Wednesday, May 20, 2015
First Aid Management 3
Insects Bite and Stings:
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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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:
Heat Exhaustion:
Give patient
Warm froze part in water (102-105 degrees).
- Don't use heat lamp or
- hot water bottle.
- Do not rub.
- 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:
- Rub with alcohol.
Saturday, May 02, 2015
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