CHAPTER ONE SCOPE OF FIRST AID First Aid First Aid is the assistance or help given at once to those suddenly taken ill or injured before being taken home or hospital or before medical expert takes over or an ambulance arrives. AIMS OF FIRST AID a) To save life b) To prevent the situation from worsening. c) To promote recovery. FIRST AIDER A First Aider is a person who had received training and certificate from an authorized training body approving him/her to render first aid. TASKS OF FIRST
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shorter incubation periods occur with more contamination of the wound‚ higher severity of the disease‚ and a worse disease prognosis. Diagnosis of tetanus is made by a doctor examining a patient and looking for symptoms‚ no lab tests are able to confirm tetanus. Tetanus is a medical emergency and the patient requires hospitalization‚ immediate treatment with tetanus immune globulin (TIG)‚ drugs to help muscle spasms‚ vigorous wound care‚ antibiotics‚ and a tetanus vaccine. Depending on the severity
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anorexia‚ and an infected‚ slow-healing foot wound. Blood glucose was 579 mg/dL and BUN was 21. Was admitted with exacerbation of unmanaged diabetes mellitus‚ diabetic ketoacidosis‚ and gastritis r/t excess aspirin intake. 3. Significant Secondary Medical Diagnoses and Past Medical History (include past hospitalizations/surgeries) Medical hx: Essential HTN‚ hyperlipidemia‚ hypercholesterolemia‚ GERD‚ DVT‚ & neuralgia. Surgical debridement of foot wound on 9/25. 4. Medications: Name Dose Frequency
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Charles Manson was birthed by a 16 year old alcoholic‚ prostitute. Manson’s last name changed when his mother Kathleen married William Manson. Charles mother would always be drinking too much and spent a lot of time in jail. In 1939‚ his mother went to prison for armed robbery. Due to her always going to jail and prison‚ Manson moved in with his grandma and uncle. His grandma would subject him to the fanatic religious morals. His mother tried to send him to a foster home because she chose her boyfriend
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hours and then went to an urgent care facility where the laceration was sutured closed. There is little research on the infection rate of re-opening wounds in relation to exploration of tendon injuries. However‚ it is known that the “golden period” for treatment of an acute wound is 6 hours based on studies of bacterial colonization. An acute wound should be cleaned and repaired before this time (Waseem 2012). It is unclear if the patient made it to the urgent care within a 6 hour period of time
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First aid compilation What is first Aid? Is an immediate care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly taken ill. General objective’s of First Aid * To alleviate suffering * To prolong life * To prevent added/ further injury Different kinds of injuries and the procedure on how to give first aid said injuries: Minor burns * Procedure * Take the person away from the source of burning and let the airway of the victim be open. * You can remove
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caution its use. The traditional uses of the clear mucilaginous gel are manifold‚ ranging from topical applications to reduce perspiration to oral dosing for diabetes and a range of gastrointestinal ailments. The efficacy of aloe vera gel to treat burn wounds‚ genital herpes‚ and seborrheic dermatitis have been shown in clinical trials‚ but other indications such as psoriasis or internal application for the treatment of type 2 diabetes remain inconclusive. The main limitation of the current clinical knowledge
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left arm. The tear was caused by an arrowhead lodged in Otzi’s left shoulder and corresponded with a cut in his coat. It is estimated that the arrow was fired from below. The wound resulted in severe bleeding which within two minutes caused a severe heart attack and death. A CT scan performed in 2005 first revealed the wound. Source A‚ Dr Thomas Bonfert‚ a radiologist and anthropologist‚ confirmed this and said that in addition severe damage to a major nerve
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aware of is providing wound care to patients. Actually‚ physical therapists can have a specialty in wound care treatments. Ms. Singletary’s current professional role is typical for wound care to be provided because she works in a home health setting. In the home health setting‚ post-operative patients are very common such as knee replacement patients or total or partial hip replacement patients. Just like a nurse‚ it is very common for the physical therapist to have to perform wound care to the incision
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large open wound. This fistula developed as a complication of a subtotal colectomy for ischemic bowel which was performed in February 2012. When the fistula first developed following the colectomy‚ she was admitted to LTACH with the goal of draining the fistula. Because this was unsuccessful‚ she returned to Carson Tahoe Hospital to determine the source of the leak and subsequently repair it. She is on a TPN diet‚ is NPO and is on contact isolation due to a Strep B infection in her wound. The revision
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