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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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Is ice good for eyes poked with stick?
Ice is good for the bruising of any surrounding tissue, like the orbit of the eye. If the eye itself was damaged, this calls for the ER. For those first aiders who hit the back country and don't always have access to an ER, use a dressing to cover and immobilize there eye with (this is important) NO pressure on the eyeball itself. Examine frequently. If signs of infection appear, begin a course of antibiotics, and head for home. The problem the first-aider deals with when addressing eye injuries is that the sclera -- the white of the eye -- has very little innervation, so the victim (who often thinks the eye itself is sensitive) may feel no pain even if an injury occurs. So you'll have to rely on observation.
What are the side-effects of swallowing a small amount of stain remover?
I can't answer this exactly as you've not told me the kind of stain remover. However, I am not aware of any stain remover that is safe at all. As such, I have two recommendations for you: * Call the emergency number listed on the container. * Call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222. They're a nationwide no-cost service that handles this question expertly -- all day, every day. Whichever you choose, I'd call one or the other NOW.
What do you do if you scraped skin off finger?
Stop the bleeding with pressure and go to the ER for stitches.
Bilateral aid is when one country gives aid to another country.
eg. Britain giving money to Ghana to build schools
You cut your finger off just below the nail how long before it heals?
If a person cut off their finger below the nail, there is not a recorded time for how long the healing process may take. Depending on the injury, the wound may not fully heal aside from regrowth of skin. A doctor should be able to advise more about this based on the severity of the cut.
What is a late symptom of shock?
Last symptoms of shock are depressed body functions; low pulse, low heart rate, shallow breathing, unresponsive.
Digital in this context is referring to your fingers, your digits. Digital pressure is pressing on something with your fingertips, to stop bleeding or hold something in place for instance.
What does the phrase cut a swath mean?
A swath is the width of cut made by a scythe. The phrase, "To cut a swath" means then to cut a path, reap anything in your path down, etc. It can even mean, to make a big impression.
This question is very vague. What kind of open wound? Any open wound that needs stitching means attending hospital. If stitches are not needed, then normal first-aid will do: Wash the wound with an antiseptic solution, cover with a sterile pad, bandage or use a plaster. Change the covering in a day or two, until healed.
How many liters are in the air?
The Wikipedia uses the value of 5.14×1018 kg (5 140 gigatonnes) for the mass of the Earth's atmosphere. Every 22. 4 liters will weigh about 30g (1 g-mol air = about 30 g = 22.4 liters)
There would be 22.4 x (5.14 ×1021/ 30) liters of air (about 4 x 1021 liters) at STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure).
However, the Earth's atmosphere varies in temperature and pressure as you travel from 0 miles to 60 miles above sea level. Pressure is noticeably different in the mountains (a few miles above sea level) so that cooking instructions must be changed. This is even more pronounced by the time one reaches the stratosphere at 5-10 miles altitude.
Moreover, the air we breathe does not circulate much above the tropopause. So a closer, though still incorrect, approximation to your question (using the same Wikipedia numbers) would be to assume the air we breathe goes up 11 km in altitude (tropopause varies from 7-17 km above sea level; using a lower than middle number to account for some of the drop in pressure and for mountains) over 197 million square miles of Earth's surface area. This makes a total of
1.3x10^9 mi^3 (cubic miles) [WolframAlpha.com]
of space, or
5.6 × 1021 litersup to the tropopause. Air has stopped acting as we understand air near the ground to act by this height; but let's compute the height at the exobase (the height at which air ceases to act like a fluid because the particles are so far apart). At 60 miles times 197 million square miles that would total4.9x10^22 liters.
What does RICE stand for in physical or sporting sporting activities?
Rest it
Ice it to stop the swelling
Compression - bandage it to help prevent swelling
Elevation - raise the effected area so that it is higher than the heart, to keep swelling to a minimum.
the order of first aid for injuries such as bruises, sprains, and strains, often acquired during sporting activities.
alt. meaning:
R est
I mmobilize
C old
E levate
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Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevate
It depends on the severity of the fracture; often the first line of treatment is immobilization via use of a splint or cast for 6-8 weeks to see if the fracture will heal on its own. However, sometimes the pieces of bone migrate too far away from each other to come back together and there is a risk of the bone fragments embedding in the tendon and causing damage to the connective tissue. If this is a concern, then your orthopedist may recommend a partial sesamoidectomy (just to remove the broken one) or a complete sesamoidectomy (removing both the fractured one and the unharmed one to allow unhindered joint movement, or in the rare case of a double fracture).
What is the most important aid to recovery from arthroplasty?
Physical therapy will begin immediately to improve strength and range of motion; it is the most important aid to recovery and may continue for several months.
What type of bandage do you have to used when somebody is having a head injury?
What is the first aid for drinking cologne?
- Save the cologne- Read and follow any first aid directions listed if ingested
- If there are no directions, call either 911 or poison control (1-800-222-1222)
- DO NOT attempt to throw up unless directed to do so by poison control.
What kind of poison is in apricots?
One of the cyanide variants -- believe it's potassium cyanide, but it only occurs in the germ inside the hard seed coating, called "almond of apricot", so you'd have to break the hard shell to get at it. The flesh of the apricot doesn't contain toxins, althouhg -- moderation in all things.
Do not cover fingers and toes!
How do you get a ring that is stuck on your finger off?
Put it in cold water, it will shrink your finger if it is swollen at all.
Make sure you are wiggling the ring as you try to take it off. Put some lotion on your hand and try again- this will make your finger and the ring slipperier.
If you cannot get the ring off, it means that your finger has gotten larger or the ring has gotten smaller. Think about where you were when you put the ring on. Possibly you have moved to a drastically colder place, causing the metal to contract. If this is the case, try to warm your hand up. Possibly you moved to a drastically warmer place, causing you to sweat, and your fingers to swell a little bit. If this is the case, try to cool your hand down.
One method is to work a piece of string under the ring, the long end toward the end of your finger and the short end, enough to get a good grip on toward the knuckle. Then wrap the long end around and around your finger tightly past the first knuckle, the one you can't get past. Pulling on the short end of the string toward the end of the finger should unwind the string as if it was coming off a spool of thread. This circular motion will walk the ring up the finger and over the knuckle to freedom.
How to Remove a Ring That's Stuck on a Finger?
Maybe that ring's been on your finger for a mighty long time. Or perhaps the hot weather has caused your fingers to swell. Here's how to ease a ring off.
Instructions
Soak your hand in ice-cold water if it is swollen. Wait 5 to 10 minutes for the swelling to recede.
Apply lubricant around the ring and up the length of your finger. Hand lotion, dishwashing liquid or olive oil will do the trick.
Twist the ring as you slowly work it up and over the knuckle. You may need to apply some force to get it over the first knuckle. Make sure to twist, not tug.
If the ring still won't budge, visit a doctor to have it removed.
Tips & Warnings
If you're experiencing swelling from an injury, it is important to remove any rings before the swelling worsens, because the rings might cut off the finger's blood supply.
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What not to do when someone has a cardiac arrest?
When someone has a cardiac arrest, Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) them. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) a life-sustaining act that has various techniques to restore the heartbeat or breathing. Patients with serious infections/cancer patients have no chance of recovery after CPR. On the other hand, patients survived after CPR end up with brain damage/disabilities. All these factors brought the DNR orders in 1970s into use. As per the DNR order, no one should perform CPR if the patient's heartbeat or breathing stops.
Could over stretching increase chance of injury?
Of course. If you damage tissue in the course of your warm-up, you're going to be playing with -- damaged tissue -- which is a lot easier to harm. In all things, moderation :}
How do you stop the itch from seed tick bites?
Clean area with lye soap and apply Caladryl Clear lotion. Works instantly.
If you press ur sliced finger wound togather dose it make your wound heal faster?
In essence, yes it would.
When a wound heals, collagen fibres are generated which bind the skin together. The closer the edges of a wound are, the less work the body has to do to bridge the gap.
Bear in mind that this isn't a two minute process and can take at least a few days. Therefore butterfly stitches or tissue adhesive are probably the best treatment for a reasonably sized cut to ensure you're not sitting there all day holding it!
