I will write about the possible priorities and responses when dealing with two incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting.

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Unit3 p4

Incidents and Emergencies

I will write about the possible priorities and responses when dealing with two incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting. I will also produce two reports about shock and choking likewise explaining the possible priorities of a First Aider and the ways of responding to these situations.

Firstly shock is a lack of oxygen to the tissue of the body, usually caused by fall in blood pressure or blood volume, shock is a serious and crucial conditions that can quickly result in death if not treated so therefore it should be attended to as soon as its noticed.

in a care settings shock should be attended to as soon as possible as it could lead to death, treating the patient in shock should be the first priority whilst calling the ambulance 999 for example a service user with hypovolaemic shock this is a type of shock caused by loss of body fluid which results in a low volume of blood, it can be caused if service user surrefring for exerternal bleeding, burns, vomiting, diarrhoea likewise excessive sweating. But the particular service user started to look pale and clammy in the skin, they felt dizzy and weak as well as sweating and vomiting once the staff at the desk noticed this she immediately rushed to the service user and lay the service user down and raise their legs to help return blood to the vital organs however its important she’s carefully incise she suspect any fracture whist she was doing that, other staff asked the rest of the service user to leave the room gently whist they called the ambulance, then member of staff opened the window whist she was kept warm the window was open for fresh air as well as oxygen for the cassaulty,member of staff was aware not to give casualty anything to eat or drink, she also loosen tight clothes whist she was waiting for ambulance to arrive member of staff monitor the breathing and pulse level. As soon as the ambulance arrive member of staff was able to clearly explain how they help casualty as the main staff attending to causauty is a qualified first aider. In the care settings it’s important for staff to clearly look for signs and symptoms of shock such as fast or shallow breathing, rapid or weak pulse, sweating, vomiting to know if any service user is suffering from shock. After this incident member staff will be writing it on the accident book so everyone is aware of what has happened and o avoid any future accusation its also part of the first aid rules.

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“In general, patients with milder degrees of shock tend to do better than those with more severe shock. In cases of severe hypovolemic shock, death is possible even with immediate medical attention. The elderly are more likely to have poor outcomes from shock”

 (online)

Secondly chock can be any object that can easily become lodged in the airway, if they accidentally breathed in rather than swallowed.

In a  care setting member of staff should be able to leave whatever they are doing to attend to person choking, I went to visit the care home I’m about ...

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