Insects Bite and Stings:
- 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.
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