Good morning to all of you
Welcome to the awareness programmeand medical camp
Today we will discuss some of the health issues faced by us and the
precautions to prevent it
We will also discuss the first Aid to be taken in different situations
Let me start
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First Aid
First aid is the immediate care a sick or injured person gets.
In some cases, it may be the only care a person needs.
In others, first aid is a way to prevent a person's condition from
worsening and keep them alive untilparamedicsarrive or they
are taken to the hospital
.
First Aid
First Aid for Bleeding
What to Do
Put on disposable gloves if you have them. This will protect you from
infectious diseases likeviralhepatitisandHIV/AIDSthat can be spread
in a person’s blood.
Rinse the wound with water.
Cover the wound with a gauze or cloth (e.g., towel, blanket, clothing).
Apply direct pressure to stop the flow of blood and encourage clotting (when blood naturally thickens to stop blood loss).
Elevate the bleeding body part above the person’s heart if you can.
Once bleeding has stopped, put a clean bandage on the wound.
Get medical help if:
The wound is deep.
The wound has widely separated sides.
The injury oozes blood after pressure has been applied
.
The injury is from an animal or human bite.
The injury is a puncture, burn, orelectrical injury.
You think there is arterial bleeding.
Blood is soaking through the bandages.
The bleeding is not stopping.
First Aid for Choking
Chokinghappens when a person’s windpipe (trachea) gets blocked by food or an object.
It is a serious event that can lead to unconsciousness or even death
.
Signs of choking include:
Gagging, gasping, or wheezing
Inability to talk or make noise
Turning blue in the face
Grabbing at the throat
Waving arms
Looking panicked
What to Do
If someone is choking, you should know how to use theHeimlich maneuver.
Here are the steps:
Stand behind the person and lean them slightly forward.
Put your arms around their waist.
Clench your fist and place it between their belly button (navel) and rib cage.
Grab your fist with your other hand.
Pull your clenched fist sharply backward and upward under the person’s rib cage in five quick
thrusts
Repeat until the object is coughed up.
First Aid for Burns
The first step totreating a burnis to stop the burning process.
This might mean:
Cleaning upchemicals
Turning offelectricity
Coolingheatwith running water
Covering up or taking a person insideout of the sun
What to Do
Major burns need emergency medical attention.Once you’ve stopped the
burning process, Rush to hospital.
For burns that are not an emergency, you can take these first aid steps:
Flush the burned area with cool running water for several minutes. Do not
use ice.
Apply a light gauze bandage. If the burn is minor, you can put on an
ointment, like aloe vera, before you cover it.
Take Motrin (ibuprofen) or Tylenol (acetaminophen) for pain relief if you
need it.
Do not break any blisters that form.
First Aid for Fracture
Any injury to your limbs, hands, and feet needs to betreated as a
broken boneuntil an X-ray can be done.
While broken bones or fractures do need medical treatment, they do
not all require an emergency trip to the hospital.
First aid steps can help stabilize the bone until you can see a healthcare
provider.
What to Do
In some cases, you will need emergency medical care to deal with a broken
bone.
The person is bleeding a lot, is unresponsive, is not breathing, or has more
than one injury.
You think a person has a fracture or other serious injury in their spinal
column, head, hip, pelvis, or thigh. In this case, do not move the person.
A broken bone is poking through the skin (open or compound fracture
)
The area below an injured joint feels cold and clammy or looks bluish.
You cannot keep the injury from moving well enough to transport the
person.
First Aid for Sprains
Asprainis an injury to the connective tissues that hold
bones,cartilage, and joints together (ligaments).
Sprains are most often caused when the twisting of a joint
overstretches or tears these tissues.
They tend to happen in the ankles, knees, and wrists.
The symptoms of a sprain are similar to those of a broken bone.
A person will need to
have an X-rayto figure out which injury they
have.
What to Do
The first thing to do is make sure that the injured person stops any
unnecessary activity, as moving can make the injury worse.
However, you should get immediate medical care if the injured person:
Has severe pain when they move or are touched
If emergency care is not needed, follow these first aid steps:
Keep the limb as still as possible.
Apply a cold pack
.
Elevate the injured part if you can do so safely.
Use NSAIDs for pain.
First Aid for Bee Stings
Bee stingscan hurt a lot but are only a minor problem for many people.
Signs of an allergic reaction to a sting include:
Swelling away from the area that was stung
Flushing
Hives (raised, large red or skin-colored bumps)
Itching
What to Do
get the person to the hospital if they have signs of an allergic reaction
to a bee sting.
In someone without a known bee allergy, watch for signs of an allergy
while you’re performing first aid:
Wash the area with soap and water.
Use a cold pack to help with the swelling at the site; however, do not
apply ice directly to the skin.
First Aid for Snake Bite
ABCs of First Aid
If someone isunconsciousor unresponsive, the basic principle of first aid
that you need to know isABC:airway, breathing,andcirculation.
•Airway:If someone’s not breathing, the first thing you need to do isopen
their airway.
•Breathing:If you have cleared a person’s airway but they’restill not
breathing,provide rescue breathing.
•Circulation:As you are doing rescue breathing,perform chest
compressionsto keep the person’s blood circulating.
•If the person is not responsive, check their pulse.
•If their heart has stopped,provide chest compressions.
First Aid for a Stopped Heart
What to Do
If you think someone is in cardiac arrest, there are four steps you can
take to help them.
Find a person nearby. Make eye contact, point to them
Start doing chest compressions on the person who needs help
Keep going until someone with more training arrives.
Ifyou’re trained in CPR,
you can use chest compressions and rescue
breathing.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is used on someone with cardiac
arrest. This is when the heart stops beating, causing the person to
collapse, lose consciousness, and stop breathing.
By applying external pressure on the chest, you can manually pump the
heart and keep blood flowing until emergency help arrives. CPR can be
performed on people of any age.
CPR is needed when a person has the four signs of cardiac arrest:
The person has collapsed.
The person is non- responsive.
Breathing has stopped.
There is nopulse
.
CPR
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Good health pratices
Sunlight viewing(5-10 mins) in the morning for better circadian rhythm.
Weightloss-Calorie deficit,15xBW(ilb) eating 200- 300 calories less.
Exercise- Resistance training(lift weights) X 3 weekly.
Zone 2 cardio- 220-age=Target heart rate 60- 70% for 150 mins weekly.
Coffee- Sugarless black coffee significantly heals liver and can even reverse a fatty liver.
Screen time- Limit screen time atleast 2 hours before bed.
Fruits and vegetables – 2-3 cups daily.
Limit saturated fat and refined sugar-Consume more complex carbohyrates-
lentils,sweet potatoes,oats etc which does not spike blood sugar.
Omega 3- Consume more fish weekly or take supplement .