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Welcome
Welcome to your online resourses for your Mountain Biking First Aid course.
The activites and resources are linked to the course you have enrolled in. Your instructor will take you through each section and advise you when to use the resources available to you.
We hope that the resources provided will enhance your learning experience.
Please watch the following clip – we will break this situation down as the course progresses.
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First Aid Knowledge
Currently how confident do you feel about your own ability to deliver First Aid?
Let’s look at where everyone sits.
What is the purpose of First Aid?
How should you positon you casuality?
What is First Aid action plan?
Lets add an E!
How do you manage a crash site?
What are your priorities?
How do we ride smart?
Are there other ways of ensuring that we have managed the risk’s of when we go riding?
How do you get help?
Emergency Plus App.
What will you tell the Ambulance Service/Paramedic when you are on the phone vs when they arrive?
What signs or symptoms may you see or hear from some who needs assistance?
Click here to add what you may see or hear from someone who needs assistance
Let’s see what you all thought.
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CPR & Head to Toe Assessment
Please watch the following clip.
The following clip looks at a real life situation of a person suffering a cardiac arrest.
Seondary asssessment
Your instructor will demonstrate how to undertake a secondary assessment.
You will be teamed with another member of the group. One of you, the patient, will be assigned an injury card.
The second person, the first aider, will then undertake a secondary assessment to determine any underlying injuries.
What did you notice about the situation?
What does a person in shock look or sound like?
Click here to add what you believe a person who maybe in shock will look or sound like
Let’s look at your responses
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Allergic Reactions & Anaphylaxis
What are the symptoms of a mild or moderate allergic reaction?
The most important consideration of recognising a possible reaction should be “Is this normal”?
While facial swelling and hives maybe confronting, along with tingling in the mouth or abdominal pain and possible vomitting from a food reaction, these are allergic reactions. These may not always be present before anaphylaxis occurs.
Please see the First Aid action plan for anaphylaxis as a guide to download and print (available in the resource section)
Anaphylaxis
The following signs and symptoms may indicate a severe allergic reaction or anaphylaxis:
- Difficulty breathing or talking
- Swelling of Tongue
- Tightness in throat
- Wheeze or Cough
- Dizziness or collapse
- Be prepared to start CPR if required!!
Please see the First Aid Action Plan for anaphylaxis as a guide to download and print (available in the resource section)
Points to remember:
- Be calm
- Get patient to ground
- Administer Adrenaline
- Form fist around pen and pull off blue safety release
- Hold leg still & place orange end against outer mid thigh
- Push down hard until click is heard and hold for 3 sec’s
- Call 000
- Talk through with 000 operator
- Be prepared to do CPR
- Patient doesn’t move till the ambo’s transfer to their stretcher
Asthma
Asthma is an airway condition that sees a narrowing of smaller spaces of the airway.
Episodes are triggered by events/substances that lead to the changes in the airway.
What does a person suffering from asthma look and sound like?
How do you treat a person suffering from an asthma attack ?
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Concussion
What is concussion?
Head impacts can be associated with serious and potentially fatal brain injuries. As a First Aider recognising the signs and symptoms of concussion is critical to support the patient/casualty – being observant is the key: what are the little pieces of information that your patient is telling you?
What questions will help determine a persons level of consciousness?
Click here to put your questions in
Click here to see everyones answers
Let’s watch our crash again!
How will you manage him?
Concussion_Management_Flow_Chart_-_parents,_coaches,_teachers,_team-mates,_support_staff_-_on_field
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Seizure Management & Spinal Precautions
What can cause a seizure?
How will you manage a patient who is having a seizure?
Spinal Precautions for the First Aider
What are the key elements when it comes to managing a person with a suspected spinal injury?
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Trauma
Lets talk about the things that make you go – “eeeeeee”
What are the majoity of injuries that are seen riding?
Question – What are the most common injuires and thier sites that occur (while riding)?
But who is at fault?
How do you manage bledding?
What other types of bleeding should we be concerned about?
How do you manage a bleeding nose?
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Scenarios
Part 1
Watch the following clip
This rider lands heavy on his knee and is a screaming mess.
What is your plan?
Part 2
After managing the crash site and undertaking your initial assessment, you look at his knee which he has been holding.
He has a small amount of blood coming from his knee and when you look at it you see below?
With a partner please demonstrate how you will, clean and dress this wound.
What is your recommendation for his ongoing care?
Fractures and things pointing the wrong way!
What are the signs and symptoms of someone who may have a suspected broken/dislocated or sprain/strained bone/joint?
What can they do? What can’t they do? What will you do? What would you tell the ambo’s
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Let’s sling!!
What are the key things for ensuring a sling is appropriately fitted?
What will impact you when you consider putting a sling on a patient?
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Bites and Stings
Why do things bite us?
How does the venom spread?
What do we then do?
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Stroke
Please watch the following video – what would you do for this person to ensure their safety in this instance?
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Final Assessment
Let’s watch our crash again: What are your processes to manage this accident site, the patient and the potential injury ?
Please fill out the First Aid Assessment Form for submission.
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Finishing up
Click hear to tell us how you now feel about your ability to provide first aid after today’s course
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