Whether you're in a dangerous area or even a war zone, you never know when you or someone else might get hurt. Unfortunately, this situation is way to common, so it is necessary to learn about the most basic first aid strategies. Believe it or not, this can be the difference between life and death.
Analyze the dangers
When helping a wounded person in a war zone, it's important not to be impulsive. Before helping, you need to analyze the risks around you to ensure that the danger has passed. This way you will be able to help without other worries.
We are not doctors
First aid techniques are very useful to help other people, even yourself if you are injured. However, we must remember that we are not doctors. The main goal of first aid is to ensure that the injured person survives until he receives the care he needs.
Calm down the injured person
When a person is hurt and feels pain he cannot think clearly. Your job is to try to calm the wounded so that he doesn't move and his injuries don't get worse. Achieving this is not easy and requires certain skills to achieve it, but it is extremely important to guarantee the survival of the other person.
The more knowledge you have, the better.
If you want to help other people, you must learn as much as you can. In this sense, make sure you practice all the first aid techniques before performing them on a person. For example, the CPR technique is very effective, but if done incorrectly it could break the injured person's ribs.
