First Aid

First, consider getting someone to do it for you -- it's really hard to do this in a mirror. Only tiny splinters should be addressed -- big ones may require medical attention to prevent scarring. Avoid the areas around the eyes. Gently wash the area of the face with soap and water. Get bright, direct light on the subject. Then you can probe with tweezers, and by simply looking for the reflection off the glass. Remove the glass by gently wiping with gauze, so it traps in the gauze, or with tweezers. Be careful not to squeeze hard and break the glass more. Afterwards, apply a gentle antiseptic. You probably won't get them all at first. While glass can exist in the body without causing a reaction, you'll find that a lot of the glass fragments will express to the skin surface over the next month or so, without any help from you. If you fear that large pieces are embedded, especially near muscle or neural tissue, get your doc to remove them for you.

Address and wounds or make sure skin is intact, clean and dry. Apply a stockinette extending it 3 inches beyond what your cast length would be. Apply the felt, making sure there are no wrinkles, apply the casting material, allowing it to dry for the specified amount of time, and follow with the ace wrap, fold the stockinette back over the rough edges of the cast to make a neat package. Check for comfort and check pulses and movement and color. Provide patient and family education and cast care.

Sores inside your nose could be caused by allergy irritations, using medications such as inhaled nasal steroids, or other substances, or these could be due to infected hair follicles. Also, excessive picking or trauma to the nose from using tissue can cause sores to occur. If you remove the offending causes and the sores remain and do not get well, then they could be a more serious infections such as viral or bacterial infections (such as a staph infection). In this case you should see your health care provider for additional treatment.

I have been on the z-pak for 4 days. But my nose has been so sore I have been putting Vicks in it several times a day. Should I atop?

A first aid officer is another term for a qualified first aider. In some institutions, the term first aid officer is given to a person of higher qualification than an occupational first aider, namely Emergency First Responders.

A pocket guide is the term used to describe a small reference book that is easy to carry with you when you are away from home. Such guides may help you to identify birds and wildlife or it may contain essential outdoor skills.

The first step is always Control bleeding. This is most typically and easily accomplished by direct pressure to the wound. I see that you've listed this question in the AIDS and HIV categories, so it's a good idea for me to mention that rescuers need to always properly control exposure to antigens or infection -- so gloves and perhaps a face shield may be called for.

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Conscious permission is called "Consent".

get some ice and rap it in glad rap if you have tried that try getting a wet towel lie on your back and go to sleep and make sure you stay on your back or your stomach (if your on your somach put the wet towel under your face)and when you wake up the swelling should have gone down if not go to a doctor.

get some ice and rap it in glad rap if you have tried that try getting a wet towel lie on your back and go to sleep and make sure you stay on your back or your stomach (if your on your somach put the wet towel under your face)and when you wake up the swelling should have gone down if not go to a doctor.

Listen for breathing sounds coming out of the mouth and nose. Look for other body movements down the long axis of the body. Note skin color as well for an additional indicator. Look, listen and feel are the key points.

Make your victim a vegemite sandwitch. This is a very salty austrailian peanut butter that triggers a gag reflex to most native taste buds. For added results sprinkle on some salt and hide some peppermints in the vegemite.

It would most likely come out in your poop, but you might not see it because it could be inside the poop.

you can tell if your elbow is broken or not if you can straighten or bend it all the way,if you can not do that then it might be . A sprain hurts more than a break. Also, if your elbow is swollen, has a bruise, or if you can't move it all the way normally, it may be broken. The elbow is a bone that you can move a little if it is broke. You should ice it, have pain killers, etc. If this isn't enough afer 3 days or so, you should see a doctor, get xrays, etc. good luck....

Just eat a bunch of semi sweet chocolate chips and orange juice. The chemicals will mix in with your stomach acids and BAM! vomit.

yea that really does work so does milk if u drink alot of it

hemostasis

Because there is a flap in your throat that covers the appropriate passage at the appropriate time.

Ex: When you are eating, the flap usually covers the trachea.

However, if you are laughing while eating, the flap can get very confused and may cover the esophagus instead of the trachea, allowing food to go down it.

I hope this helped~

The main purpose of a pig is a food source. Pigs are used for a variety of food products such as ham, bacon, pork chops, and more.

With a head injury you should have hospital treatment as soon as possible due to the fact that there may be skull damage. its been sometime since the incident then contact your Doctor first and they can refer for further investigation

The liver is extremely vascular, meaning LOTS of blood flows thru it. If it gets ruptured you have about an hour I would guess. Your body does a lot to stop blood from leaving the body, but without surgery you're a goner. Other than the pain of the injury, its not a bad way to go. You lose blood and just go to sleep...and of course never wake up...which is a bummer.

Each bone has a tough, smooth, shiny substance that covers the end. This substance that covers the ends of bones is called cartilage.

A good place to store your first aid kit is some where you will remember like under your bed under your sink in a cabinet.

Do 5 back blows (Hitting on the infants back when they are face down between your legs angled downwards), and then 5 chest compressions (baby on its back on your legs that are together pushing down) with two fingers on the middle of the sternum (breastbone between the breast). Do this until the choking infant coughs up the object. You should only do this if you are trained and certified in CPR and First Aide.

If you are in a situation where you are the only person available, and you need to move the person immediately, you use the drag carry.

Stand behind the person's head, and use their clothing to drag them backward, supporting their head and neck for as little movement as possible.

Remember, this is only in an emergency situation where they must be moved immediately. Doing this can result in severe spinal injury aggravation resulting in paralysis or impaired motor function, so if at all possible you should wait for a second rescuer with equipment, or an ambulance.

If someone got bitten by a venomous snake, another pioneer would take a knife and cut an "x" at the bite location. They would then suck out the blood and hopefully the poison. Sometimes this worked and sometimes this didn't.
If it didn't work the victim would most likely die. If they happen to be lucky enough to survive, the body part that was bitten would normally have to be amputated. If they were bitten on their core, death was almost certain.

To check for responsiveness verbally announce your presence and ask if you are OK. If they don't answer try a painful stimuli. Painful stimuli include squeezing the muscle at the shoulder or pushing on the pressure point behind the ear. No response to painful stimuli then check the Carotid Pulse on the neck. No pulse, begin CPR.