Covid-19 First Aid Provisions

COVID-19 First Aid Provisions

There has been a change outlined by the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) and also the Irish Heart Foundation.

First Aid Scenarios

Minor Injuries

Screening Questions

• Asking them if they are showing any signs or symptoms of Covid-19
• Have they been in contact with a confirmed case
• Temperature check
• Self help may be required where you guide the casualty
• Always follow Covid-19 Guidelines

Major Injuries – Direct Contact is Needed

• Don protective clothing and equipment
• Casualty will also need to wear relevant PPE : mask (recommended FFP2 mask), gloves and gown
• Wash your hands
• If possible have casualty wash hands also

Cardiac Arrest

• Compression only CPR
• Do not put your face near theirs to check for breathing, use other signals
• Always treat the casualty as if they were a suspected case
• Cover the nose and the mouth
• Perform compression only CPR
• It is safe to use an AED

New First Aid Guidelines

• Talk casualty through procedure of first aid guidelines
• If contact is needed, wear the correct PPE
• Follow good hand washing technique
• Give PPE to the casualty if needed
• Correctly remove/dispose of used PPE
• Compression only CPR
• Always wash your hands afterwards