First Aid
To provide instantly and for the time being treatment to a patient is called first aid process. Patient may be a human being or non human being. The history of first aid has relation with time immemorial. First aid process consists of methods that are used to save a life. These methods are simple and easy to learn.The purposes of first aid are given below
- To save life
To stop or prevent further injury
Promote recovery
There are different countries that are opening many first aid camps for first aid training. For example, in UK there are numbers of campus of first aid that are providing two types of first aid training.
1) Emergency first aid training for appointed persons
This type of first aid training consists of 4 days. In these four days, all basic first aid instructions are delivered to scouts.
2) Emergency first aid at training for lay man.
This first aid training is for a lay man. It is completed in 7 days. This training is for those persons who are new for first aid process.
A man should only learn about first aid kit. The first aid kits have some medicines, some tools for basic operation, and other medical accessories that are important in life saving mode. First aid kits are also known as first aid fanny packs. First aid kits or first aid bags have basic medical accessories as you have read above.
Many manufacturers are in search of making quality first aid kits carrying all medical accessories. A scout is always against empty first aid bag or kit because it is emergency kit and it should not be empty. First aid supplies the basic treatment to a sick one but it is full treatment for patient. After giving first aid treatment, patient should be referred to qualified doctor for further treatment.
To learn the basic first aid process, there are different communities in the world that are providing twenty four hour first aid training. These communities provide free first aid training. They start the first aid training with basic first aid instructions and these first aid instructions are the assets of a scout. Scout is a person who has dedicated his or her valuable time for learning and serving the first aid processes.
First aid box can also be used for dog's first aid. Dog first aid procedures are different from other animals' first aid procedures. A scout should remember first aid checklist for his or her first aid box.

