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First Aid / Re: Advanced Casualty Assessment
« on: July 21, 2016, 06:16:05 PM »
> I need to revise my aide memoire, and do some 'mental training'...
Well, three years on, and we have a refresher course. And I'm not sure I did much better in the exercises than last time... Still very focussed on me doing basic first aid, rather than dealing with the situation as a whole.
I've taken to watching the various emergency services TV programmes, and seeing how they deal with incidents. And the thing that strikes me most is the obvious (that I failed to do): say who you are, and ask who they are; ask them what happened. Then you quickly find out their basic state (AVPU), and get a clue to what injuries they may have, how many are in the party, whether there are other casualties, etc.
If only I could get my brain to react calmly like this. Back to the mental exercises to try to din this approach into my brain...
Well, three years on, and we have a refresher course. And I'm not sure I did much better in the exercises than last time... Still very focussed on me doing basic first aid, rather than dealing with the situation as a whole.
I've taken to watching the various emergency services TV programmes, and seeing how they deal with incidents. And the thing that strikes me most is the obvious (that I failed to do): say who you are, and ask who they are; ask them what happened. Then you quickly find out their basic state (AVPU), and get a clue to what injuries they may have, how many are in the party, whether there are other casualties, etc.
If only I could get my brain to react calmly like this. Back to the mental exercises to try to din this approach into my brain...