Health stuff Flashcards
Higher-than-normal body temperature
Slightly elevated body temperature in children and infants could mean serious illness
Fever
Low-grade fever
37.8 - 38.9 C
mild to moderate fever
39 - 39.9 C
high fever
≤ 40 C
Things to Do when fever
- Monitor the Temp
- Keep person in cool place
- Remove Excess Clothing
- Give sponge bath
- Give plenty of fluids
- Give prescribed doses of paracetamol
- Consult a doctor
What not to do in fever
- wrap person in blankets
- give aspirin
What to do when someone is dizzy
- Drink plenty of water
- Have regular meals
- Get enough rest
- Stand up slowly
- Reassure the anxious dizzy person
Causes of nosebleeding
- nose-picking
- facial trauma
- high blood pressure
- infections (ex. dengue)
- vitamin deficiency
- use of medications
- bleeding problems
First aid for nosebleed
- Do NOT stop the bleeding
- Cover nose with loose, dry sterile dressing
- Call for emergency medical assistance
Snakebite: What not to do
- Suck the wound
- Apply a tourniquet
First aid for nosebleed if not for skull fracture
- Calm the victim, sit with head tilted forward
- DO NOT tilt backward
- Pinch nose, breathe through mouth
- ice pack on nose bridge and forehead
- No rubbing, blowing, or picking of nose after bleeding stops
Snakebite: What to do
- clean area with soap and water
- Apply pressure bandage and splint
- Lie down quietly and comfortably
- keep calm, no unnecessary movement
- bring to hospital/animal bite center asap
Bites that cause direct damage to skin and soft tissues
Land animal bites
Land animal bites causes what infections?
- tetanus
- rabies
- various fevers
What to do: Land Animal Bite
- wash area with soap and water - Do NOT scrub
- control bleeding
- cover with sterile/clean dressing
- bring to hospital/animal bite center asap
How to control bleeding
- direct pressure
- elevation
- pressure points
It is usually caused by stretching or extending the joint beyond its normal limits
Sprain/Ligament Tear
Sprain or Ligament Tear causes
Tenderness, swelling and/or bruising, restricted use/loss of use of injured part
What not to do in sprain/ligament tear
Do not try to treat the injury other than by immobilization and elevation
Ways of moving and immobilized person
- shirt drag
- Blanket drag
- piggy-back carry
- One-rescuer crutch
- cradle-in-arms
- firefighters’ carry
