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First Aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a lay person to a sick or injured casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed.
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What are the symptoms of loss of blood?
The clinical term for loss of blood (also known as low blood volume) is hopovolemia. Hypovolemia is a dangerous condition and can result in hypovolemic shock and eventually, death. From a first aid standpoint, it is vital that any external bleeding is controlled, and the patient treated for hypovolemic shock.
Possible signs and symptoms of blood loss include the following:
- Obvious signs of open trauma
- Weakness, dizziness and lethargy
- Signs of hypovolemic shock
- Pain
- Fainting
- Nausea and vomiting
- Patient may know that he/she is bleeding
- Visual detection by first aider
- Detection through the Primary Haemorrhage Check (primary survey/blood check)
It is important any serious bleeding be evaluated by a medical professional urgently. If in doubt about the severity of the condition, call an ambulance or seek urgent medical aid.
How do you write an acknowledgement about a first aid kit?
"I like to thank the [insert brand name here] first aid kit for saving my life, since if it was not there, the person who actually saved my life would have had absolutely nothing to save my life with."
When making a sling where is the knot tied on a trialgular bandage to createa pocket for the elbow?
A few inches from the apex of the bandage
Is the difference between first aid and trauma first aid blood and spurting blood?
First aid is the initial help that is given to a person with the goal of preserving them as well as possible until they can get more definitive treatment, often at a hospital. Many people also use the term to mean the treatment of minor self limited injuries that need no other treatment, such as small cuts and scratches.
Trauma first aid refers to the unique requirements of caring for a trauma victim as opposed to all the other ways we can get suddenly ill.
Are there child and adult pads on an AED?
Child AED pads may not deliver enough energy, so they are not appropriate to use for an adult.
Ecchymosis is the medical term for a subcutaneous hematoma - bruizing in the subcutaneous layer beneath the skin.
What could be the problem if you have a weak pulse and are pale and cold and sweaty?
Heart attack. Good luck.
Is it illegal to walk past someone who requires first aid if you are first aid trained?
The laws of your country are required to answer this accuratly. However, in most countrys it is NOT illegal do do thsi. However, it would go against the moral expectations of the code of conduct of those trained in first responce care.
What is the importance of health indicators?
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What to do if too much base on the skin rather than acid?
I don't know how relevant this is, but in our chemistry labs we were told to wash off with copious amounts of water and our chemistry teacher said once to spill some dilute acid over it to neutralise it first. I stress dilute, e.g. ethanoic acid in vinegar when we were dealing with very powerful conc. chemicals.
Go to a doctor don't try to fix it yourself that could make it worse!
What causes an itchy swollen bruise without any injury?
Insect bites can do this, and the itching makes me suspect this even moreso. So can bumps you don't notice. See if you can examine near the center of the bruise and find the actual bite. Treat bruises with an ice pack, 10 minutes on, 10 minutes off, for half and hour. Repeat as necessary. While there are a ton of other reasons for this sort of thing, both minor and grave, I'd suggest looking for the easy ones first.
Can swimming fight off infection in cuts?
Only if you swim in chlorine pools. Swimming in a lake or river can add infection to open cuts.
Self aid buddy care test answers?
Which of the folowing are physical signs of stress
a. blurred vision
B. trouble waking up and slow heartbeat
c. weakness, difficulty urinating, and constipation
d.Paralysis of limbs, frequent urinatio, and trembling
What happens if you accidentally eat human poop?
This would depend on the condition of what you ate but as a whole, a very bad idea.
There are many bacterial and viral diseases which you might contract, depending upon whose feces you are eating. Not to mention parasites. Parasitic worms are very common.
Human Feces is a "pure" waste product. Hardly any more nutrition left to utilize.
If you started on a diet of pure human feces, even if you managed to avoid diseases and parasites, you would in the end die due to lack of nutrition.
I also believe that your stomach would not be overwhelmed with your choice of food.
Babies and toddlers:
They crawl around and often put things in their mouth that they should not. This is mainly done because they use their taste buds in order to find out about things. Young children actually putting feces in their mouth is very common and normal.
This behaviour is not because they are hungry and actually want to eat, it is simply a part of their way of exploring the world.
It does put the children at risk of parasites and many children every year get treated for this.
Most children that have the ability to crawl around and taste various samples of .... whatever they find.... do develop better immune-system than children living in a "sterile" environment. This help them later on in life fighting other diseases.
Although we should not encourage children to taste feces, it will be difficult to 100% eliminate the possibility of this happening. It is nothing we should "punish" our children for. Just try to explain to them that some things are a "no no no".
To young children, it is often very effective to show them what they should not eat and make a face and a sound as in "this taste horrible". Children might not relate to the meaning of words but they do relate to facial expressions and sounds and in particular when one do this relating to taste.
Instead of scat-play try sticking to piss-play (urophagia) and maybe rimjobs as well as 'regular' sex.If u must be involved in scat do it externally only (coprophilia) and don't consume.Remember to clean up after!
You have greenyellow saliva and am stuffed up and heavy cough What is wrong?
Sounds like a moderately severe respiratory infection. The color of the expectorant assures us that an infection is in progress. This would be a good time to consider getting a doc to prescribe some antibiotics and perhaps an expectorant/anti-tussive. If you starting running a fever and it climbs over 103 orally, you're out of safe options -- off to the ER you go.
What is other names for saline?
Saline is a solution that is made of sodium chloride and water. It is also known as salt water, or sterile salt water.
Delivering rescue breaths to non breathing patient?
For an Adult, if there are no signs of life, immediately go to CPR. For an Infant or Child, if there is no breathing, but a pulse start rescue breathing; 1 breath every 3 seconds.
Is leaving a wound open to air better than applying a dressing?
Not all the time due to infection, it would be wise to clean the wound if possible, then to apply a plaster for a while (usually a day or so), then to take off the plaster and let it heal by itself.
no that'd be impossible unless you have a low blood level or pressure level plus why on earth would u ask this question?
Don't know when this came in but with urgent things like this don't rely on WA but go to the emergency room right away. You need to be examined and that is not something we can do here.
Does eating salty snacks help heat exhaustion?
Yes, salt can help in the heat, but you shouldn't ONLY depend on salt. You should also drink lots of liquids to keep hydrated. (Pop and Coffee dehydrate you, so try to navigate away from those options.) Also, try to stay out of the sun when you can.
What do you do if you twisted or bent your finger?
Immobilize it using a splint, use an ice pack to lessen the inflammation.
Inability to move. Not moving.
"Keep him immobile" means "Don't let him move." But if he is experiencing immobility on his own, he can't move.
