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Welcome to the First Aid Badge
In this badge, you'll learn how to:
- Perform a primary survey
- Respond to someone with a severe bleed
- Respond to someone choking
- Respond to someone who is unresponsive but breathing
- Respond to someone who is unresponsive and not breathing
- Apply your new skills and test yourself
Hi, we're the St John Ambulance Cadets
We're here to help you on your first aid journey and will be guiding you through each stage of the training zone.
Great, let's call for help. Dial 999 on the mobile phone.
Before approaching a casualty, always check whether
there are any dangers to you, bystanders, and the
injured or ill person.
It's important that
you do not put yourself in danger when helping another
person.
Check if the casualty is responsive or
unresponsive.
As you approach them,
introduce yourself and ask them questions to see if
you can get a response.
Kneel next to their
chest and gently shake their shoulders, asking, 'What
has happened?', 'Open your eyes!'.
- If the casualty opens their eyes, or gives another gesture, they are responsive.
- If they do not respond to you in any way, they are unresponsive and should be treated as quickly as possible.
Next, you need to check that the airway is open and clear. You can open the airway by placing one hand on the forehead to tilt the head back and use two fingers from the other hand to lift the chin.
- If they are unresponsive, you need to move on to the next step, which is "Breathing" as quickly as possible.
You now need to check if the casualty is breathing
normally.
To check, you should place your ear above their mouth
and look down at their body so that you can:
- Listen for sounds of breathing
- Feel their breath on your cheek
- Look to see if their chest moves
You should do this for up to 10 seconds to see if the
person is breathing normally.
If the person is responsive and breathing normally,
you should move on to the final step of the primary
survey.
If the person is unresponsive and not breathing, you
need to call 999/112 (or the emergency number in your
country) for emergency help and start CPR straight
away. You will learn more about CPR as you work your
way through this badge.
Once you have established that the casualty is
breathing normally, you need to look and check for
signs of severe bleeding.
If they are bleeding severely, you will need to
control and treat the bleeding by applying direct
pressure to the wound. Call 999/112 for emergency
help.
If they are unresponsive and breathing but with no
bleeding, put them in the recovery position and call
999/112 for emergency help.
You will learn more about treating a severe bleed, the
recovery position and calling for emergency help as
you work your way through this badge.
Nice! Now you know how to do a primary survey. Let's see if you can remember what 'DR ABC' stands for.
You can go over the training again or if you're ready, go to the quiz and test yourself.
Complete the words that DR ABC stand for when performing a primary survey.
And thats how to remember the primary survey.
You can now look at DR ABC again, or if you're ready, lets see how much you can remember with a quick quiz.
Identify the dangers
Select the three dangers nearby
Stop the bleeding
Apply direct pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
They are choking
A red puffy face is one of the signs they are choking.
Back blows
1. Select the correct hand position to perform back blows.
2. Select the location on the back of the person where we should perform the back blows.
They are still choking
They're now turning blue
Abdominal thrusts
1. Select the correct hand position to perform abdominal thrusts.
2. Select the location on the body where we should perform abdominal thrusts.
You did it!
It looks like their airway is clear
Try and get a response
Click on their shoulder to give them a gentle shake.
Check their airway
Select the two places needed to tilt the head back and lift the chin safely.
Check their breathing
You should check their breathing for a full 10 seconds.
Recovery position
If they are wearing glasses, or have any bulky items in their pockets, remove them. Do not search their pockets for small items.
Recovery position
Place the arm that is nearest to you at a right angle to their body.
Recovery position
Bring their other arm across their chest and place the back of their hand against the cheek nearest to you.
Recovery position
Pull their far knee up so that their foot is flat on the floor.
Recovery position
Keeping the back of the casualty's hand pressed against their cheek, pull on the far leg to roll them towards you.
Recovery position
Tilt the casualty's head back and lift their chin to make sure their airway stays open.
Recovery position complete
Whilst you wait for more help to arrive, you will need to monitor the casualty's level of response. If they remain in the recovery position for 30 minutes, roll them into the recovery position on the other side.
Identify the dangers
Select the three dangers nearby
Try and get a response
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
1. Select the correct hand position to perform chest compressions.
2. Select where on the person we should do it.
CPR
Select the correct frequency to perform chest compressions.
At a rate of..
Or around 55-65 per minute
Or around 100-120 per minute
Or around 220-240 per minute
Choking
Put the following statements into the order in which you should approach this situation.
Back blows
1. Select the correct hand position to perform back blows.
2. Select the location on the back of the person where we should perform the back blows.
Choking
What should we do next?
Abdominal thrusts
1. Select the correct hand position to perform abdominal thrusts.
2. Select where on the person we should do it.
You did it!
It looks like their airway is clear.
Severe bleed
Put the following statements into the order in which you should approach this situation.
Stop the bleeding
Apply direct pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
Unresponsive
What should we do next?
Are they responsive?
How should we check?
Not responding
What should we do if they are not responding?
Unresponsive
What should we do now?
Check their airway
Select the two places needed to tilt their head back so that you can check their airway.
Unresponsive
What should we do now?
Check breathing
How long do we check for?
Check their breathing
You should check their breathing for a full 10 seconds.
Unresponsive
What do we do next?
Unresponsive
What do we do next?
Recovery position
Select the correct final recovery position.
They have stopped breathing
We need to act quickly!
Act quickly
What do we need to start performing?
CPR
1. Select the correct hand position to perform to perform chest compressions.
2. Select where on the person we should do it.
CPR
Select the correct frequency to perform chest compressions.
A rate of..
Or around 55-65 per minute
Or around 100-120 per minute
Or around 220-240 per minute
CPR
When should you stop?
Help is here
You did it!
Well done! You've completed this First Aid badge and demonstrated that you know how to:
- Perform a primary survey
- Help somebody who is bleeding severely
- Help somebody who is choking
- Help somebody who is unresponsive but breathing
- Help somebody who is unresponsive and not breathing
You can refresh your first aid memory and practice these skills again by revisiting this badge whenever you like.
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