Foreword: This FIRST AID TRAINING GUIDE was prepared by the Safety Training Committee of the American Petroleum Institute's Central Committee on Safety and Fire Prevention. It bas been approved by the Central Committee on Safety and Fire Protection. as well as by the Institute's Central Committee on Medicine and Health. Its purpose is to provide the fundamentals of training in the six basic emergency measures. viz.: 1. artificial respiration; 2. control of bleeding: 3. treatment for shock; 4. care of open wounds and burns; 5. care of dislocations and fractures; and@ 6. transportation of the injured. In many large quantities of standard first aid materials will nor be available in an emergency. As a result bandages and splints will have to be improvised. Therefore. this course is designed to provide training largely@ in functional first aid. For example@ with respect to splinting@ no attempt is made to specify the exact number of cravat bandages co be used. Of major importance is that the patient be created for shock. the injured part immobilized@ and medical care obtained. No attempt bas been made co discuss the six basic emergencies in the order of their importance. The order selected is for ease of teaching and for apportionment of lesson time. The program of training outlined herein is designed to extend over a period of nor less than eight hours.
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1985API PUBL 2017-1985 First Aid Manual Fire and Safety Coordination (SECOND EDITION)