First Aid

Heat Stroke is often confused with "Heat Exhaustion", which is less severe. Heat Stroke is acute hyperthermia which is a true, life-threatening medical emergency. Patients with heat stroke will display the following signs and symptoms: * high body temperature * the absence of sweating, with hot red or flushed dry skin (Hallmark symptom!) * rapid pulse * difficulty breathing * strange behavior * hallucinations * confusion * agitation * disorientation Patient's with severe hyperthermia need to be cooled as soon as possible. First Aid Steps: * ACTIVATE EMS IMMEDIATELY. This patient must be transported to definitive medical care as soon as possible. If EMS is delayed or you are in a remote area, they can give you further advice on how to treat the patient while you await their arrival. * Move the patient to a cool or shaded area. * If patient is unconscious, place on his or her side, with an arm tucked under the head. This will help avoid aspiration should the patient vomit. * Apply cool or tepid water to the skin. A light mist from a garden hose will work, or wet towels. Fan the patient to promote evaporation and sweating. * Apply towel-wrapped ice-packs to the armpits and groin area. * Do NOT give food or liquids to any partially conscious patient.

Depending on the severity and cause of the cut, hydrogen peroxide may or may not be useful. It is highly recommended not to use hydrogen peroxide on deep wounds. For small wounds with debris, hydrogen peroxide is useful to dislodge small particles within the wound. In this case, it is recommended to rinse the wound with clean, running water as well.

Insomnia first aid include no caffeine after 3pm, not alcohol after 7pm, a regular bedtime and a regular wake-up time.

To prevent rabies.

In a first aid context, yes you do. Stroke damage occurs when sufficient oxygen is not delivered to neurological tissue, result in damage. Anything you do that increases O2 transport is a good thing.

I can't think of a reason not to give O2 for this.

They say you should use a credit card or something similar to scrape the tick away. If you grab it and squeeze with your fingers, you risk squeezing some unwanted fluid back into the person. This can be bad, especially if the tick has bitten anything with lyme disease. If you are concerned, you can have the tick sent off to be tested. Get a lighter and some tweezers.Get the tip of the tweezers hot.Then barley touch the tic with the tweezers and hold it there for however long it takes to kill it.After it dies you can pick it out.Whatever you do try not to touch your skin with the hot tweezers.GOOD LUCK REMOVING THE TIC!!!***

This last entry is INCORRECT! DO NOT DO THIS! The heat and pressure will surely cause the tick to push fluid back into you, giving you an injection of whatever blood they sucked before you. A great way to remove ticks is to get some soapy water on a paper towel. Put it on the tick and rub in a circular motion. Do this for 60 seconds, and the tick will fall right off.

They tend to have a poor blood supply stopping the cells and substances required to heal them reaching the torn ligament. Also, due to their nature, they are constantly under stress and strain preventing repair from occurring.

my husband had just experienced this, this dawn when he came from work. when he was about in the apartment where we are staying, he noticed a cat scratching the soil on the first door and when he passed by, maybe the cat was disturbed, sprayed his urine that has reached my husband's eyes. just wnated to know the danger it may cause to human eyes. thank you. just wanted to know the effect of sprayed cat's urine since it happen to my husband when he came from work this dawn, that a cat maybe disturbed when he passed by in the apartment building where we are staying, that disturbed that the sparying has reached my husband's eyes.

Elderly residents in hospice homes are taken care of by certified nursing assistants, or CNAs. These nurses take classes on safe handling techniques and must pass state and American Red Cross tests to become certified.

you don't die like people say......... i got stung by one a couple weeks ago and just put Clorox bleach on it or gasoline and it will stop the stinging it helped me and it hurts really bad my foot got the size of a baseball where i got stung

my question is, where can I buy Kip burn ointment now?

There is no reason to put an electric shock victim in a shower. As with most first aid issues, the order of operations is as follows: * Don't approach the victim until you're SURE it's safe. With electricity that means you need to KNOW the power is off. * ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circualtion) --- CPR as needed. * Treat the burn, if any, as per first aid guidelines. * If the victim was at any point unconscious, if the burn appears to be more than superficial, or if you aren't sure, transport. I've heard of a wive's tale of patients retaining a residual charge, but I don't see how that could be possible, so additional grounding of the patient (more than them already being on the ground) is not only unnecessary -- how would you get them there without touching them?

Normally it will cost about £5.00 but you would have to get in touch with a charity that will participate, they can cost more or less depending on size.

=We cannot stop blood flow, we can only control it!==To control blood flowing from an injury to the wrist - put some gloves on, wrap a bandage around the wrist to covor the injury, apply pressure to the injury site, elevate the injury higher than the heart and apply pressure to the brachial pressure point.=

My mother called the company who made it (I believe that it was absorbed by Johnson and Johnson) and they sent her the last three pound jars that the company had in stock. We've been using it ever since, but we've been wondering if a compounding pharmacy could make it. In short, the answer is no, and theoretically the last three pounds of it ever went to my mom when she called them.

The minimum supplies that should appear in a first aid kit are sterile bandages, antibiotic ointment, disinfectant, and a device with water to flush substances out of the eye. Other items can be added as needed for specific activities.

Some side effects of wasp poison (that occur after a person has been stung by a wasp) include burning, pain, redness, minor swelling, and itching. A raised welt may also develop.

Severe allergic reactions to wasp poison are relatively rare but can occur. Anaphylaxis occurs when a person's body goes into shock after being stung. Symptoms of this include: severe swelling, hives, difficulty breathing, and lightheadedness. If any of these occur, a person should seek medical attention immediately.

Yes and if you have wash it quickly...keep your mouth open and go to hospital.

for testing,if you mean experimenting I am sure its illegal

Well, after some thought on this subject and some research, the only answer we can expect is as fallows: There are millions and millions of earwigs in the world, if a bite was in anyway serious, there would have to have been an epidemic many long years ago. No vaccinations have been necessary so far.

Go to a dentist. First place the broken tooth into some milk, in a CLEAN cup or CLEAN bottle or CLEAN sandwich bag. Then drive to a dentist. You'd be suprised what they can do. The more whole the milk the better, and soy isn't milk. Just FYI :-)

A 4 year old who hit his head may have caused some injury, but if he is acting okay is not likely to be serious. The lump caused by such an injury will typically feel hard. If the area seems very sensitive the child should be taken to a doctor to make sure there is no skull fracture.

You are talking about the thenar prominence, containing the thenar muscles that control thumb movement. Muscles heal by regeneration, like any other tissue...but this should be closely managed by a specialist physician to prevent serious complications such as paralysis...do not attempt management at home!

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