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Accident is not planned but sometime it happened. What we need to do when unfortunately happen some physical troubles, we have not enough time to call a Doctor or it is far from hospital. Accidents and ailments may hit you suddenly, in the middle of the night or on a Sunday. In such condition here are some fast-faced ways to deal with some everyday emergencies you apply.
Headache: – our brain has built with one third of water, here dehydration cause a problem. As a result try to take 2 to 3 glass of water. If you are suffering from a migraine, brew a pot of coffee. Caffeine has a constricting effect on the arteries in our head, which can help us relieve pain.
Backache: – you can use ice to reduce swelling and the strain on your back muscles. Gently massage the spot for seven or eight minutes with the pack. Don’t apply ice directly to the skin. Place a hot water bottle on your bed. Put a plastic wrap over that and cover with a soft towel that has been placed in warm water and wrung out. Lie down on the towel positioning it against the painful part. You ma get off your feet and lie down. Hug your knees to chest. The move will feel soothing.
Ear ache: – you can turn on the hair dryer to a low or warm setting. Hold 18 inch to 20 inch from the ear and aim inside. Yawn to move the muscle that opens the Eustachian tube. This leads from the back of the throat to the mid ear.
Tooth ache: – tooth ache can be due to a cavity with impacted food. At first floss between the aching tooth and its neighbors. Placing an ice pack and against your jaw will help. Don’t use a hot water compress or gargle with hot water as this will cause the infection to spread and heighten the pain. Don’t soak a cotton ball into clove oil and apply gently only to the cavity or it will burn your gums, mouth or cheeks. You can try acupressure; apply ice to the web of skin between the thumb and the index finger on the same side as tooth. Don’t prod the area with a toothpick, don’t use clove oil.
Acidity or heartburn: – don’t lie flat. If you must lie down raise the head of your bed by 6 inches and sleep on your left so that acid in your stomach stays these and don’t get a chance to leak into the esophagus sensation. You may chew a gum, which increases saliva flow which in turn revitalizes stomach acid and washes it away from the esophagus. Place a cold towel over your ear to stimulate a branch of the vagus nerve that runs through the digestive tract. Gently massage the abdomen and use a hot water bottle.
Burns: – minor burns are red and painful, may ooze and blister, and are caused by sunburn, scalds and brief contact with oven coils. Flush it with lots of cold water for 15 to 30 minutes to ease the pain. Cover the burn with clean dry gauze and leave it alone, to begin the healing process. Potato skins dressing have also been used to good effect in burns treatment. Don’t try to butter it, and vinegar, honey, ink are also bad ideas.
Choking: – choking on food or a small object will clutch at the throat, breathe noisily, cough violently, turn blue. If you can’t talk or breathe, have some one give you the Heimlich maneuver, or do it yourself by ramming your stomach into a chair back. Bend an older child forward, lower the head and sit or stand behind him to perform the Heimlich maneuver.
Constipation: – you need liquid and fiber to spur your cranky colon, so mix a fruit smoothie. Toss an orange, a banana, and some frozen strawberries, a handful of wheat bran, some orange juice, and ice into a blender. Pour the concoction into your travel mug and head to work. By the you turn your pc on; you will be ready to download.
Diarrhea: – make your own ORD liquid with 5 teaspoon full. Sugar,juice, of 1 lime, pinch of salt in a liter of boiled and cooled water. An OTC sachet of electrolytes will also restore your bodies’ balance of water, sugar and salt. You can take tea, cola, juice, arrowroot or barley water and curd.
Electric shock:-first important thing is that disconnect the electric contact with switch off the main meter. If not remove the plug or wrench the cable frees. But protect yourself by wearing rubber boots, slippers, standing on a wooden box, a rubber or plastic mat. Use a brush, stick, wooden chair or wooden stool to push the source of the current away from the victim, or the victim away from the source of the current. Never touch the victim if your feet are bare or if you are using leather footwear. Cover the affected part with a clean sheet or towel to prevent the wound getting septic. Arrange to transfer to a hospital as soon as possible.
Fainting:-when you feel fainting, lie down flat with your legs raised to encourage more oxygen rich blood to flow into your brain. Take deep breaths. This works better than lowering your head between your knees, which is your next bet. Stay this way till you feel better.
Fever: – reduced temperature by removing all clothes and leaving a thin cotton sheet over the body. Sponge the skin with cool water. Apply a cool damp towel to the forehead. Turning on a fan but do not let it blow directly on you. Call a doctor if fever lasts for more twelve hours.
Foreign object in the eye: – attempt to remove only if it is floating on the whites or is stuck under the eyelid. Sit before a well-lit mirror, look up, and gently pull the lower lid down. If you can see the speck, pick it up with the corner of the tissue. If not ease the upper lid down over the lower, than slide back. or look down and lift the upper lid folding it back over a cotton swab. pick off the speck. Flush out the eye with plenty of water.
Hangover: – drink at least 2 glasses of water when you come home. have bland breakfast and a cup of coffee when you wake up. Drink a spicy vegetable juice or a virgin bloody Mary. The spices help dilate blood vessels, which could speed recovery by improving blood circulation.
Heart problems:-if you have a chest pain or angina, because not enough oxygen gets to the heart muscle, you need a tablet of angised or sorbitrate to place under the tongue. Now since the mouth need adequate moisture, and saliva is lessened because of apprehension, first swish the tongue with quarter teaspoon of salt water. Call doctor as early if not removed the chest pain.
Hiccups: – hold your breath as long as you can, then exhale slowly. Swallow a tea spoon of sugar or honey which may also increase saliva production, causing you to swallow more frequently. Sip ice water quickly, drink out of the side of the glass, and swallow crushed ice. Gently pull on the tongue, make a acupressure technique is to place both thumbs on your earlobe and shut your nostrils with your forefinger. Breathing in and out with your nose and mouth in a paper bag may work because carbon dioxide builds up in the air breathed in, which depresses the activity of the relevant nerves in the brain.
Indigestion:-buy a bottle of peppermint oil and mix a few drops with 2 tea spoons of sugar. Dissolve the mixture in half a glass of water. It should help reduce spasms in your intestinal tract.
Nose bleed: – bend forward after sit down. Pinch the nostrils firmly with the thumb and finger for 5 to 10 minutes. Apply cold compressed or an ice pack
Poisoning:- poisoning can be accidental or deliberate. If you suspect that your child has swallowed a poisonous chemical, give her a glass of milk to dilute it. Do not induce vomiting as this may cause further damage. If the poison is a caustic substance, such as bleach, upchucking could burn her esophagus twice. What’s more she may not be able to stop throwing up. That can cause irregular heartbeat or aspiration pneumonia, when fluid fills the lungs. Induce vomiting by irritating the back of the throat with your finger or a blunt spoon handle. In both case, go to an emergency room stat and take the suspected bottle with you.
Splinter:-if you have a splinter, which you cannot see, place a piece of adhesive tape over the sore spot, then pull off straight and sideways. If one part projects from the skin, numb the area with an ice cube, then wash with soap or water. Using a flame sterilized pin, slit the skin just over the end of the splinter, and lift it up, then full the splinter out with clean tweezers. Wash and cover with a band Aid.
Shock: – can be caused by internal or external loss of blood, a drop in blood pressure resulting from vomiting, diarrhea, and burn. Watch out for pale clammy skin, a mean rapid pulse, shallow quick breathing. Lay him down raise his legs to just above hip height to channel blood to vital areas. Cover with a blanket. Don’t let him eat, drink or smoke in case he needs anesthesia. Moisten his lips and put into the recovery position and call an ambulance to go hospital.
Wounds: – apply heat which helps healing faster, because it dilates the blood vessels in the area of an injury, which increases blood flow and oxygen. This seems to accelerate the production of collagen, which aids the healing process. Use a hot water bottle or warm moist towel in a plastic bag for 15 to 30 minutes, four to six times a day. If it seems heavy bleeding apply direct pressure on the bleeding area by covering the wound with a rolled up cloth. If blood soaks through the bandage, apply another cloth on top of the original one, then secure with a bandage or strip of cloth.