DESCRIPTION
In this simulator, students experience a realistic range of emergency situations in which they must apply first-aid techniques and protocols. This allows participants to practice initial assessment, decision-making and immediate response to various types of incidents.
OBJECTIVE
Teaching students to stay calm and follow the correct procedures when faced with a situation requiring first aid.
ACTIVITIES
- PAS Action Protocol: Protect, alert and assist.
- Basic life support (BLS) to maintain the patient’s vital functions until advanced medical assistance arrives.
- Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to restore a normal heart rhythm in the event of cardiac arrest.
- Resuscitation in children: This requires a adapted approach due to the physiological differences among children.
- What to do in the event of an airway obstruction caused by foreign bodies in adults and children.
- Measures to stop bleeding, including direct pressure, elevating the limb to reduce blood flow to the wound, and the use of tourniquets in cases of severe bleeding in the limbs.
- Techniques for immobilising injured people to reduce the risk of further injury.
- Spinal.
- Immobilisation of an upper or lower limb.
- Polytraumatised.
- Application of bandages for ankle and wrist sprains.
- Putting together a first-aid kit containing everything needed for emergencies, including bandages, gauze and sterile dressings, antiseptics, scissors and tweezers, and disposable gloves, among other items.
