Wednesday, May 20, 2015

First Aid Training


First Aid Management 3

Insects Bite and Stings:

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  •  Attempts to remove stinger.
  • Cover area with paste of baking soda, calamine lotion may be helpful later to reduce itching.
  • If patient faints, collapses or if body swells call  physician immediately.

Artificial Respiration (Resuscitation):

     The "exhaled air" (Mouth to mouth, or mouth to nose) method of artificial respiration is strongly recommended and should be learned by everyone. 

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  • Lay patient on his back.
  • Tilt the head and chin away from the chest to clear airway.
  • Making sure that the tongue or foreign matter does not obstruct it.
  • Open your mouth and take a deep breath.
  • Pinch the patient's nostrils together
  • And then seal your lips around mouth.
  • Blow into his lungs until the chest rises.
  • Then remove your mouth and watch the chest deflate.
  • Repeat, giving the first four inflations as rapidly as possible.
  • Lung inflation can also be carried out through the nose. 
  • The casualty's mouth should be sealed with the thumb holding the lower jaw.
Heart Attacks:

    The American Heart association says that these are the usual warnings of heart attack, although symptoms vary 
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  • Prolonged, oppressive pain or unusual discomfort in the center of the chest, behind the chest bone. Pain may radiate to shoulder, arm, neck or jaw.
  • The pain or discomfort is often accompanied by sweating, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath may also occur.
  • Sometime these symptoms subside and then return.
Minutes count when heart attack strikes. ACT PROMPTLY. Call a doctor and carefully describe the symptoms, if no doctor is immediately available, shift the patient to a hospital emergency at once.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

First Aid Management 2

Frostbite:

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        Warm froze part in water (102-105 degrees). 
  • Don't use heat lamp or 
  • hot water bottle. 
  • Do not rub.



Heat Exhaustion: 

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       Give patient 

  • sips of salt water (1 teaspoon of salt per glass, 1/2 glass every 15 minutes for one hour.
  • Loosen clothing and 
  • Apply cool wet cloths.
  • Keeping lying down with feet elevated. 
  • Take to hospital

Heatstroke:
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  • Sponge body with cool water or
  • Rub with alcohol.