First Aid

fibula tibula

When a person is unconscious (but breathing and pulse are present) they can be placed in the recovery position. There are a few aims for this, they are:

1. It is a comfortable position for the patient.
2. The airway can remain open (making breathing possible).
3. Any vomit can be drained from the mouth (the person will not choke on his/her vomit).
4. The person can not fall (as he/she is already on the floor).
5. There is room for the chest to rise and fall during breathing.

Well first, if it's broken you will be bruised, swollen and unable to walk.

If you sprained it it'll be about the same as fractured, which means pain, but DO NOT continue walking on it, because it will get worse. Go see a doctor and get xrays.

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A wasp sting is not acidic but a bee sting is. A wasp sting is actually pH 10 alkali so if you had a wasp sting and put some fizzy drink on it, it SHOULD help because fizzy drinks are pH 4 and it should balance it out.

An AED will cost about $1000; and will go up in price based on the unit capability and options.

Fibrinogen (a protein found in the plasma of your blood) makes a sticky glue-material that covers the open wound, which is basically what makes up a scab. Whatever bacteria that have entered your blood stream are fought with your leukocytes, or white blood cells, and antigens.

There are 26 bones in your foot so there are many joints in your foot. A sprain is a damaging of ligaments or muscles in a joint so since there are so many joints in your foot it is easily possible to sprain your foot.

sugar can haelp your wound because the sugar gos ddown into your skin like when it melts on your tounge when you eat it and when it gos into your skin it clears it up or heals it in other words

After the compressions, look in the mouth and if you see the object, sweep it out. If not, attempt to ventilate again; if breaths don't go in, repeat: compressions, look, sweep if object seen, and attempt to ventilate.

There are trained professionals who can be called when somebody is sick or injured, but if the average person knows first aid and CPR, hurt, sick, or dying people can receive life-saving care much faster.

Some injuries or illnesses can also be treated without professional care if the average person knows enough first aid to handle it alone.

Yes it's very possible and quite common because compressing the chest is an unnatural movement. If a rib or two break, please do not stop CPR as this is an injury that can be repaired later, your priority is giving the patient a chance at survival.

The carpals articulate distally with the ulna. The carpals are also known as the wrist bones.

You should never use lotions or oitments or butters or anything like that on a burn of any sort. If it is a first degree, or relatively minor burn, you can apply aloe vera on, which is a cooling gel, but if there is any blistering, or if the skin looks charred, then you need to either call 911 or you need to visit the local hospital before you apply anything to it. Also, if the burn appears that it is infected, then you also will need to call either 911 or visit your local hospital.

Typically you would use a heat pack (or hot water bottle etc) for a muscle injury. If you have pulled a muscle, hot (or cold) treatment will soothe the area

a frist aid kit weigh about 1pound

Depending on how big the glass shard is, you'll notice recurrrent sharp pain at the site, as you move or are touched. On examination, you'll find a entry wound where the glass entered (unless the wound is very old and has healed over). The area around the wound will be reddended and sensitive. When probing the wound, you'll feel a very shapr pain whenever the probe touchs the glass. Glass will show up on xray, although not very well (some glass is "leaded" -- lead is chemically bonded to the glass compound ---leaded glass is easily discernable on xrays). Glass will also show up clearly on MRI scans. As far as you human body is concerned, glass is inert, so it won't change, discolor or dissolve into your system over time.

It really depends on what metacarpal(s) were broken and how severe the break(s) are.

A boxer's fracture is the fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal. The 4th is the ring finger and the 5th is the pinky. I recently broke my fifth metacarpal. I will spend 4 weeks in a cast, two more weeks in a brace and then another six weeks of self rehabilitation to everything to get back to normal.

If you are interested in helping others in emergency situations, I recommend taking a First Aid training course. Some places you can get that is local community colleges, the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association.

When you get older, you become less capable of doing things. Running gets harder, lots of things get harder. Your bones get weaker.

Depends on the concentration of the bleach you inhaled. A little whiff won't do harm. Lengthy exposure to high concentration bleach can damage the airway and lungs quite severely. In all but very extreme cases, this would present as a nasty, productive chest cold, or pneumonia. A chest xray might show lesions as well. Extreme cases may cause blood to appear in the sputum -- what you cough up. If you see blood, go to the ER. Usually, one brief exposure to breathing household bleach will not cause significant damage -- usually. However, it's wise to only use bleach in a well-ventilated environment.

You need to wash the affected area immediately with soap and water, then you need to make certain that your tetanus shot is current. If not you should cover the wound with a clean dry piece of gauze and seek medical attention for a tetanus booster shot to protect you.

You would want to make a splint to keep the finger from moving and then ice it. Popsickle sticks taped to the finger work as great splints.