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Assess
the scene as normal practice, to establish the priorities, with
the prerequisite of maintaining your own personal safety. |
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Having
taken whatever steps are necessary to safeguard your personal safety
and that of the casualty, undertake immediate care of the casualty
including, if necessary, resuscitation. |
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Having
stabilised the casualty's condition, document the actions taken
and injuries/illness found, using this National Emergency First
Aid Observation and Report Form©. The form should be filled
in, or boxes ticked, starting in the top left corner and working
towards the bottom right. Ensure you get a name and address/telephone
number of the casualty and other relevant administrative information,
if possible. |
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You
should be aware that the National Emergency First Aid Observation
and Report Form © is a document that can be used at a number
of first aid or paramedic/medical levels and that others, with more
training and experience, could add to and/or use the information
at a later stage. |
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Organise
transport for the casualty to the appropriate medical services.
If you are accompanying the casualty, assist in monitoring the casualty's
condition and documenting any changes found or treatment given en
route. If the casualty makes their own way by car or other private
means, or if he/she refuses help, give the casualty the top and
green copies of the form and advise them to see their own family
doctor. |
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If
you are not accompanying the casualty, advise the ambulance driver
or paramedic of the National Emergency First Aid Observation and
Report Form © you are sending with the casualty so that he/she
is aware it exists and that information is contained in it. |
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The
top copy of the form is to be given to the hospital / family doctor
/ medical facility staff and the green copy kept by the paramedic
/ ambulance service. Keep the blue copy for your own records and
give the pink copy to your employer, or those who have asked you
to undertake first aid duties on that day. |
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It
is important to keep the forms safely. The information could be
used at a much later stage (months or even years later) if any question
should be raised about what was done or found on the day. First
aid staff must be aware of the possibility of enquiries or litigation
claims related to incidents they have been involved in. The form
will assist in defending first aid findings and actions in court,
should it be necessary. First aid staff in the UK must also be aware
that they have a legal obligation to HM Coroner to provide evidence
in the case of a casualty’s death. This form will help in
providing that evidence |
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If
you could be involved in a multiple casualty incident, consideration
should be given to using the “Cruciform”® Emergency
Documentation System. Details of this more detailed and advanced
system are available from your first aid equipment supplier. |
