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First Aid
Journal of rapid health What is the best way to treat burns? Or cut your finger? Or bad blow to the head?
Immediate steps you take in emergencywhether miles deep in the desert, or just a few blocks from the hospital houses can be decisive. "If you are not prepared you feel stressed and stress leads to bad decisions," said Reggie Bennett, the founder of the school of survival Shepherd Mountain Wilderness in Catawba, Va. But that does not mean you can sift through medical texts. Focus is now to know what is most important. Here's our guide to treating common injuries. 8
She stumbled and rolled ankle
Wearing a compression sleeve for the first three days. After a few hours a day to keep her ankles to your heart and ice for 20 minutes in intervals of 40 minutes.
Warning: Rest is the key. HOBBLE around, and you run the risk of further damage to the ligaments.
Ask for help when walking painful or swollen ankles or purple.
You softball head immediately
Ice the area and pay attention are signs of concussion headache, blurred vision, irritability, memory problems, dizziness and sensitivity to light and noise.
Warning: Do not "shake". You're not out of the woods for a few hours.
Ask for help if you have vomiting, fainting, or just feel too dizzy to go.
You open the severed hand
Take a clean cloth and press the wound of 5-10 minutes with hand up. If the bleeding stops, you keep your hands under running water. Then apply an antibiotic ointment or cream and a bandage.
Warning: Do not look! If you release the pressure in the first five minutes, you have to start the clock again.
Ask for help if bleeding does not stop, gaping wound, or is more than 1/2 inch long and extends the joint.
They are burned
Keep the injured skin under lukewarm water. Then hit lose antibiotic cream and bandages.
NOTE: Ice actually slow healing blood flow.
Ask for help if you burn more than 2 cm, or distributed around the joint; the skin is broken or blackened or blisters immediately.
She scratched his hand on the rusty Bank
Clean the cup with warm water and soap. If you can not remember the last time you had a tetanus (or was it more than ten years), head of the clinic.
Note: for the hydrogen peroxide. It can do more damage to your skin.
Ask for help if you grow your hot or red hand.
You have to heat exhaustion
There are headaches, dizziness and nausea? Go to a cool shower or. In front of a fan or air conditioning and moisturizes
Caution: Heat exhaustion can develop into a deadly heat stroke.
Ask for help if you light, you feel bad, too much to drink, to stop sweating or develop a fever or a rapid pulse.
They destroyed and nosebleeds
Tilt your head forward and pinch your nose and hold for 10 to 20 minutes.
Note: Tilt the head back to help you throatful blood. Call for help if it does not end after 20 minutes.
Journal of rapid health What is the best way to treat burns? Or cut your finger? Or bad blow to the head?
Immediate steps you take in emergencywhether miles deep in the desert, or just a few blocks from the hospital houses can be decisive. "If you are not prepared you feel stressed and stress leads to bad decisions," said Reggie Bennett, the founder of the school of survival Shepherd Mountain Wilderness in Catawba, Va. But that does not mean you can sift through medical texts. Focus is now to know what is most important. Here's our guide to treating common injuries. 8
She stumbled and rolled ankle
Wearing a compression sleeve for the first three days. After a few hours a day to keep her ankles to your heart and ice for 20 minutes in intervals of 40 minutes.
Warning: Rest is the key. HOBBLE around, and you run the risk of further damage to the ligaments.
Ask for help when walking painful or swollen ankles or purple.
You softball head immediately
Ice the area and pay attention are signs of concussion headache, blurred vision, irritability, memory problems, dizziness and sensitivity to light and noise.
Warning: Do not "shake". You're not out of the woods for a few hours.
Ask for help if you have vomiting, fainting, or just feel too dizzy to go.
You open the severed hand
Take a clean cloth and press the wound of 5-10 minutes with hand up. If the bleeding stops, you keep your hands under running water. Then apply an antibiotic ointment or cream and a bandage.
Warning: Do not look! If you release the pressure in the first five minutes, you have to start the clock again.
Ask for help if bleeding does not stop, gaping wound, or is more than 1/2 inch long and extends the joint.
They are burned
Keep the injured skin under lukewarm water. Then hit lose antibiotic cream and bandages.
NOTE: Ice actually slow healing blood flow.
Ask for help if you burn more than 2 cm, or distributed around the joint; the skin is broken or blackened or blisters immediately.
She scratched his hand on the rusty Bank
Clean the cup with warm water and soap. If you can not remember the last time you had a tetanus (or was it more than ten years), head of the clinic.
Note: for the hydrogen peroxide. It can do more damage to your skin.
Ask for help if you grow your hot or red hand.
You have to heat exhaustion
There are headaches, dizziness and nausea? Go to a cool shower or. In front of a fan or air conditioning and moisturizes
Caution: Heat exhaustion can develop into a deadly heat stroke.
Ask for help if you light, you feel bad, too much to drink, to stop sweating or develop a fever or a rapid pulse.
They destroyed and nosebleeds
Tilt your head forward and pinch your nose and hold for 10 to 20 minutes.
Note: Tilt the head back to help you throatful blood. Call for help if it does not end after 20 minutes.
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