PIT First Aid: Pressure Immobilisation Technique for Australian Bites
PIT stands for Pressure Immobilisation Technique, often used for serious Australian snake and some venomous bite risks.
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ASCIA Action Plan: The Anaphylaxis First Aid Acronym Australians See Everywhere
ASCIA is the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, the name behind the familiar anaphylaxis action plans.
4x4x4 Asthma First Aid: The Australian Reliever Reminder
4x4x4 is a memorable asthma first aid pattern used with a reliever puffer and spacer.
PQRST Pain Assessment: A First Aid Question Framework
PQRST helps make pain questions specific enough to be useful.
SAMPLE First Aid History: The Questions Worth Asking
SAMPLE helps first aiders gather useful information while help is coming.
AVPU First Aid: Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
AVPU is a quick way to describe a person's level of responsiveness.
FAST Stroke Acronym: Face, Arms, Speech, Time
FAST is the public stroke warning sign acronym used across Australia.
TOTAPS First Aid: The Sports Injury Assessment Acronym
TOTAPS helps first aiders assess a sporting injury in a calm, step-by-step way.
NO HARM First Aid: What to Avoid After a Soft-Tissue Injury
NO HARM is the caution label often paired with RICER in sports injury care.
RICE First Aid: The Simple Soft-Tissue Injury Acronym
RICE means Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation, a shorter cousin of RICER.