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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Definition of fainting, signs, symptoms,Causes, and how to make a recovery

Definition of fainting:
*It is the person's consciousness, just for a temporary period (minutes), due to lack of supply of brain cells, the amount of blood necessary for its work.
* In most cases, the person loses consciousness for a short time, and secondly restore it as soon as he fell on the ground, and that the rush of blood to the brain from the parties.
* In other cases, the person loses consciousness completely, and be sleeping as soundly, and could not rouse him by shaking or disk, in this case either to regain consciousness, and either enter in the coma (eg, diabetes).

The signs and symptoms of fainting:
* Pale in color of the face, with profuse sweat and cold in the extremities.
* Drop in, or dizziness, difficulty with focus and blurred.
* Nausea and loss of sense of awareness.

Causes of fainting:

1 - severe anemia, fatigue and physical.
2 - inhalation of toxic gases.
3 - strong emotions (fear, joy sadness ....)
4 - heart disease, and severe pain.
Ambulance person with faint:


 1 - If a person felt that he would pass out, helped him to sit on a chair and leaning forward, and puts his head between his knees.








2-If the person is unconscious: Place the patient on the floor on his back straight, with lift the legs on a chair or something high.
The patient is placed in a comfortable position with warmed.




- also can put the patient in recovery position, in order to rush blood to the brain, and should
expand the dimensions of his clothes and any gathering of people around him to allow the  renewal of the air to the patient.

3 - Make sure that the patient is breathing and check the existence of the pulse.




The definition of spasticity, signs, symptoms, causes and ambulance patient.

The definition of spasticity:

 Tension in all muscles of the body or part of it, sometimes associated with loss of consciousness or the patient is conscious.
The signs and symptoms of spasticity

 - The patient suddenly falls unconscious, and harden the muscles and that of (several seconds to half a minute). 
 - happens after that twitching muscles.
 - during the period of sclerosis may stop breathing patient and bite his tongue, and bleed out with saliva from the mouth.
- and could lose control of urine and stool.


 Causes of spasticity:

1 - children under the age of 5 years result in very high temperature.
2 - A pregnant woman (as a result of pre-eclampsia).
3 - epilepsy.
4 - head injuries accompanied by bleeding.
 
Ambulance patient with spasticity.
- Move away from the infected places that contain furniture or machinery or sharp flame to avoid hurting himself.

2 - Do not try to prevent the patient from seizures because it is not aware of what is happening.

3 - Place the patient on the floor lying on his back.

4 - then head of the attribution of the injured and remove any tight clothing, especially around the neck.

5 - Do not put anything between the teeth of the patient, do not give anything by mouth until after the wake of the seizure.

6 - In the event of a vomiting patient Mark on his side so as to avoid inhalation of vomit.

 7 - From time to time, check pulse and breathing.

8 - wait for the next patient, so wake up.

9 - If the patient is a child (happened to him cramping because of the high temperature), do cold compresses, and do not put the child in a cold bath.



 

Dealing with incidents of electric shock

Incidents of electric shock from accidents that could happens  in the home, work, or even on the road, and are either simple electric shock, electrocution or serious, and deadly.
And injuries have the strength of the burns and fractures, because the bones serve as a resistance in the circuit resulting from, causing the warming of the bone, and thus be burns from the inside out, and cause an electric shock in cardiac arrest.
And therefore we must learn first aid and it is possible to happens to anyone at home, especially children.
Ambulance person with electric shock.
1 - the patient must be away from the source of electricity, using a stick or any body insulation, and better to separate the power from the source.
2 - Call an ambulance immediately.
3 - Mark the patient lying on his back.
4 - Make sure that the patient is breathing. And make sure that pulse.
5 - Open the airway, tilt the head back to the patient.