Consent to provide first aid

Accidents may happen anytime. This is perhaps the reason that most people, companies and government agencies find the need for proper first aid training for individuals.

Basically, this would somehow give the first aider confidence in dealing with emergencies and in providing care to accident victims as well as those with sudden illness.

However, there is one thing that a first aider must have the permission to provide care or first aid to an injured victim or suddenly ill person. This permission is commonly called, Consent. The victim must provide consent for the first aider to provide care.

Consent can be classified into two, Expressed and Implied.

Expressed consent - this are usually provided or given by any victim who is responsive. It may be done verbally or by gesture in the event the patient or victim can no longer talk.

Implied consent - any unconscious victim as long as he is alone as understood is already giving his permission or consent for the first aider to provide care. Implied consent are also given even when the victim is conscious but mentally incapable of giving consent. These involves persons who are mentally incapacitated or children with life threatening injuries and whose parents or guardian are not around.

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