First Aid

Getting an x-ray wouldn't hurt you...I have hurt my ankle many times and normally if it is still bothering me after a couple of days I will go get it checked out...you could have some further damage to either you ligaments or tendons or even a nerve that is creating the pain that you are feeling.

You cannot get super glue off many porous or soft fabrics. It may be scraped off many shiny hard surfaces with a razor blade.

There are different types of medical supplies. The most commonly used, and which should always be available in a first aid kit, are alcohol, gauze, bandages, peroxide and scissors.

Those are the classic symptoms of an epileptic event. HOWEVER, making a "strange sound" is NOT a classic symptom. In fact, most people who have an epileptic seizure (from epilepsy or even a high fever) never make any vocal sounds. They simply fall over and begin to seize in Grand Mal seizures. Petit Mal seizures may cause the person to just stare off in space after which they are confused.

FIRST - and most important... call emergency services immediately.

Second - Speak calmly. Stay calm. Don't panic.

Third - Do NOT forcibly try to hold the person down and do NOT try to force them into any particular position! Protect the patient from hitting their head or face; for example, place pillows between the person and a nearby table leg. Let the seizure continue.

Fourth - move any hard or sharp objects away from the patient, to reduce the risk of harming themselves.

Fifth - as they start to recover (assuming medical help hasn't arrived yet) - reassure them and keep them calm. Expect that the person may be confused or disoriented.

Sixth - Do NOT move the person. Let them continue to lay on the floor or ground, or sit up. Cover with a sheet or blanket if needed.

* DO NOT give anything to eat or drink - the person will need medical help afterward.

** NOTE: Myoclonic-tonic tremors are not epileptic seizures. Those are rapid twitching of one or more limbs; it is a neurological condition; do not try to hold the limb down. If a person is speaking and conversing with you, they are not in an epileptic seizure.

It doesn't work that way; there is no established heirarchy, as each method of adminstration has different benefits and setbacks. * Oral Administration, or administration Per Os (PO) is the easiest to do and takes the least about of nursing time. It's also the easiest and safest for the patient to do themselves. Problems with this method is that it requires a cognitive, non-trauma patient with an intact throat and esophagus, who is allowed to take water at that time (e.g. not NPO pre-op). Also, this is the slowest way of getting medicine into the system. * Sub-lingual or under the tongue: Adminstration over a mucous membrane is surprisingly fast and SubL doesn't require piercing the patient, so there's no infection rick. This is the preferred method of administering nitroglycerine for Angina. The downside is, once again the patient must be cognizant, and the med must be specially formulated and dosed to transport using this method. Sublinqual meds cannot be taken to the same effect PO. * Topical or Topical with DMSO: This method works best when the med in question is being used to treat the localized epidermis. CLassic examples are lidocaine topical as a numbing agent or pain antagonist. DMSO (Dimethylsulfoxide) is a penetrant that quickly introduces topically applied meds into underlying tissues. This rare method of application can be used to apply lidocane to lumbar injuries to numb the underlying musculature structures. Problems with topical in general are that the are not generally effective with underlying, e.g. non-epidermal structures. And with a penetrant, in order to get the correct dosage to the chosen site, the pad itself is often inundated with a huge dosage, as this transport method is not dosage-efficient. * Suppository Administration: another non-penetrating method of drug adminstration. As mentioned before, transport over the muscous membrane is one of the fastet ways to get systemic meds into the system. Typically, the the med is wrapped in a coating that will need to melt before the drug releases and uptake begins. This is especially useful for topical attacks on infective agents (mostly seen with vaginal suppositories used to combat localized yeast infections, although this option works as well with rectal applications). This is especially effective when the patient is vomiting, as it provides a means of fast, non-penetraing injestion that would be ejected with the next emesis. This is then a common, every effective means of administering anti-emetics. Limitations are that the vagina is not structured to tightly retain something like a suppository, so the dosage can at times slip out. If the patient is immersed in water, water may enter the vagina and dilute the medication. This problem also happens with rectal placement Rectal suppositories are counterindicate with patients suffering from diarrhea. * Eye, ear and nose administration: While these may offer the means of introducing the medication to a mucous membrane, the membranes are too small in this case to accept all but the smallest doses, and are as such never used this way. Eyes, ears, nose adminstration then is only for localized application. Otic, nasal and opthalmic antibioticsare administerred in this manner. As mentioned, these methods are only useful for administration of meds to very localized areas. * Intra-Muscular or IM Injections: These are hypodermic injections, administerred directly into the patient's muscle. This most common of injection methods has a lot going for it. Delivery is reasonably fast. The comparatively low level of ennervation allows the caregiver to inject medications that would be irritating or painful if administered anywhere else on the body. Reasonably large quantities of medicine can be delivered quite quickly. There is no need to find a blood vessel, so picking the injection site is non-problematical -- in fact, all you have to do is avoid bones and blood vessels). The patient does not have to be conscious or coherent, and this method can even work with controlled but combative patients. While invasive, this method does not propigrate throughout the entire body, so infection, while a risk, is lower than other invasive methods. Problems with IM injections are that they deliver the medication to the blood comparatively slowly. Also, you're limited to a max of about 40-50cc per site. Exceeding that amount will both hurt the patient, and often express the medicine out through the injection site * Subcutaneous or Sub-Q injection: where the load is delivered between the endodermis and the underlying structures. Sub-Q injections are most well known as a means of injecting a very large dosage without doing damage. Sub-Q injections of up to .5L per site of Normal Saline is an effective means of combatting dehydration, for instance. Also, you can inject substances that would irritate muscles as in an IM injection. Injection of RFID's in pets and children is a Sub-Q injection. Sub-Q injections don't need the patient to be cognizant, and work well with restrained, combative patients (although not as well as IM). Sub-Q is not a particularly fast means of delivery -- faster than IM with large quantities, but not as fast as IV, nor is it as safe as an IM injection. * Intravenous or IV: This is injecting the medication directly into the vein. This is the fastest means of systemic delivery, and very large quantities can be delivered. For instance, this is the only real means of delivering plasma or whole blood (which would undergo chemical changes in a Sub-Q injection). Catheters can be surgically inserted, in patients needing ongoing IV injections to reduce damage to veins and make the injection site easier to find. The downsides of IV injection are plentiful too. As you're injecting directly into the bloodstream, your understanding and application of sterile technique need to be excellent, as you can introduce infect directly INTO the body, past most of the body's defences. Delivery is so fast that, if the wrong med is injected, there may not be time to correct or react to this mistake. Also, this very invasive technique requires a lot of training and, in most states, a license. This injection cannot be safely administered to a combative or restless patient without secure restraints. Failure to find the center of the blood vessel can result in injection into the wrong tissue, which can cause all manner of problems. Continued use of this method in the same site(s) will eventually cause erosion and possible collapse of the viens, making furture injections impossible. Intravenous catheters, PICC lines and intercardiac injections are beyond the scope of this article.

The package says "H-U-S-K First Aid Ointment Antiseptic" Active ingredients are: Phenol, Benzocaine We used it for burns, especially when my husband worked for Domino's Pizza and would get burns from the ovens. It was a wonder at taking the pain away. Obviously, we still have a container, but it's getting old.

Using a non-rebreathing oxygen mask at under 10 lpm of oxygen flow can cause carbon dioxide to build up and be re-inhaled by the patient.

Signs of an internal injury: 1. Localised swelling2. Discolouration of the skin Symptoms of an internal injury: 1. Localised pain 2. The patient will protect and guard the injury siteOther signs include: 1. The patient with blood coming out the ears and nose - Head Injury 2. The patient that coughs up blood - Thoracic Injury 3. The patient with blood in their stool - Abdominal Injury

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The female black widow spider, though it is one of the most venomous spiders, seldom causes death as it injects a very small amount of poison when it bites. Reports indicate human mortality at well less than 1% from black widow spider bites.

Use first aid in any medical emergency (or non-emergency).

Flush the eye with fresh water for 20 minutes. Call 911. Cover the eye loosely with a sterile dressing after flushing. DO NOT try to counter the acid with an alkaline -- it tends to cause an exothermic reaction and do heat damage.

Any damage to the spinal cord is a bad thing. Depending on the location of the damage, the victim may lose the use of their legs, loss of the use of all four limbs, or even be damaged enough to interfere with normal breathing. Any time the spine itself is injured, that injury may produce sharp edges, which can cut localized tissue, cause swelling or internal bleeding that may in turn stop blood flow to the spinal cord, as well as nearly any potential trauma. As such, if you see potention for spinal cord injury, you need to prevent as much further movement at that site as is possible. Hence the caution in moving such a victim.

Raise it above the level of your heart

no wasps are deadly unless you are stung in the throat, or allergic. if a very large swarm attacked a small child death may be possible....

but other than that.. the most painful? in my experience is probably the European wasp its much worse than other species of vespidae such as the paper wasp. but it really does depend on the person

My dad is a doctor and he never lets me put led in my mouth because he says it is venomous.

It's where the first aid compartment is

I would call my doctor and then wrap the knee with icy hot patch.

Typically a security guard is required to know first aid and CPR. The security guard is required to respond to all emergencies. The protocols between the local EMS and security will be set up so the security guard will know the bounds and what steps to follow based on the situation. Usually, the security guard will be required to perform first aid and CPR until medical help arrives.

Only move an unresponsive when in an absolutely necessary scenario (IE. fire, middle of road, etc.).

No. Bruising is usually a result of a heavy hit which causes underlying blood vessels to rupture. Cancer is caused by a 'mutation' in a persons genes

It can be an indicator of a caustic or corrosive chemical (acid, bleach. etc), or other kind of irritant having been swallowed, especially if there are burns inside the mouth as well.

In any event, burns to the face or mouth should be treated as an emergency and the person should get medical attention immediately. !! Do NOT induce vomiting as the chemical that was or may have been swallowed will burn again on the way back up!!

Note also that in cases where the patient manifests chemical burns, the rescuer must consider this to be a dangerous environment, until determined otherwise -- think HAZMAT.

Contact poison control , and seek immediate assistance from people nearby.

You need to change your gloves anytime you touch something that you do not want to spread to somewhere else. For example, I use chemicals at work that if mixed could be an issue, so I replace my gloves any time I change chemicals. However, I don't change them if I'm using the same chemical all day. A nurse would change his/her gloves any time he/she leave a patient. You should wash your hands every time you take off your gloves.

The same way you treat all burns. ie Cool running water for 20 minutes.