First Aid In The Factory
İÇİNDEKİLERContentsList of figures Foreword Acknowledgments and thanks 1. A NEW LOOK ATAN OLD TOPIC Cinderella's new clothes - First-aid in the factory and elsewhere -Present teaching - Examinations - General propositions - Calculated risk - The first-aider in the Industrial Health Team - Pattern of Organisation - Exponent of Health and Safety - Learning and Teaching - Who should learn Industrial First Aid 2. THE FIRST-AIDER'S TOOLS First-aid boxes - The sterilised individual dressing - Cotton wool -Adhesive plaster - Protection from oil - The roller bandage - The triangular bandage - Tulle gras dressing - Splints - Other statutory requirements - The Harlow supplement - What to leave out - Siting the first-aid box - Stocking up 3. PRINCIPLES OF WOUND TREATMENT Definition and description - Major and minor wounds - Bleeding -Applying pressure - Pressure points - The tourniquet - Deep cut of wrist or arm - Importance of blood loss - Infection - Qeaning the Wound - Closing and covering the wound 4. DETAILS OF WOUND TREATMENT Treating minor wounds - Re-dressing minor wounds - Treating major wounds - Foreign bodies in wounds - Special wounds- Nose bleeding - Ruptured varicose vein - Stings. insee-bites and blisters -Contusions 5. GENERAL EFFECTS OF SER1OI SINJURY Shock de fined - Mytho?ogy of shock -The shocked patient-Whathappens in shock - Bleeding as a cause of shock - Capillary leakage -Vomiting and sweating - Pain - Results of fluid loss - Management of shock - Position - Heat - Fluids - Morphia - Crush injuries - Fainting 6. FRACTURES AND HOW TO RECOGNISE THEM 65 Definition - Role of first-aider - Types of fracture - Is there a fracture? - Fractures of individual bones - Clavicle - Humerus - Radius and ulna - Wrist and hand - Hip - Femur - Tibia and fibula - Ankle and foot - Ribs - Skull 7. CARE OF FRACTURES, STRAINS AND SPRAINS 73 Principles of first-aid care - Fixing of hip, thigh and shin fractures -Moving other fractures - Fixing other individual fractures - Clavicle -Humerus - Radius and ulna - Ankle - Hands and feet - Ribs -Fractured spine - The recovering fracture - Strains and sprains -Lifting and carrying weights - Dislocations 8. BURNS AND SCALDS, ELECTRICAL AND HEAT INJURIES Definitions - Area of burn - Depth of burn - Part of body - Age -Varieties of burn - First-aid treatment of burns - Trivial burns -Medium burns - Serious burns - Rescuing from a burning building -Danger from fire extinguishers - Electric burns - Treatment - Electric shock - Symptoms - Treatment - Heat injuries - Cause - Symptoms -Prevention - Treatment - Sunstroke 9. CHEMICAL INJURIES AND POISONS 93 Chemical burns - Acids - Quick-acting acids - Slow-acting acids -Treatment of acid splashes - Prevention - Alkalis - Treatment of alkali splashes - Burns due to phosphorus, bromine and selenium - Tar burns - The eye - Chemical skin irritation - Chemical poisons -Notifiable lndustrial Diseases 10. UNCONSCIOUSNESS, GASSING AND ASPHYXIA 100 Ascertaining the cause - Where the cause is obvious - Where the cause is probable - No obvious outside cause - Care of unconscious patients - Some don'ts - Internal causes of unconsciousness - Rescuing a gas casuait Types of respirator - Industrial gases - Irritant gases-Simple asphyxiating gases -Tissue-poisoning gases - Narcotising gases -Symptoms of gassing - Treatment of gassing - Dusts and fumes 11. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION Indications - Methods - Push - Pull - Push-and-Pull - Suck-and-blow - Minuteman resuscitator - Mouth-to-mouth method - Preparation -The Holger Nielsen method - Movements - First, second, third and fourth movements - General points - Oxygen - External heart massage 12. THE EYE ININDUSTRY Incidence of eye injuries - Examining the eye - Removal of foreign body - Glass in the eye - Dust in the eye - Scratches of front of eye -Foreign bodies within globe of eye - Conjunctivitis - Haemorrhage under conjunctivitis - Welding and the eye - Arc-eye or welder's flash - Chemical splashes in the eye - Treatment of splashes - Lime or cement - Thinners and solvents - Bandaging an eye - Prevention 13. ACHES AND PAINS: TRANSPORT: RECORDS I General rules for dealing with illness - Care of minor aches and pains -Moving an injured person - Preparing a stretcher - Loading a stretcher - Carrying a stretcher - The blanket lift - The chair lift - Single-handed lifts - The neck drag - Records in industry - The day book - The accident book - The general register A MISCELLANY Contents of first-aid boxes - In the factory - On the building or civil-engineering site - At the dock, wharf or quay - On the farm - In food industries and canteens - Special problems of wound treatment -Off?cial v.ews on skin cleansing - Precautions in the use of cetrimide -Protection of adhesive dressings from solvents - Protection of adhesive dressings on building sites - Applying a roller bandage - Bandaging the scalp-Tubular dressings-Bee and wasp venom-Small burns- Earache -Heart attacks-Planning a course in industrial first aid-A lecture synopsis-Examinations in industrial first aid- Conduct of examinations-Knowing questions in advance-Type of questions asked-Certificates-Offical approval of courses-Books for further reading-Statutory changes 15- FIRST AID IN THE HOME The home first box-Who suffers from acc?dents in the home- Home accidents in old people-Home accidents in children-Mishaps in the prime of life  |
