Protection of the medic

The paramedic is the primary element in first aid, without which the steps will not be taken. How can it be protected from any harm or harm when you save the life of an injured person?

• How to protect the paramedic:

The person who is first aid is vulnerable to many diseases, especially those transmitted by blood such as AIDS, or hepatitis, etc. 
So it is necessary to take some precautionary precautions to avoid exposure to such serious diseases These are some of the tips that every competent person should follow:

- Wear gloves immediately after first aid because the medic is susceptible to touching the blood of the person (or various body fluids: urine - semen fluid - vomiting or open wounds - mucous membranes - stool), or if caught for the clothing of the injured Or when changing bandages, and such gloves are changed between each and every injured person or when they are torn while dealing with only one infected person. 

- Wash hands immediately after getting rid of these gloves.

- Wear a protective mask to keep the nose and mouth.

- Use glasses to protect the eye, but if the eye has some drops of blood or any other bodies must be washed immediately with water or salt solution Saline (Saline).

- Wear a special clothing to protect the clothing to be disposed of immediately after the completion of first aid.

- Wash hands and face after exposure to anything.

These are the primary means of protection that must be followed when performing any care or initial attention to the patient or the patient, but what if the medical person to touch the injured person or body fluids, or touch one of the tools used in the rescue, there are also some guidance to be placed in To account for any potential injuries.

When the skin of the medic is exposed to contamination with blood or a fluid:

1 - hands must be washed immediately when exposed to any liquids.

2 - washed after dealing with the injured and before dealing with him also. 
When you touch the open wounds even when you wear the gloves and after taking them off - after using contaminated instruments such as a scissor or scissors ... and other tools.

3. Avoid eating - drinking - smoking - using makeup - wearing contact lenses - or touching the nose or eye so as not to infect if any.

• How to clean the hands:

1 - uses a basin away from places of food.
2 - Wash with soap, especially liquid soap.
3 - massage the soap well for 15 seconds.
4. Wash with running water to remove the soap.
5. The tap is closed by a dry towel.

• How to deal with tools:

(1) Care should be taken when using sharp tools such as scissors - scissors - needles - injection, as follows:

1. not to use as much as possible.

2. Preserving them in plastic or steel containers so that no one will be harmed when they carry them.

3. Disposal or sterilization (in the case of expensive equipment) immediately after use.

4. Washing hands after using these tools.

(2) When handling contaminated dressings or clothing, gloves must be worn, and hands should be washed after taking off.

(3) For the mobile, wheelchairs, crutches ... and other similar instruments are cleaned before and after use with a disinfectant chemical. 

(4) Bed linen change - Towel - Pouch bags - Blankets - Clothes that have been exposed to pollution in order not to transfer any microbial contamination and be careful when dealing with them so as not to infect the person who carries them.

(5) cleaning shoes or leather belts with soap, brush and hot water.

• How to deal with liquids:

1 - Disposal of fluids such as: blood - urine - vomiting or any other liquid in the toilet.

2 - If the blood or liquid on the ground are dealt with as follows:
 
A. Wear gloves first.
B. Cleans the liquid immediately without waiting.
C. The spatula or vacuum cleaner is used to suction such liquids. If two pieces of paper are not available, a sharp tool is used and a broken piece of glass is used to pick up the blood.

D. Clean any disinfectant and leave for at least 20 minutes.
E. Paper towels are used to absorb the solution and then be disposed of immediately.

F. All instruments used to absorb liquid are discarded in sealed containers.
G. Wash hands after taking off the gloves well.

3 - If the nose - eye - or one of the wounds injured by the medic for pollution are these steps:

A. Wash the member who was exposed to pollution with water.
B. Wash hands with water.
C. In case of wounds, disinfectant is used.
D. In ​​the case of the eye, salt solution is used as saline.
E. Vaccines against hepatitis or HIV are taken immediately after first aid.
And - Conduct medical tests to ensure that no infectious diseases are transmitted.