First Aid

What is First Aid?
First aid is the actions taken by a person on someone, which try to prevent further injury/illness after the subject is taken ill/injured. They do this by giving basic medical treatment to the person that is ill or injured.
Why is First Aid important?
I think first aid is important because it can help save a persons life or even just make them feel better, either way it is the first step on the patients road to recovery. In my opinion not enough people know how to do first aid and feel it is vital for young people to learn at least the basic skills of first aid so they know what to do if they need to perform first aid on someone.
What are the benefits of First Aid?
A benefit of first aid is that the person performing first aid could potentially save someones life. It can also improve the person performing first aids self-esteem. This is because you will feel a great sense of gratitude because you will have helped a person in need of your assistance. It also will help the patient with their recovery so they will obviously be very grateful and happy that someone is trying to help them.
What impact does it have on peoples lives?
The main impact it will have on peoples lives is that people will feel more confident if they see someone in need of first aid because they know how to help this person. It will also improve the self-esteem of the person performing first aid as people will recognise the heroic act of this person and fill them up with their gratitude. In addition less hospital beds would be needed as more people wouldn't need to go to hospital as they will be able to diagnose themselves and will be able to treat themselves with the use of first aid.
General Facts about First Aid?

• Nearly 9/10 teenagers are faced with a medical emergency.
• 4/5 say that they would feel safer with some first aid training.
• In a survey by Mother and Baby Magazine, 82% of women wouldn't know what to do if their child needed medical attention.
• 52% of the public aren't confident in doing first aid in public
• 24% of the public would rather wait for an ambulance to come than try to help by themselves.
• 140,000 people die each year from medical cases that could have been prevented by first aid.