What are the aspects of the relationship between first aid and emergency health

The core is a two-way symbiotic linkage relationship. First aid is the core execution port of the emergency health system extending to the emergency site, and emergency health is the full chain support for first aid actions to play a role. The two together complete the "emergency health risk window period" that is not covered by conventional medical services.

Last week, I went to a scene with the street emergency team: Aunt Zhang suddenly fainted from atrial fibrillation while shopping for groceries in the community. A passing office worker who had participated in first aid training in the community emergency health class immediately helped her adjust to a side-lying position to prevent vomit suffocation. At the same time, I called the management to get an automated external defibrillator (AED). When 120 arrived, Aunt Zhang's vital signs had stabilized, and there were no sequelae after subsequent recovery. Ten years ago, if there was no emergency health system that laid out the science points and equipment layout in advance, there would be no conditions for passers-by to rescue people. This is the role that the two can play when they are twisted into one rope.

After participating in a provincial emergency management seminar, there were different voices in the industry: some scholars in the field of public health believe that first aid is a sub-link in the handling of emergency health incidents and does not need to be singled out and given too high weight. There are also first responders who have been working on the front line for ten years. If you visit more scenes, you will find that both of these statements are actually valid, but they stand in different dimensions.

Many people think that first aid only lasts a few minutes when an accident occurs. In fact, first aid science itself is an important part of emergency health prevention. Emergency health scenarios are not triggered only when major accidents occur. The seemingly trivial first aid knowledge points such as flushing with cold water for 15 minutes immediately after burns and scalds, flushing first before getting rabies vaccine after being scratched by cats and dogs, and not looking up when nosebleeds occur, actually move the line of defense for emergency health forward a lot. Last year, we launched a half-semester first aid class in three primary schools in our jurisdiction. Later, statistics showed that the improper treatment rate of children's accidental injuries dropped by 57%. Many children will also teach their parents what they learned when they go home, which means that one science popularization directly covers two or three generations.

To use an inappropriate analogy, if emergency health is compared to a protective net that covers all sudden health risks, first aid is the most sensitive force-bearing rope on this net. It can be as small as a fish bone stuck in the throat or a hand cut during cooking, or as big as a small accident at home. When dealing with casualties in large quantities after earthquakes or fires, the first thing that takes effect immediately is the on-site first aid actions. The strength that this rope can bear and the risks that it can contain all depend on the equipment laid out in advance by the emergency health system, the popular science it has done, and the regulations it has established.

I was chatting with a community grid officer a while ago and said that each building in the community now has one or two "emergency building directors" who have received formal first aid training. The AEDs at the locations are inspected and maintained every month. If something goes wrong, someone can bring the equipment to the scene in three minutes. In fact, this is the best way for the two to get along: emergency health is set up behind the scenes, first aid is implemented at the front end, and in the end, all deployments fall on the safety and security of every ordinary person.