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AUTHORIZED MANUAL – ENGLISH VERSION - Indian Red Cross Society AUTHORIZED MANUAL – ENGLISH VERSION - Indian Red Cross Society

Battlefield first aid—This protocol refers to treating shrapnel, gunshot wounds, burns and bone fractures as seen either in the traditional battlefield setting or in an area subject to damage by large-scale weaponry, such as a bomb blast.Heat stroke, also known as sunstroke or hyperthermia, which tends to occur during heavy exercise in high humidity, or with inadequate water, though it may occur spontaneously in some chronically ill persons. Sunstroke, especially when the patient has been unconscious, often causes major damage to body systems such as brain, kidney, liver, gastric tract. Unconsciousness for more than two hours usually leads to permanent disability. Emergency treatment involves rapid cooling of the patient.

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Once the airway has been opened, the first aider would reassess the patient's breathing. If there is no breathing, or the patient is not breathing normally (e.g., agonal breathing), the first aider would initiate CPR, which attempts to restart the patient's breathing by forcing air into the lungs. They may also manually massage the heart to promote blood flow around the body.Napoleon's surgeon, Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey, is credited with creating an ambulance corps, the ambulance volantes, which included medical assistants, tasked to administer first aid in battle. [10] Cardiac Arrest, which will lead to death unless CPR preferably combined with an AED is started within minutes. Even calling to the emergency services, there is often no time to wait for them to arrive as 92 percent of people suffering a sudden cardiac arrest die before reaching hospital according to the American Heart Association. Thim, Troels; Krarup, Niels Henrik Vinther; Grove, Erik Lerkevang; Rohde, Claus Valter; Løfgren, Bo (January 31, 2012). "Initial assessment and treatment with the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach". International Journal of General Medicine. 5: 117–121. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S28478. ISSN 1178-7074. PMC 3273374. PMID 22319249. Recovery Position PDF: details how to perform the recovery position correctly. Other first aid resources: