TOPIC: SAFETY & FIRST AID
ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL NO.5 MUMBAI DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS Online Sports Coaching TOPIC: SAFETY & FIRST AID First Aid can be defined as the emergency treatment of illness or injury in order to maintain life, to ease pain and to prevent deterioration of the patient's condition until professional medical help can be obtained. Assisting an injured person. Knowledge of first aid promotes the sense of safety and well being amongst people, prompting them to be more alert and safe in the surroundings they dwell in. Awareness and desire to be accident free keeps you more safe and secure, reducing the number of causalities and accidents. Duty of Care in First Aid is the legal responsibility to look after a person when they are injured or ill. A workplace first aider has a duty of care to look after people in their workplace in the event they are sick or injured.