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

The essence of first aid and emergency health is the binding relationship between "front-end contacts" and "system chassis". First aid is the last meter that puts emergency health plans around everyone, and the full chain support of emergency health in turn determines the final effect of first aid.

Last year, when I was doing emergency science drills in the community, I happened to encounter the incident where Uncle Zhang in the community had a heart attack while walking. The young man from the convenience store next to the neighborhood had just participated in the free first aid training we organized last week. He immediately went up to do chest compressions and ran back to the store to get the AED that had just been installed in the street. By the time the 120 ambulance arrived, Uncle Zhang had restored his spontaneous heart rate, and he was able to go downstairs for a walk during the follow-up visit. Do you think this is a simple young man’s first aid technique? Really not, it is all supported by the street emergency health system: AEDs were deployed at public points every 500 meters half a year ago. Surrounding merchants and community workers have to conduct first-aid training every quarter. Even the follow-up follow-up of emergencies is connected with the emergency health ledger of the community health service center. Without this support, how could it be so smooth just relying on passers-by who happen to know first aid?

Nowadays, there are different opinions on the boundary between the two in the industry. Many scholars who do public health research believe that first aid should be a branch of the emergency health system. All first aid training and equipment layout must follow the regional emergency health plan. For example, chemical industry parks must be equipped with more anti-burn and decontamination first aid supplies, and primary and secondary schools must focus on training children on the treatment of airway foreign body obstruction and sports injuries to avoid resources. However, emergency medical staff on the front lines often have different views and feel that they must leave enough flexibility for on-site first aid. After all, emergencies will never follow the plan. Last month, we cooperated with 120 at the scene of a car accident. Originally, according to the emergency response procedure, we first checked for spinal fractures, but only when we arrived did we find that the injured person had vomit stuck in his throat. We could only deal with the risk of suffocation first. At this time, we must first follow the logic of clinical first aid.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with these two views. Originally, the two complement each other and cannot be separated. Emergency health care is about the whole process of "how to prepare at ordinary times, how to deal with an accident, and how to handle the follow-up." During the local heavy rains and waterlogging in the past two summers, people were trapped in the underground garages of the community. It was useless to provide first aid for drowning. You have to know in advance where the community's emergency shelter is and whether the main gate in the flooded area is open. All this information is included in the emergency health plan made in advance. On the other hand, if there is no one on site who knows first aid, no matter how thick the plan is, it will be in vain if the person is not rescued.

We who are doing grassroots emergency work often say, "Practicing first aid is not in vain, and writing plans is not in vain." Only when the two come together can we really protect the lives of ordinary people when an accident occurs.