The biggest mistake in providing first aid is to do nothing. It can cost someone life. This was pointed out by the emergency medical service Zamed in connection with Saturday’s World First Aid Day. It recalls that minutes decide in a critical situation and is therefore not enough to call an ambulance.
- Not to do anything at first aid can have fatal consequences.
- The rapid reaction of eyewitnesses is crucial in saving life.
- Rescuers recommend to pass the airways by tilting the head.
- Direct pressure on the wound is necessary for massive bleeding.
- Gomeing first aid courses increases the readiness in need.
“According to the last data, an ambulance arrives to the patient on average in 12 minutes and 11 seconds. Until then, the life of the affected person is in the hands of witnesses or passers -by,” The rescuers clarified. If one does not respond to addressing, shaking or pain, according to the rescuers, it is unconscious and it is necessary to verify whether they are breathing.
“The key is then to pass through the airways. We need to make a simple maneuver, namely the head tilt,” Explains the rescuer and head of the Zamed Patrik Brno training center. Breathing advises to check for a maximum of ten seconds. “A person who breathes barely breathes irregularly or very slowly or traps for breath, does not breathe normally. added.
It is also important to know when and how to squeeze your chest or use an automatic external defibrillator (AED). “Taking first aid courses significantly increases the chance that an ordinary person can respond correctly and promptly in a critical situation, even though he is stressed,” says the paramedic.
Brno pointed out that one of the most critical situations is massive bleeding. Therefore, it is necessary to control the basic first aid and the bleeding quickly stop. “For external massive bleeding, seconds decide. The basis is a direct, continuous pressure on the wound to save the injured as much blood as possible to the arrival of the ambulance,” Dušan Sopoliga added the rescuer and instructor of the Zamed training center.
