First aid by symptoms mobile
Chest Wounds
What to do
– Pain and difficulty in breathing
– Confusion
– Shock
– Coughing up blood
– Blue lips and skin
– Blood froathing out of a wound
– Unconciousness
What to do
– Cover the wound immidiately with your hand or, if the patient is concious, their hand.
– Cover the wound with a sterile dressing. If the wound is deep, cover this dressing with a plastic bag or similar and make an airtight seal by sticking down the four sides down with tap or securing it with a bandage.
– If the casualty is concious, get them to sit down, leaning slightly towards the side that is injured.
– Send for and ambulance.
IMPORTANT
– If the casualty becomes unconcious, chceck they are still breathing an ahve a pulse, and put in the recovery position on their injured side. If the breathing stops, start artificial ventilation and, if you lose a pulse, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
