What to do when you faint?
What to do when you faint?
a) Pick up the person.
b) Put a pillow under his head so he can breathe better.
c) Check if he is breathing and lift his legs.
Fainting: What You Have To Do
Fainting: What You Have To Do
Check that he is breathing and that it is not a heart attack. If so, raise her legs to get the blood flow back to her head and call the ER.
Fainting: What You Never Have To Do
Fainting: What You Never Have To Do
Do not pick it up because if the person has been hit as a result of fainting, it is best not to move it until emergency services arrive. We could make your condition worse. And don't put a pillow under her head either because she needs to increase the blood flow to her head and the pillow doesn't help.
How to react to a burn?
How to react to a burn?
a) Wash it with cold water.
b) Apply toothpaste.
Burn: What you have to do
Burn: What you have to do
Wash the area with cold water for 10 or 15 minutes to refresh it, reduce pain and remove any product residues that have remained on the skin. If the burn is extensive or very painful, go to the emergency room.
Burn: What You Never Have To Do
Burn: What You Never Have To Do
Forget about toothpaste: it irritates the area, delays healing and can cause infections.
What to do before a hemorrhage?
What to do before a hemorrhage?
a) Remove the object that caused the injury.
b) Apply a tourniquet as I have seen done on TV.
c) Press the area so that no more blood comes out.
Hemorrhage: What you have to do
Hemorrhage: What you have to do
Take a clean gauze or cloth and press firmly on the wound for 10 minutes and ask for help. If the compresses fill with blood, do not remove them, put others on top and continue to apply pressure to plug the wound.
Hemorrhage: What You Never Have To Do
Hemorrhage: What You Never Have To Do
Do not remove a large object stuck in a wound, as it may be plugging it, preventing the person from bleeding. Also, don't make a tourniquet if you don't know how to do it, as it can backfire, it should be only a last resort.
How to act before an intoxication?
How to act before an intoxication?
a) Provoke vomiting to the person in question.
b) Give juices or milk to neutralize the poison.
c) Request medical help.
Intoxication: What You Have To Do
Intoxication: What You Have To Do
Quickly call 112 with the package of the product that has caused the poisoning in hand so that the specialists can tell you how to act.
Intoxication: What You Never Have To Do
Intoxication: What You Never Have To Do
Do not induce vomiting because there are irritating substances that can cause damage when expelled. Also, do not resort to juices or milk because, depending on the poisoning, you could cause the substance to give off more heat and increase the damage.
What to do in an asthma attack?
What to do in an asthma attack?
a) Give the asthmatic a paper bag to breathe in and relax their breathing.
b) Incorporate the person and give him his medication.
Asthma Attack: What You Have To Do
Asthma Attack: What You Have To Do
In case you meet a person suffering from an asthma attack, the first thing you have to do is sit them in a well-ventilated place and if you have them on hand, quickly administer their bronchodilators. First of all, keep calm and if the situation does not improve, call 112.
Asthma Attack: What You Never Have To Do
Asthma Attack: What You Never Have To Do
You do not have to make him breathe into a bag because in case of asthma attack the body needs to get oxygen. Breathing into a bag would worsen the crisis, since the air that is inside it is what we have already expelled from the lungs and, therefore, instead of oxygen, it is carbon dioxide.
How to help someone with a severe blow to the head?
How to help someone with a severe blow to the head?
a) Put the injured person in bed to rest.
b) Apply a cold compress and take him to the ER.
c) Ignoring it, who has not ever hit himself?
Blow to the head: What you have to do
Blow to the head: What you have to do
Apply ice to reduce inflammation and take him to the hospital, especially if the person has lost consciousness at some point. If you do not know if the blow could have affected the spine, do not move him and call an ambulance.
Blow to the head: What you never have to do
Blow to the head: What you never have to do
Don't let the person fall asleep, and if they do, wake them up every two to three hours to check that they are oriented. Excessive sleep can indicate that something is wrong. And don't downplay it either: a blow to the head can affect brain function.
90% of people have no training in first aid, but knowing a few very simple things could save thousands of lives each year. In our gallery we suggest you check your reaction to various cases that need first aid –burns, bleeding, fainting… - so that you can see if you would know how to react or not.
Prevent, warn and help
Prevent, warn and help are the three key words to keep in mind when a life is at stake. In these cases, we must anticipate situations that may generate a danger to our health or that of our environment, notify the emergency services as quickly as possible and, finally, help.
If you don't have first aid training
When you have not received training to help someone, think that sometimes it is better not to act than to do it and cause greater harm. So if you are not sure, it is better to make an emergency call to 112 so they can tell you what you can do.
And if it happens to you, would you know what to do?
It is one thing to help another person, but what if you are the one who suffers an accident and there is no one with you? Take a deep breath, temper your nerves, and see what you should do.
You stick a knife
If, when cutting, the knife escapes and you make a deep cut - for example, when cutting ham - you can even cut an artery. You will know if the blood is bright in color, abundant, and spurts intermittently, coinciding with each pulse. You have to act quickly so as not to bleed out.
✔ What to do
Go quickly to an emergency center where you can be sutured. Meanwhile, press directly on the wound with a clean cloth or towel. Raise your arm (or leg). If the bleeding still doesn't stop, compress the main artery supplying the area. The axillary, in the case of the arms, and the femoral, in the case of the legs. And if there is still blood coming out, make a tourniquet at the beginning of the affected limb.
✘ What not to do
If you have not done a first aid course to know how to make a tourniquet, it is better not to practice it.
You burn when cooking
A severe burn can be life-threatening and requires immediate attention. They are skin lesions, but sometimes they affect other organs such as lungs, heart, etc.
✔ What to do
The flames must be put out by wrapping the burning area with a cloth or blanket or by rolling it on the ground. The important thing is not to stand to avoid burns to the face. Apply cold water on the burn for 10-15 min so that a blister does not form. Call the ER.
✘ What not to do
Do not apply anything and less toothpaste, vinegar, flour, oil, talcum powder or honey, since the burn can become infected. If you wear rings or watches, the toilets will remove them.
If you experience sudden paralysis or weakness, numbness in an arm or a leg, you have trouble speaking, understanding and coordinating movements, or you have a very severe headache, you could be having a stroke. It is a vascular injury that prevents blood from reaching the brain.
✔ What to do
If you suffer from it, call 112 quickly. If you suspect that it is happening to someone else, when you call they will tell you to make them smile, raise both arms and say their name. While the emergency services come, lay the patient down, with the head elevated to about 45 degrees.
✘ What not to do
Let it run if it passes more or less quickly. Even if the symptoms subside or you have doubts, call the emergency room. If they take care of you quickly, you can not only save your life but also avoid or reduce the consequences. And while you wait, don't take any medication.
Burning and palpitations
In women, the symptoms of a heart attack are different from those in men and can be confusing. If you have abdominal pain similar to heartburn, back or shoulder pain, cold sweats, if you feel pressure in the chest behind the sternum or you have twinges, nausea, choking, palpitations … you could be having a heart attack. If it happens to you for the first time, you will be aware that it is something you have never experienced before.
✔ What to do
Before any chest pain with nausea and sweating, the first thing to do is contact 112. If you have had heart problems before, take a sublingual cafinitrine tablet. Also, call the emergency room, do not wait for the medicine to take effect. And try not to be alone.
✘ What not to do
Do not downplay chest pain and delay calling for help. And in the case of women, the symptoms of severe indigestion should not be underestimated, because it may not be that problem but, precisely, a heart attack. If you feel strange, ask.
When eating, you choke
If you haven't chewed on a large piece of meat enough or are choking on candy, grapes, or nuts, you may notice yourself choking. You move convulsively because you can't breathe and you can't speak either. You start to turn blue and you may even lose consciousness. If you don't react quickly, you can die from lack of oxygen.
✔ What to do
Cough. If this doesn't work, lean forward and have someone give you 5 sharp blows on the back (between both shoulder blades). If the problem persists, let them do the so-called Heimlich maneuver. Someone should stand behind you, place your hands clasped above your belly button, and do up to 5 compressions on the abdomen (inward and upward) to make it easier for you to expel food.
✘ What not to do
Do not try to remove the food or object with your fingers because you could make the situation worse and increase the feeling of suffocation.
