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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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If the tick remains attached to the host (you, your pet, etc.) and is alive, the best thing to do is use tweezers to gently and firmly graspt the tick's thorax (the thickest part of the body) and ease the intact tick out of the wound. Some people use mineral or baby oil as a lubricant for this purpose, but this isn't necessary. Gradual, slow, contiunuous pull should be exerted, and it may take a few minutes. Once the tick is out, apply an antiseptic. If you accidentally break the tick, extracting the head is very difficult. You are faced with a procedure that may do more harm than good (as now intrusive techniques -- needle, scapel, etc.) are required, or simply leaving the tick head in place, and applying an antiseptic, and a bandaid. Eventually, the body will decompose part of the remaining tick head, and express out the remainder. I generally recommend the later method. If you choose that, observe the wound at least daily for signs of infection. Note that methods like using a cigarette to heat the tick so it burrows out doesn't work, and typically kills the tick while still embedded in the wound. Addition of alcohol and other chemicals will typically cause the same unfortunate result, and are not recommended.
Probably a bruised bone
How should a burn be treated on a fracture limb?
Dress and bandage the burn before the limb is splinted.
What precautions should be taken if a toenail falls off?
If you lose a nail, it needs to be cleaned, disinfected and wrapped in a clean dressing. Change the dressing and disinfect daily. After a week or so, it should have started to heal over. If not, seek medical attention.
What results when crystals form in the fluids and underlying tissues of the skin?
Frostbite does. In severe cases it can cause the tissue and bone to fall off.
What is the name to the song that you sing when you do CPR?
"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees. With a BPM of 103 it is the perfect rate to retain and maintain a CPR rate.
How would you describe the potential consequences of wound contamination?
a working understanding of the impact this type of feeding will have on indiviuals
You probely broke it
Why do you need to raise your feet higher than the head of a person who fainted?
Actually, what you are probably referring to is the first aid advice for helping a person who has fainted by raising THEIR feet higher than THEIR head to allow more blood to get to their brain.
yes, yes it can, becauase alcohol is bad for you. stop drinking man.
What is the meaning of abc in first aid?
The meaning of ABC is: A = airway B= breathing C= circulation.
How does glucose help the patient recover?
The very first thing one should do in an emergency situation is?
Check for any danger around the affected people/object to avoid doing damage to yourself.
Petroleum based hence the term Petroleum Jelly. The most common water based product is KY and you can buy it just about anywhere. While KY is normally used as a "sexual lubricant" it is actually intended to be a medical product and yes its used in the medical profession.
What is the role of the NAAK Mark 1 in helping you survive a nerve agent attack?
The NAAK contains autoinjectors of atropine and pralidoxime. The are antagonists of the actions of GA, GB, GD and VX nerve agents. VX, for example, is an organophosphate (also used as an insect toxin). It is an acetylcholinesterase (ACE) inhibitor. The body secretes ACE to "turn off" muscles by dissolving acetylcholine, the conductor that makes muscles contract.
ACE inhibitor toxins work by causing supercontractions of the muscles, most notably the diaphragm. This causes death by asphyxia.
Prompt delivery of the contents of the NAAK may stave off the effects of these chemical agents.
Note that the NAAK is ineffective against other agents like chlorine gas.
How do I treat an iliotibial injury?
The best way to treat an iliotibial injury is to rest. Then you can ice the affected area. Next you want to compress the area with an ace bandage and then elevate the leg to reduce the inflammation.
fireman's carry
Is aed ready to shook as soon as turned on?
The AED is ready for use when it is turned on. However, it will not shock until it determines there is a need to shock.
Not necessarily. If you have difficulity breathing, see your doctor. If it's broken, it will need to be set to heal properly.
Apply cool water to the affected area
What can you do for a spider bite?
I had a spider bite last summer. Although I cleaned it thoroughly, it got very ugly looking. It was at the base of my index finger in the web...I likely gripped a handle and the spider was underneath.
The next day, it swelled and looked like several blisters, but they were hard. I went to the doctor and she told me there was NOTHING you can do for a spider bite except keep it clean. She said the toxin has already killed the skin.
It took a couple of weeks, but the blister-like swelling subsided and there is no scarring or other indication at the wound site.
