First+Aid,+Impact+Trauma

=Impact Trauma= (Return to First Aid)

These injuries come from slipping at the pool and hitting your head on the deck, slamming your head in a car accident or damaging your spine in any way due to impact.

Remember the ABC's

-Check airways and make sure they can breath -Check for bleeding and make sure they won't bleed to death -Now reduce any hazards in the area.

You shouldn't move the person or apply pressure to the injury if you can at all avoid it. Make sure no-one moves them and help them out if you can. Puking and nausea usually accompany concussions. They probably will feel extremely sick if they try to stand and will be too dizzy to walk. If you are not sure how bad the injury is you should definitely have the victim lay still if they can and get their bearings.
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MOVING BACK INJURIES CAN PERMANENTLY HANDICAP VICTIMS! Always hesitate to move people who may have suffered back injury. The back contains the nerves to everything in your lower body. When it is broken you can pinch and cut nervs that cannot be repaired or replaced by moving the victim. Special backboards are needed to move people with back injuries. These can usually be seen out on the deck at pools and on the beaches. The important thing is to remember the ABC's and to keep them safe until help arrives. If they wish to move you should try to stop them by explaining that they could hurt themselves worse. If they keep moving then back off and make sure witnesses are around. If they hurt themselves they may blame you. People make me sick sometimes but we have to deal with the infantile to save the truely innocent. Waiting for professionals is the best idea if you can. Moving someone who must be moves is not easy. Do only what you must.
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