HipHopCity.com : Universal Zulu Nation

AIDS - Condom - General Health - Herbal Aid - Laws of Success - Message - Milk - Mind - Nig#! Syndrome
Personal Rights - PMS - Reading List - Rescue Breathing - Scientific - STD - The Pig - Water

General First Aid

Any sudden illness or injury can create a first hand emergency. First aid treatment is always influence by the type of injury or illness. However, in an emergency, it is important to have first aid priorityes. Observe these priorities when the facs of the situation are not known, when the extent of illness or injury is unclear or when the injured person is unconscios or unable to explain.

Ask for help if you need it
Send someone else to get professional help, the person telephoning for help should state the phone number that the call is coming from, the location of the injured person, the type of injury or illness and the type of first aid being given. Do not hang up the phone until after the personnel on the other end has finished asking questions
Do not put yourself in danger, calmly determine the best way to rescue someone or give help
Avoid further injury to the person needing help and protect him or her as much as possible. Do not move the person except to remove him or her from danger
Treat the most urgent conditions first, if your trained be prepared to give C.P.R.
Treat or prevent shock
Examine the person carefully, treat less urgent conditions with the appropriate first aid
Know your first aid limits, do not attempt something you cannot do efficiently and confidently
Stay with the injured person until professional medical care arrives
Remain calm

What to have on hand in your medicine chest or home cabinet:

For ingested poisons - ingest activated charcoal to absorb the poison, syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting (but used only under the advice of a physician or poison control center), and epsom salt to speed the excretion of the poison
Band-Aids of various sizes, a roll of adhesive tape, sterile dressings (preferably 4 inch x 4 inch gauze pads), a pair of blunt end scissors
Sodium bicarbonate mix-a-pinch with a quarter teaspoon of salt in a quart of water, and drink for heat exhaustion
Apirin for pain relief
Antibacterial swabs or an anti-septic first aid spray, but no peroxide, iodine, mercurochrome or alcohol
Calamine lotion to relieve the itching
A quick reference first aid guide (free guides are available from Metropolitan Life's Health and Welfare Department, 360 Park Av., South, New York, New York 10010).

Bad Cuts:

Raise the cut above the heart, and using gauze pads or an article of clothing, or your bare hands, apply pressure directly on the cut. If this doesn't control the bleeding, press on the appropriate pressure point. For big wounds, press the heel of your hand against the femorsal artery on the front center of the thigh just at the crease of the groin. For an arm wound, use the blot surface of your fingers and press against the artery on the inside of the upper arm about mid-way between the arm pits and elbow (in the groove between that large muscle). Do not use the pressure point technique any longer than necessary to stop the bleeding. Do not use a tourniquet unless there is no other way to control severe bleeding and the victim's life is threatened. Once applied a tourniquet must be left tight and removed by a physician.

Puncture Wounds:
If the wound is more than 1/8 inch deep, dress it and see a doctor. Do not try to make it bleed. Impaled on an object such as a picket fence, do not try to remove victim from the object, instead cut the object (if necessary call the first aid department), and get the victim with the object to the hospital.

Eye Injury:
For chemical burns, turn the victim's head and bend it over so that the injured ey is facing down, then flush the eye with water for at least five minutes to remove a cinder. Use a clean handkerchief or piece of gauze.

Fracture or Sprain:
Immobolize the injured limb and take the victim to the hospital or if the spine may be injured, call for medical assistance

Burns:
If first degree burns redness occurs; second degree burns, redness and blistering occurs. Burns should be immersed in cold water about twenty minutes for a sun burn, take a cold bath, do not use grease

Drowning:
If you are not trained as a lifesaver, stay out of the water. Instead extend a stick or towel, throw out a flotation device, or row to reach the victim. Once you have the victim on shore, or in a boat if he or she is unconscious, tilt his or her head back and check to see if the person is breathing. Watch for the rise and fall of the chest, listen for breathing noises, and feel for breath with your cheek. If the victim is not breathing, begin mouth to mouth resusitation, pinch his or her nose, seal your lips around their mouth, and keep the head tilted back. Give four quick breaths, check again to see if the victim has started breathing, and if not resume mouth to mouth resusitation, giving one breath every five seconds, for an adult or one puff of air every three seconds for a child.

Universal Zulu Nation Webring: [ Next | Random Site | List Sites ]