First aid in Schools

 Written by: Muhammad Nasir Sirat

First aid refers to the immediate care one should provide when a person is injured or ill until full medical treatment is available and this might happen everywhere to everyone but if a student gets injury in the school and his/her bleeding doesn’t stop, what could the teachers and students do till he/she reaches to the hospital?

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people and a physician about this issue.

Samir, a tenth-grade student says, “Once a student got an injury in our school and he faced bleeding but there was nothing to help him and he was near to die.”

Alia, a twelfth-grade student at one of Kabul city schools says, “One day one of our classmates was injured at school and blood was coming out of her wound. She had low blood pressure and was suffering from a headache and was very scared too. "

Doctor Naimullah Sharifi, an orthopedist at Wazir Akbar Hospital, Kabul city talks about bleeding after injury. He says, “There are two types of bleeding. The first type can refer to blood loss inside the body, called internal bleeding, or blood loss outside of the body, called external bleeding. Blood loss can occur in almost any area of the body. Internal bleeding occurs when blood leaks out through a damaged blood vessel or organ.

External bleeding can be caused by injuries caused by accidents, blows, cuts with winning tools, and war injuries due to bullets and shrapnel, and in any case, if a student is found to be bleeding due to any bleeding factors, help with his or her companion as soon as possible. Primary lesions do not cause damage and this, in turn, hits important organs of the body and even causes death.”

What do people think about first aid in school?

Samira Saidi, a headmaster in one of the private schools of Kabul city says: “In our school, we have a first aid room and a first aid box. It was a winter day that a student fell and injured his leg and blood was coming out of his wound. The responsible person for first aid in the school dressed her wound with a bandage to stop bleeding and then we took her to the hospital.”

 Doctor Sharifi says, “Apply direct pressure on the cut or wound with a clean cloth, tissue, or piece of gauze until bleeding stops. If blood soaks through the material, don't remove it. Put more cloth or gauze on top of it and continue to apply pressure and then take the injured student to the hospital for essential treatment.”