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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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How is glycerine used for first aid?
Glycerine is generally found in first aid kits to help moisten and relieve dry mouth in patients without giving water. It is applied using a large cotton swab that is soaked in lemon or fruit flavored glycerine.
What happens if Nair gets into a cut?
It is possible to get skin damage, but if it is washed off quickly, it usually causes no lasting ill effects.
Nair is a depilatory containing lime and lye (and other ingredients) in a mineral oil base, and works by dissolving the keratin in hair. It can cause irritation to sensitive or broken skin. Contact with eyes or mucous membranes should especially be avoided because of the potential for injury.
What type of dressing should be used for emergency treatment of open chest wounds?
Blue Cheese or Ranch. Both work well.
What nutrients are needed in small amounts?
Several nutrients are needed in small amounts:
- potassium
- iron
- vitamin d
- iodine
- sodium
What does OPQRST mean in first aid?
OPQRST is a mnemonic for assessing pain. It stands for: Onset, Provocation, Quality, Radiates, Severity, Time.
What are the two main functions of first aid treatment?
There are in fact 3 main functions of first aid treatment.
To Preserve Life
To Prevent Deterioration
To Promote Recovery
Hope this helps.
Dr. Henry Heimlich was the inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver, which is an effective method of dislodging food or any other foreign object which is lodged in someone's throat and which is causing that person to choke.
You can't stop scarring...it is dependant on how deep the burn went and whether granulous tissue/fibrosis occurs or regeneration.
Heat, pain, redness, swelling.
Would you bring a first aid kit to your anderson shelter when the siren went of?
a mate of mine has an original first aid kit from his anderson shelter so the answer is yes.
How tall do you get by taking multivitamins daily?
Multivitimins don't make you taller. They just help you concentrate and is healthy. I take them trust me.
It would. Remember, almost anything that can cut off blood flow will make a good tourniquet in an emergency. Just don't leave it on too long.
What is the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 1-38?
It is believed that the causes are congenital anomalies,accidents,cancer,suicide and heart disease.Did that answer your question.
What does the acronym SIMPLE in first aid mean?
I think you may mean SAMPLE. Sample is an acronym used to obtain a brief medical history
S - Signs and Symptoms - What do you see and what does the patient tell you
A - Allergies - What food, drug or environmental allergies do they have?
M - Medications - What medications are they currently taking
P - Past medical history - What medical problems have they had?
L - Last oral intake - When and what did they last have to eat or drink?
E - Events leading to - What caused them to become ill or injured?
What can you do when someone has a burn?
Run the burn under a cold tap for 10 minutes or until heat is no longer felt.
Wrap in clingfilm or something similar. If the burn is bigger than a 50 pence piece, seek medical attention.
Keep the burn cool by wrapping ice in a towel (do not put ice straight on skin, ice can burn skin too) and placing it over the burn.
Hand washing
What should be administered to a choking victim?
Heimlick manuver. Just type that into a search engine.
What if your ear bleeds after cleaning?
My daughter cleaned her husband's ears with a Q-tip and now his ear is bleeding. What could this be?
Should you drain a burn blister?
No. This will most likely cause infection if done. If it really bothers you, you should go to a physician so they may drain it properly if it is causing major discomfort. Cover small blisters with an adhesive bandage, and large ones with a plastic-coated gauze that absorbs moisture. If you really don't want to go to a doctor : http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-blisters/WL00008
How is treatment different if finger is broken vs sprained?
From a first-aid standpoint, it usually doesn't matter if it's a fracture or a sprain, as the first aid is the same. Immobilize the extremity, elevate, ice-pack if you have it, and get it looked at someplace where there's an X-ray machine. Unless the break is very obvious (bone protruding from the skin; notable distortion in the shape of the finger, etc.), it's very hard to tell in the field, and X-rays are your best bet.
Not a bacterial infection. I'd bet dollars to donuts there's a piece of the thorn left inside the thumb. Tell your docs they won't be able to see it visually or with MRI, but they can likely pick it up with ultrasound. The inflamation is the body's reaction to the remaining thorn -- not a bacterial infection. As such antibiotics won't help.
In fact -- check out the article I've included in the link -- show it to your doctors. It describes an almsot identical case, with a surgical remedy and a full recovery in 2 weeks.
Good luck.
it's not a bacteria but a fungus... sporotrichosis
What can early defibrillation do?
When a person is in cardiac arrest, the heart goes into a spasm. The electrical activity become "spastic" and a condition known as ventricular fibrillation results. The defibrillator delivers a controlled electric shock to the body to give the heart a chance to start again.
It does not start the heart per se. Defibrillating early greatly increases the chance of survival and minimises cardiac damage.
