Welcome to Lesson 4-2: Principles and Guidelines for Victim Care.
In this lesson, you'll learn to identify key principles and practices for the medical care of disaster victims.
After completing this lesson you should be able to:
- Identify signs of an obstructed airway, excessive bleeding, and shock
- State the steps to follow to open an airway, control bleeding, and treat for shock
- Define triage and its purpose in disaster medical operations
- Explain why it is important to follow procedures for head-to-toe patient assessment
- Identify common injuries for which appropriately trained CERT members may provide basic care as part of disaster medical operations
- Identify factors that are considered when establishing medical treatment areas
- Identify public health measures required at a disaster site
It should take you about 90 minutes to complete this lesson.
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