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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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What is heat and cold wave and also the first aid for it?
A HEAT WAVE is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave; the term is relative to the usual weather in the area. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be termed a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.The term is applied both to routine weather variations and to extraordinary spells of heat which may occur only once a century. Severe heat waves have caused catastrophic crop failures, thousands of deaths from hyperthermia, and widespread power outages due to increased use of air conditioning.
A cold wave is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by marked cooling of the air, or attention due to the hazards of tissue damage and organ failure. They can cause death and injury to livestock and wildlife. Exposure to cold mandates greater caloric intake for all animals, including humans, and if a cold wave is accompanied by heavy and persistent snow, grazing animals may be unable to reach needed food and die of hypothermia or starvation. They often necessitate the purchase of foodstuffs at considerable cost to farmers to feed livestock.
Extreme winter cold often causes poorly insulated water pipelines and mains to freeze. Even some poorly-protected indoor plumbing ruptures as water expands within them, causing much damage to property and costly insurance claims. Demand for electrical power and fuels rises dramatically during such times, even though the generation of electrical power may fail due to the freezing of water necessary for the generation of hydroelectricity. Some metals may become brittle at low temperatures. Motor vehicles may fail as antifreeze fails and motor oil gels, resulting even in the failure of the transportation system. To be sure, such is more likely in places like Siberia and much of Canada that customarily get very cold weather.
Fires, paradoxically, become even more of a hazard during extreme cold. Water mains may break and water supplies may become unreliable, making firefighting more difficult. The air during a cold wave is typically more dense and any cold air that a fire draws in is likely to cause a more intense fire because the colder, denser air contains more oxygen.
Winter cold waves that aren't considered cold in some areas, but cause temperatures significantly below average for an area, are also destructive. Areas with subtropical climates may recognize unusual cold, perhaps barely-freezing, temperatures, as a cold wave. In such places, plant and animal life is less tolerant of such cold as may appear rarely. The same winter temperatures that one associates with the norm for Kentucky, northern Utah, or Bavaria would be catastrophic to winter crops in southern Florida, southern Arizona, or southern Italy that might be grown for wintertime consumption farther north, or to such all-year tropical or subtropical crops as citrus fruits. Likewise, abnormal cold waves that penetrate into tropical countries in which people do not customarily insulate houses or have reliable heating may cause hypothermia and even frostbite.
COLD WAVES bring unexpected freezes and frosts during the growing season in mid-latitude zones can kill plants during the early and most vulnerable stages of growth, resulting in crop failure as plants are killed before they can be harvested economically. Such cold waves have caused famines. At times as deadly to plants as drought, cold waves can leave a land in danger of later brush and forest fires that consume dead biomass. One extreme was the so-called Year Without a Summer of 1816, one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
Countermeasures
In some places (like Siberia), extreme cold requires that fuel-powered machinery to be used even part-time must be run continuously. Internal plumbing can be wrapped, and persons can often run water continuously through pipes. Energy conservation, difficult as it is in a cold wave, may require such measures as collecting people (especially the poor and elderly) in communal shelters. Even the homeless may be arrested and taken to shelters, only to be released when the hazard abates.[1] Hospitals can prepare for the admission of victims of frostbite and hypothermia; schools and other public buildings can be converted into shelters.
People can stock up on food, water, and other necessities before a cold wave. Some may even choose to migrate to places of milder climates, at least during the winter. Suitable stocks of forage can be secured before cold waves for livestock, and livestock in vulnerable areas might be shipped from affected areas or even slaughtered. Smudge pots can bring smoke that prevents hard freezes on a farm or grove. Vulnerable crops may be sprayed with water that will paradoxically protect the plant
What does lemon juice squeezed directly from the lemon do to cuts?
It hurts and has the potential of destroying or damaging more cells. THe active ingredient here is ascorbic acid, aka vitamin C. Its pH is low enough that it can actually delicate damage cells exposed by a wound. While the low pH has a very slight antiseptic effect, the damage it does outweighs its usefulness in a first aid context.
What can you do to speed up the healing process of a pulled muscle in the lower back?
*shrugs* I don't know, but good q.
Does pubic hair traps vaginal secretions which enhance sexual arousal?
Yes. The mons pubis is covered by pubic hair which has the distinctive sexual function of trapping the scent of a woman's vaginal secretions thus enhancing sexual arousal
When can someone return to play after suffering heat stroke?
right after they heal if they don't die first.
Which acronym refers to the highest level of expertise for tumor registrar?
The acronym that refers to the highest level of expertise for tumor registrar is CTR. CTR stands for certified tumor registrar. The certified tumor registrar credentials sets the standard for professional excellence in the cancer registry.
Should you have your leg X-rayed if it hurts to put pressure on it after an accident?
After a car accident, it's common for aches and pains to appear all over the body, and last for a week or two. Often they'll heal on their own. At the time, your body -- seatbelt or not -- decelerates from your travelling speed, down to zero, often over just a few feet. Deceleration is absorbed by your body rather like a shock absorber. That said, it's worth a call to the doctor to ask this question. It's very hard to say without such an exam if the deceleration was absorbed by muscle tissue, joints, or by the breaking of bones or internal blood vessels. And I can't tell much more without knowing how fast you were travelling, how you hit, etc. Call your doc and let her make this call.
The wound must first be cleaned with soap and water and patted dry. After the antibiotic is applied, the wound should be covered with a dressing such as a bandage or a protective gel or spray.
Can an unconscious person turn over?
An unconscious person cannot willfully turn themselves over.
However, an unconscious patient should be placed on their side in the recovery position, provided there is no clinical evidence of a cervical spine injury that may compromise life. This position allows any vomit to clear from the patient's airway, and to avoid the tongue falling back and potentially causing an airway blockage.
Do not apply moist heat or vigorously rub the muscles. Rest and replenishing electrolytes should resolve the problem. However, if heat cramps do not improve within 1 to 2 hours, call your doctor or visit an ER.
If you made a tear in your anus from from toy play what should you do?
This is called an anal fissure, and it must be treated by a doctor before it gets infected or gets any larger.
How do you heal my crusty ear lobe back to normal?
you cna try washing it every night and it will go back to normal after 2 weeks
Why should you not prick any blister on your skin?
Blisters should not be pricked unless they are painful. Basically, a blister is when the top layer of skin is damaged, and your body's reaction is to "replace" the skin with new skin. You'll notice that the blister is filled with liquid if you puncture it, and that's because the water helps the new layer of skin "develop". The new layer skin is vulnerable and opening up the blister during the healing process opens up the wound area to infection and can slow the process.
Awareness campaign strategy among illiterates for first aid
One of the ideal strategy for awareness campaign for first aid among illiterates is that going to each and every illiterate and tell them to keep first aid kit and a manual of first aid whenever situation demands first aid an educated person around them should be called who would take requisite action as mentioned in manual. If injury is serious and first aid is not adequate in that case medical care shall be consulted.
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What do you do if child eats washing powder?
Call the local poison center if you have a child who consumes soap of any type. The poison center will need to have you read labels from the soap product to them. If this is a continual problem see help from a pediatrician. There are some children who will repeatedly eat soaps. They need special help from the doctor. Keep the poison center phone number on the refrigerator.
How long does it take for a fractured finger to heal?
Finger Fracture
A bone fracture is a broken or cracked bone. Finger fractures can be especially painful because the fingers bend. Finger fractures are very common because the bones are small and the fingers are used a lot, which makes them prone to injuries. It is important to have a finger fracture treated by a doctor. A finger fracture that does not heal properly can cause lifelong pain and dysfunction in the finger. The finger bones must allign correctly in order to function properly without pain.
A doctor analyzes a finger fracture injury with an X-ray, so that he can see the extent of the damage. Most finger fractures are not serious and can be treated without surgery. The doctor uses his hands to push the bone into place and give it the proper alignment. The finger is placed in a splint to keep the bone properly aligned. The splint is usually worn for three weeks while the bone heals. Generally after three weeks, the bone is strong enough that the splint can be removed, but the bone does not fully heal to its original state for a few months. Evidence of the fracture may be noticeable on X-ray for a few years. Fractures that are serious, may need surgical intervention to set the bone back into place. The surgery is performed by an orthopedic surgeon. During the surgery, pins are inserted into the bone to hold it in proper alignment. The recovery time after surgery varies greatly depending on the injury and the invasiveness of the surgery.
The body has an amazing ability to heal. The body heals fractured bones in three steps.
1) Inflammation: The site of the injury swells. The inflammation is caused by an increased amount of blood flow. The body increases blood flow to the area to bring immune system cells to the area. The cells remove damaged tissue from the area.
2) Repair: After the injured area is cleaned out of damaged tissue, the body starts building external callus. External callus is a temporary growth of bone structure. At first the external callus is weak and prone to injury. As the external callus grows, it calcifies and becomes stronger. The external callus stabilizes the injury site.
3) Restoration: After the external callus is formed, the body works on building brand new bone. The body absorbs the external callus as it builds fresh new bone.
Younger people heal and build new bone faster than older people do.
Why should an unresponsive victim be placed on the side?
Its called the lateral recumbent position or recovery position. If they are placed on their side, assuming they have a pulse and patent (open) airway, then they wont choke on their tounge or vomit.
Positioning them on their side also prevents the abdomen from squishing the organs.
If a spinal injury is suspected they need to be kept supine (on their back) and suction will have to be used to clear an airway.
