DRCABCDE Approach

A safe, systematic and sympathetic approach to managing first aid incidents All the enhanced interventions or options can be incorporated into this DR CABCDE approach

‘Practice makes permanent’

To retain skills for future use the procedures must be practiced more than once, be applied to novel circumstances and reviewed for effectiveness with a view to improving effectiveness next time.

Systems First Aid

• D - Danger
• R - Response
• C - Catastrophic Bleed
• A - Airway
• B - Breathing
• C - Circulation, CPR
• D – Dysfunction, Disability, Damage
• E – Emotional support, Evacuate