responsive. If they’re not breathing, if they don’t have a pulse, call 911. Start CPR. Talk to the dispatcher. …

Transcript So what do you do if you’re out someplace and your friend is starting to feel faint. So, Hannah and I are having a good time and all of a sudden she starts to feel faint. If you are with her and she can feel it. You can feel the tunnel vision. You can …

Transcript So what do you have in your first aid kit? It can be very simple to very extensive. You can go online and you can look on check lists for everything from the minimum to extensive giant first aid kits. So what I would have is some band aids, some gauze, some fabric tape. …

Transcript Clean your own hands first. Wash your hands so that you don’t introduce any infection into the wound. If it’s bleeding, you want to stop the bleeding. Get a clean cloth. Get gauze. Get a menstrual pad. Put it on there and put pressure on there for a good 10 minutes. Once the bleeding …

Transcript If you come upon someone who’s been bitten or stung by an insect, you want to get them away from the area where the bugs are. You want to get them to a safe place, to prevent any further stinging. You’re going to want to move the stinger, if there’s a stinger in there. …

Transcript So what do you do if you find someone who is having a seizure? Number one, you want to stay calm. Assess the area, make sure there isn’t anything that can cause injury to the person while they are having a seizure. You want to pay attention to the length of the seizure. You …

Transcript The best thing you can do for a blistering sunburn is to prevent it. Always use sunscreen. Always protect yourself from the sun. But if you do get one here’s what you do. Let the blister alone. Don’t pop it. Don’t break it. If it’s going to pop or break let it do it …

Transcript If it’s small, you can try and treat it yourself. If it’s bigger than one centimeter in length and on centimeter in depth, then you want to go see your doctor. You’re going to want to clean it out. If there’s anything in there, any kind of dirt or debris or pebbles, you’re going …

Transcript What do you do if you’re choking and you’re by yourself. Your first response is going to be to cough and try to get it out. You’re going to do that automatically. If its not on there, it’s not coming out, then you need to do something more. Number one, you want to remain …

Transcript Any kind of head injury needs to be checked out by a doctor immediately. You can get the person to the doctor yourself. But you need to call 911 if you see things like blood or clear fluid coming from the ears or the nose. If the person is disoriented, has slurred speech, feels …

Transcript Here’s how you move an accident victim. If at all possible, leave them be. Especially if you suspect head or neck injury. But sometimes, the accident scene is a very dangerous place to be. There could be a fire, or there could be oncoming traffic, so you really have to weigh your options. What …

Transcript Food poisoning usually happens pretty quickly after you eat the food that’s been affected. You’ll feel nauseated. You’ll have an upset stomach. You could vomit. You could have diarrhea and it all happens pretty quickly. So, what do you want to do? After the vomiting and the diarrhea, you’re going to want to rehydrate …

Transcript So, when do you know when a head injury is a concussion? The truth is you don’t really know until you’ve been checked out by a doctor. Any kind of head injury weather it being hit by a baseball bat, falling on the ice and hitting your head, tripping on the concrete and hitting …

Transcript This happens with little kids all the time, um they get into something, they eat it. Um, they don’t know that it’s not supposed to be eaten and now you’re you don’t know what to do. You stay calm. Especially with a child because they will reflect what your emotion is. You want to …

Transcript Noses can bleed for various reasons. They can be hit in the nose. It could be really dry. You could be hit in the head and your nose could bleed. If you suspect any kind of head trauma you need to call a doctor right away. If the bleeding is thin or yellow colored …

Transcript The number one sprain is a sprained ankle. We see it all the time. People roll their ankles or they step funny. They step wrong and your muscles get affected. You can sprain any kind of joint, your wrist, your shoulder. You want to rest it. So, you want to stop the activity that …

Transcript A stroke is very serious and needs to be treated right away. You’ll commonly see this in elderly people, but you can see it in all ages, in all walks of life. You want to diagnose it quickly, and you want to get help quickly. So what is a stroke? A stroke is a …

Transcript Anytime you suspect frostbite, you really want to act quickly. You want to get that person safely out of danger. Get them out of the cold into a warm indoor environment. You want to wrap them up in warm blankets. You want to keep them warm. You want to put the affected body part …

Transcript If you’re with someone who’s having an asthma attack, the best thing for you to do is to stay calm and to help them out. Have them sit down. Sitting is the best position for them, rather than lying down. Find their inhaler. Often times they will have it on their person, or nearby. …

Transcript So, what do you do if you find an unconscious person? Say you’re walking down the street and you see someone laying on the floor or you come home and a family member or a friend is on the floor. The first thing you’re going to do is you’re going to assess for safety …

Transcript For hypothermia, you want to get the person out of the cold. You want to get them out of a dangerous place. So, you want to keep them safe. You want to keep yourself safe. Get them inside to a dry, warm place. Take off any wet clothing. Wrap them up in warm blankets. …

Transcript The number one bite in America is a dog bite. There are many dogs out there as pets and sometimes we get in the way of the their mouths. Number one, any infant or child who has a dog bite needs to be seen by a doctor. Very important they need to be checked …

Transcript How to stop bleeding. Bleeding can be anywhere from minor to major. We’ll start with minor. Say you’re with family, friends, or with kids. Someone runs around the house and knocks themself into the corner of a table, and they start to bleed. What do you do? Wash your hands. Any time there’s a …

Transcript Chest pains are very serious business. Any time anybody tells you they have pressure in their chest, they feel like their chest is squeezing, they have any kind of pain, especially if it’s radiating down their arm, you want to call 911 immediately. It doesn’t matter how old you are. It doesn’t matter what …

Transcript What to do when you need to give someone CPR. Now, this video is not going to make you an expert, or an EMT, or a paramedic in CPR. It’s kind of just like a review, a thumbnail course. If you really want to know, which I think everyone should know, I think it’s …

Transcript What do you do when you get a chemical splash in the eye? It’s very important for you to wash the eye out. If it’s yourself, you can get in the shower and you can wash it out. Get underneath the faucet and you want to wash it out. If it’s another person and …

Transcript How to treat a human bite. Number one, get yourself away from any danger. Safety is key, you have to be safe in order to help the person who had a human bite. Number two, you want to clean the wound. Soap and water is good, mild soap and water. If there’s bleeding you …

Transcript What do you do when someone’s choking? You and a friend are out in a restaurant and all of a sudden, they start choking. I’m going to have my friend Hannah come over here. We’re out, we’re having a good time, we’re eating and all of the sudden, she seems like she’s choking. First, …

Transcript Burns are serious business. You really want to get medical help to look them over, evaluate them, and determine what degree they are. If it’s more than just a little burn blister, you’re going to want to keep it cool, keep it wet, and go see your doctor right away. The bottom line is, …

Transcript All right, how to treat a blister. When you get small friction blisters ,like from your running shoes, or from working out, or even small, like little burn blisters, you kind of want to leave them alone. Let them heal on their own. If your blister does burst, you just want to clean it. …

Transcript A black eye is just the little vessels around your eye bursting and bruising. So it’s normal to see discoloration. It’s normal to have temporary visual disturbances. It’s normal to get a little swelling. It’s normal to have a headache or a neck ache. Those are all normal. If you have visual disturbances that …

Transcript If your cut or scrape is bleeding for more than ten minutes or spurting, you’re gonna want to call 911; you’re gonna need some extra help with that. If the cut is more than one-fourth inch long or deep, you’re gonna want to talk to your doctor or seek medical treatment; you may need …

Transcript So what do you do when you have a severe allergic reaction? Something that’s more than just a little itchiness. This is called anaphylaxis. This is where your airway is being impeded. You’re swelling from the inside out. You have hives, your face can get big, you can get welts all over your body. …

Transcript There is the first degree burn which is usually, most commonly, by boiling water, quick contact with something that is really hot, either a heater or stove. It gets red. It’s painful, and it’s pretty much a first degree burn. It can be anywhere from small to big. The bigger the area, the more …

Transcript What do you do when someone has trouble breathing? Call 911. Get on the phone with them and they can talk you through everything that’s going on. They know what they’re talking about, they do this everyday, and they can help you out. You want to clear anything that’s in the airway, any kind …