Definition of poisoning, symptoms and signs of poisoning, first aid for all the different cases of poisoning.

Definition of poisoning:

 Poisoning is the arrival of any material for the body, resulting in a detrimental effect vital body processes, either by injection or ingestion, inhalation or skin.

Signs and symptoms of poisoning:
* Symptoms and signs may be sudden and sharp, and appear in less than a minute and up
 to 36 hours, and may appear slowly and symptoms and signs of chronic, and here you
need to consult a medical specialist, for convergence of the cases of other diseases.
*Risk, increases in children and the elderly.

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*Signs and symptoms are localized, indicating a place of entry, or symptoms in general, indicate the toxicity of vital organs of the body such as:
   - Skin: itching, redness, swelling, burning topical.

 - Respiratory:sneezing, coughing, choking, shortness of breath.

. -Gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and pains in the stomach.

 - system brain and nerves: 

# Materials stimulant (such as ephedrine and amphetamine, cocaine, arsenic, mercury)

causes irritation of the nervous system, and its symptoms are: change in the degree of

consciousness, delirium, involuntary movements, Seizures, convulsions, vomiting, blurred,

tingling the parties.

 # Narcotic substances such as: (hypnotic and sedative drugs, cannabis opium),

causing drowsiness and falling of the nervous system and symptoms: dizziness and sense

of faint, slow breathing, weak pulse, coma and death may follow.

- Heart and circulatory system :(shock symptoms).

First Aid for poisoning infected through the skin.

* You must wear gloves to avoid exposure to toxic material.
* You must remove the infected clothing prone to this article.

* Wash your skin with running water for a while, and wash well under nails and hair.

* If the substance is toxic (phenol) Place the olive oil on the skin before washing.

* If the toxin (insecticides) must wash with soap and water.

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First aid in case of eye exposure to the toxic substance:

* Eye is washed with running water for at least 20 minutes and the direction of washing

From the inside out (away from the other eye).

 

1-First aid for overdose of drugs and Spoiled foods:

- Do not wait for symptoms, do industrial vomiting by touching the palate.
- Repeated vomiting after 10 minutes, until the stomach becomes empty, and can give a little milk, and repeat the process of industrial vomiting after 15 minutes.
- Call an ambulance, and continued to note the patient.
- Start immediately revive the heart and breathing if necessary.

2 - First aid for poison gas poisoning:

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- Do not wait for the emergence of symptoms, and Move victim immediately to fresh air, away from the source of poison gas, and tried to stop the gas supply.
- Give oxygen, if any, and ask for an ambulance.
- Note the breathing and pulse of the patient.
- Intervention revitalization heart and breathing if necessary.

- The patient must be displayed on any point of medical, even if the situation has improved, because the elimination of toxins are inhaled slowly and consistently.

Examples of toxic gases:

- Carbon Monoxide: burning wood, car exhaust, igniting the coal.

- Butane (gas burner).                                                                                                               

                                                                                                              

 - Ammonia and chlorine gas: frequently used in various industries.                                     

                                     
- Alheirugen sulfide gas: from public sewers and garbage dumps.                                        

        

3 - First Aid for dealing with industrial materials:    

  Caustic soda, battery acid, industrial detergents, industrial glue, paint remover, types of fertilizer.                                                                                                                        

Symptoms and signs: 
Caustic / burning topical: the lips - the oral cavity and pharynx _ fingers and chest.
First Aid: do not do industrial vomiting, cold water to drink heavily and topical, absorption of snow,                                                                                                                                

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-  chlorine, ammonia, Kiossin, gasoline, Disinfectants wounds

The signs and symptoms: caustic, but less symptoms of the material mentioned above, may generate gases cause problems for the respiratory tract.
First Aid: do not do industrial vomiting, cold water to drink heavily and topical. Possible to drink milk.

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Important instructions:
- Do not give salt water never, to do an industrial vomiting.
- Do not do industrial vomiting in the following cases:
* Case of fainting.
* State of the inability to swallow.
* State of the convulsions.
In case of poisoning by caustic such as: (a caustic Sod, kerosene, gasoline, ammonia, chlorine, detergents)
- Do not store never any chemicals in cans or bottles are trading for other things such as: (bottles, mineral water, a bottle of carbonated water, milk cans, canned food).
- Be prepared with the following information: the type of material, the time taken up, inhaled, or abuse, any retained secretions (urine - stools - vomiting), and the possibility to identify the substance causing the poisoning case.

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Definition of shock symptoms, causes and how to deal with it.

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The definition of shock:

Shock is a medical condition, caused by a sharp drop in blood circulation to the body, and result in the non-arrival of blood or oxygen to vital organs enough to the human body.

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What are the causes of trauma?

1 - when the body loses a large amount of blood as in the cases of bleeding.

2 - the sharp drop of the heart.

3 - When the body loses a large amount of fluids, as in cases of acute diarrhea.

4 - severe pain.

5 - severe allergies.

6 - electric shock.

The signs and symptoms of shock:

  1-be the face of an infected person, pale.

  2-the color of the skin is pale or blue, cold and damp to the touch.

  3-an increase in respiratory rate, and breathing becomes shallow and irregular.

  4-the pulse, rapid, and weak.

5-Sweating cold sweat from his forehead and his hands, and began to tremble violently, and his teeth chatter.

  6-the patient complains of extreme thirst, and may suffer nausea and vomiting.

   7-  in the final stages, the patient loses consciousness.

 * If treatment is not timely, the situation ends in death.

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Ambulance shock:

 1 - Make sure that the patient is breathinig.

 2 - Place the patient in a position to lie on his back.

 3 - Lift the legs up a bit by putting on a chair or something high.

 4 - Mark head down so as to improve blood circulation in the body especially the brain, and

 once the blood supply to the brain, the patient begins to refer to awareness.

 5 - good ventilation and give oxygen if available.

 6 - Cover the patient, but avoid any attempt to increase body temperature, because

raising the surface temperature be dangerous in case of shock.

7 - Do not give victim anything by mouth.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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- 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

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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.

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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.

 

 

Abdominal injuries, symptoms, signs and first aid to infected with open wound in the abdomen

The danger of wounds in the abdomen may be accompanied by injury of internal organs such as the intestines, liver and spleen.

Symptoms and signs of abdominal injuries.

- Severe pain.               - Nausea and vomiting.

 - Bruises.                     - Thirst.

 - External bleeding.     - The emergence of members of the abdomen.

 - Pale skin color.         - Feel the skin moist.

First Aid for infected with open wound in the abdomen

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- Stop the bleeding and try to control it.
- Place the patient on his back with no move.
- Remove the clothing from around the wound.
- When there guts out of the abdomen through open wounds, should not be expedient to try  to back into the abdomen.
- Place the wet parts above the wound (moisturizes parts with cold water sterilizer,).
- Cover the parts with a warm towel.
- Note the symptoms of shock and give oxygen if possible.
- Do not give victim anything by mouth.
- Move victim to hospital immediately.

                                             Pelvic injuries                                                   

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* Symptoms of pelvic injuries,  as symptoms of abdominal injuries.
* And may be associated with pelvic injuries injuring the internal organs of the body, such as bladder and bowel, and internal bleeding may happen and severe shock.
* Ambulance injuries, pelvic injuries,  as the abdomen.

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chest injuries,Symptoms and first aid for chest injuries

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Chest injuries serious injuries, the patient may lose his life if it is not good care of this injury, because the chest contains: members of breathing, heart and major blood vessels.

Chest injuries are divided into:

 1- closed injuries (such as broken ribs).

2 - open injuries allow the entry of air into the chest cavity (and this a very serious injury).

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Symptoms of chest injury:

 1 - severe pain where injury.

2 - the patient feels difficulty in breathing, and inability to stretch the chest during inspiration.

3 - change the color of the skin in place of injury (redness - pale - blue color).

4 - cough accompanied by blood.

5 - shock, and falling circulation.

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First aid for open chest injuries:

 These injuries may cause many risks because it could affect the heart or a blood vessel.

 Important instructions:

 - Let the objects planted in its place, without that we drag them, and put gauze around it to prevent the move.
- The patient is moved gently and quickly to the hospital, with the lifting of the head and shoulders.
- Give artificial respiration, if the case needs.

First aid for injuries chest closed (broken ribs).

• Use a pillow, or sheet for fixation injured part, it is possible to an infected injury put his hand on , and fixation arm with the chest, and neck attached in the carrier

• Lift the head and injured his shoulders to secure the freedom of breathing.
•  Notice of breath, gave oxygen if possible.
•  Note vital signs.
• Move victim immediately to hospital.
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