How do you turn someone on their side?

Use your free hand to bend the person's knee farthest away from you to a right angle. Carefully roll the person onto their side by pulling on the bent knee towards you. Their bent arm should be supporting the head, and their extended arm will stop you rolling them too far. Make sure their bent leg is at a right angle.
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Should you turn someone on their side?

Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help the person breathe. Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp. This can prevent injury.
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How do you move an unconscious person?

Holding a wrist in each hand, bend your knees and pull up until the person's armpits are over your shoulders. Draw the arms down and in close to your body to keep them in place. “Lean forward slightly in the direction of travel, and then move,” Lethgo says.
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Why do you place a patient on the left side?

Transport to Medical Care

Patients should be transported to a hospital as quickly, but as passively, as possible. They should be placed on their left side in the recovery position to prevent aspiration of vomit.
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What position would you put a patient in who is unconscious and breathing?

If a person is unconscious, or non-responsive but breathing, they should be placed in the recovery position while waiting for help to arrive (see How to help someone who has taken a drug). If they are left lying on their back they could suffocate on their vomit or their tongue could block their airway.
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How do you drag an injured person?

Bend at your knees so that your back remains straight, but you can hold the person's ankles. Lean back and slowly and steadily use your weight to drag the person to safety. Be careful not to drag the person over surfaces or objects that may injure them.
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How do you drag a heavy person?

Drag someone by the legs.

Crouch low and grab the patient's ankles. Lean back and pull the victim to safety. Leaning back uses your own body weight as leverage, allowing you to drag someone much heavier than yourself. To reduce the risk of self-injury, do not extend your arms more than 15–20 inches (38–51cm).
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What is Dr ABC code?

DRABC Meaning: First Aid Action Plan

It is the 'ABC of first aid' used to guide laypersons through the correct emergency response procedures of a primary survey. The definition of the letters DRABC stands for Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, and Circulation.
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What is Drsabc?

DRSABC (Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR)
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What is Proning technique?

PRONING is the process of turning a patient with precise, safe motions, from their back onto their abdomen (stomach), so the individual is lying face down. Proning is a medically accepted position to improves breathing comfort and oxygenation.
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How do you properly roll someone?

Move their arm over their chest and towards you. Let them know when you are ready to roll them and explain you'll be rolling them towards you. With one hand on their hip and the other behind their shoulder, gently pull them in your direction so they roll forward. They are now lying on their side.
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How do you carry someone heavier than you?

Crouch low and grab the patient's ankles. Lean back and pull the victim to safety. Leaning back uses your own body weight as leverage, allowing you to drag someone much heavier than yourself. To reduce the risk of self-injury, do not extend your arms more than 15–20 inches (38–51cm).
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What is human crutch method?

1. Human Crutch. The rescuer acts as crutch to the injured. This method is used when the casualty is in a position to help them. The rescuer stands and assists the injured to place their arm around the shoulder.
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When should you never move a person?

As a general rule, you should not move a casualty from the place of the accident. You should only move a victim if they are in uncontrollable danger, if the safety of the situation is not assured, and if you are able to take action without placing yourself at risk. If necessary, move them to the nearest safe location.
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Why we should not give water to accident person?

The victim is surveying on the blood that is in the body. So giving water causes dilution of blood and victim collapses into death before he/she obtains a medical aid. If the injury is very minor such as deep scratches, fracture of hand or legs one can take water but even it is advised to restrict till medical aid.
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What are the different ways of transporting a victim?

  • ANKLE PULL. ...
  • SHOULDER PULL. ...
  • BLANKET PULL This is the preferred method for dragging a victim. ...
  • ONE-PERSON LIFT This only works with a child or a very light person. ...
  • FIREFIGHTER CARRY This technique is for carrying a victim longer distances. ...
  • PACK-STRAP CARRY. ...
  • TWO RESCUERS. ...
  • THREE OR MORE RESCUERS.
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What to do if someone has no pulse but is breathing?

Indeed, when the patient doesn't have a pulse, rescuers take longer trying to find it rather than treating the patient. As far as CPR is concerned, you should treat respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest exactly the same way: call 911 and push on the chest.
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What is the first thing you should do if a person is unconscious and not breathing?

The first thing you should do if you find a collapsed victim who is unconscious and not breathing is to call for emergency medical help and send for the nearest defibrillator. If you are on your own (a single rescuer) then you will have to make the emergency call yourself.
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What is the first thing you should do when you see someone unconscious?

If a person is unconscious or has a change in mental status, follow these first aid steps: Call or tell someone to call 911 or the local emergency number. Check the person's airway, breathing, and pulse frequently. If necessary, begin CPR.
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