Objectives of First aid – Nursing is a profession within the healthcare sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other healthcare providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in many specialisms with differing levels of prescriber authority.
Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has shaped the public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings depending on training level. In the postwar period, nurse education has undergone a process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials, and many of the traditional regulations and provider roles are changing.
Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, therapists, the patient, the patient’s family, and other team members, that focus on treating illness to improve quality of life. Nurses may help coordinate the patient care performed by other members of an interdisciplinary healthcare team such as therapists, medical practitioners, and dietitians. Nurses provide care both interdependently, for example, with physicians, and independently as nursing professionals.
Objectives of First aid
1. To save life.
2. To relieve pain
3. To prevent further injury and complication
4. To promote speedy recovery of injured part.
5. To refer for immediate medical treatment as soon as possible.
6. To make the victim as comfortable as possible to conserve strength.
7. To put the injured person under professional medical care at the earliest
8. To prevent disability and death
(Ref by- Capt. (Retd) Alphonsa Jacob Fundamentals of Nursing/Vol-1/6/215+ Ref by-Dr. L.C. Gupta/T/1)
Golden Rules of First Aid
1. Be calm, quick and methodological. Note all major injuries and wounds, and give first aid accordingly, without losing patience.
2. Do first, things first, quickly and without panic.
3. Reassure the casualty and his relatives sympathetically.
4. If breathing stops immediately give artificial respiration.
5. Try to stop bleeding immediately.
6. Prevent shock. Arrange for transportation to hospital.
7. Keep the patient warm and do not move him unnecessarily.
8. Let him be down in a comfortable position.
9. Do not more than what is necessary.
10. Do not let the crowd gather round the patient, he needs fresh air.
11. Do not take off cloths from the body of severely injured person; cloths keep the body warm and prevent shock.
12. Patient should be sent to a hospital or doctor by quickest means of transport. Always inform police about serious accidents.
(Ref by- Capt. (Retd.) Alphonsa Jacob/Fundamentals of Nursing/Vol-1/6/215+Lecture)
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