Teaching Response in a Health Emergency

The training program should include instruction or discussion in the following:

• Using prevention as a strategy for reducing fatalities, illnesses, and injuries
• Communicating with the local EMS system
• Maintaining a current list of emergency telephone numbers (fire, police, ambulance, poison control) in a readily accessible area
• Understanding the legal aspects of providing first aid care, including Good Samaritan laws, consent, abandonment, negligence, assault and battery, and state laws
• Understanding the effects of stress, fear of infection, panic, and how best to respond in a stress-filled situation
• Learning the importance of universal precautions and body substance isolation to provide protection from bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials

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