Your Actions
Your Aims:
Improve the blood
supply to the brain.
Reassure the
casualty and make
him or her
comfortable.
Your actions:
If someone feels faint, advise them to lie down with their legs raised.
As always, assess D R A B, respond as needed, and treat any more urgent conditions or injuries.
Lay the casualty down and gently raise and support the legs so more blood flows to the brain.
Make sure there is fresh air if possible.
Reassure the casualty and keep bystanders away.
When the casualty recovers, sit him or her up slowly. If the casualty sits up too quickly he or she may faint again. If the casualty does feel faint, lay him or her down again and raise and support the legs.
If the casualty does not regain consciousness quickly then reassess R A B, place in the recovery position and call for help.
Remember to keep checking the casualtys vital signs and writing down (or remembering) what you found and what you did, so that you can report this to any health worker who takes over from you.
