First Aid For Wound

(2) What is the Hemlich maneuver?
(3) List the following steps for first-aid wound?
(3) The Heimlich maneuver can be done from---- position. (what psition is this?)
(4) List the techniques to stop bleeding?
(5) In the Heimlich maneuver, the fist is pressed into the victims abdomen with----- quick thrusts at a 45 degree angle. (How many thrusts?)
(6) List the symptoms of a major stroke?
(7) An----- usually involves a clot in one of the blood vessels that supply the heart, often in the coronary arteries and can result in sudden death. (What is this blank?)
(8) In the Hemlich maneuver, your fist is placed between the victim's xiphoid and their------.
(9)What is the first option for treating a open wound?
(10) What are the precautions for chocking victims?
(11)What involves a rupture or a blockage of a blood vesel in the brain?
(12)What is a technique that is used to stop bleeding, that is very dangerous and is used to stop all the flow of blood and use for life threaten

(2) It is used to clear the airway of foreign body obstruction. (See #5)
(3) What is the wound?
(4) Elevation, direct pressure, pressure bandage, pressure point, tourniquet.
(5) As many as it takes to clear the airway, or the victim loses consciousness.
(6) Death. Loss of musculature control, mostly one-sided. E.g. facial droop, unable to move arm and leg on one side, slurred speech, incontinence.
(7) Embolism
(8) Navel
(9) Dry bandage
(10) Breaking the xiphoid process or ribs.
(11) Cerebral-vascular Accident (CVA), AKA stroke.
(12) Tourniquet.

2007-01-05 12:52:24 by rosemariestewart64

First Aid - Minor wounds

Bandage, Triangular bandage, wound dressing. What is the difference between these 3 bandages (what is each one used for?)

What does a ''wound wipe'' used for?

Say if a kid runs and trips over and cuts his knee, and its bleeding alot, what do I use from this first Aid kit to aid him?

Wound wipe sounds like a disinfectant. Triangular bandage is used as an arm sling. Bandage is a generic term--would possibly be a roll of gauze dressing which can be used in a number of cases. Wound dressing is just that-meant to be placed directly on the wound. It may be self sticking, need tape or need bandage wrapped around it to keep it on. In your example, wipe with a wound wipe, apply a pressure dressing with the wound dressing and a roll of gauze for pressure.

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Suppose, someone falls down and has a gash with some bleeding, how would you go about treating it?

What material comes after what when taking care of the wound? What is the process like starting with the first step?

Thank you guys.

plenty of gauze
medical tape
antibiotics
a variety of bandaids
gloves (for the caregiver)

For the gash scenario:
First thing to consider is how far/hard did they fall? Enough to have some head or spinal trauma? The first thing EMT/paramedics look for is Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (the ABCs), and potential head or spinal trauma. If there is suspected spine injury, then one person will hold the head at all times and keep it from moving. Then a c-collar will be put on (and further immobilization if its necessary).

Anyway, so if the person's breathing fine and has good circulation and has spinal precautions if needed, then you treat the bleed. Apply direct pressure with a sterile gauze pad and elevate if the wound is in an extremity. If the dressing gets soaked through with blood, apply another dressing on top if it (don't take the previous one off because the top layer of clotted blood will stick to it and open the wound up more). Medical tape can be applied around the edges of the dressing to hold it in place.

It it's serious, the person will be taken to the hospital. If the patient wishes to stay and is not in serious condition (has no spinal or ABC problems or severe injuries/illness), then I'd tell them to change the dressings once or twice a day and apply some antibiotic ointment to the area. After its started to scab over they can let it air out some but still apply antibiotic and try to be careful with it. If it opens up again then repeat the steps with the dressings. Also, clean it really well with soap and water, don't use peroxide or rubbing alcohol or any of that stuff because it can cause damage to tissue in a "gash" situation where it's deep.

Also, if it's severe bleeding, other ways to stop bleeding are
-direct pressure
-elevation
-arterial pressure points (can be looked up on the net depending on where the wound is)
-ice over a rag (only for the first day, and only for 15-20 minutes an hour)

Um... yeah... that's all I got for now, but if you need more specifics let me know :P

--Edit: wait, I don't know the size of the gash... If it's small then you probably don't need the dressings for more than a day, but if it's larger, then yeah... I assume "gash" means large :p

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I'm currently writing an action story - so don't worry, this isn't for real life. The situation is, the character just got shot in the gut - from a distance. It's the middle of winter and getting to a hospital isn't a viable option at the moment. Assuming the bullet didn't hurt any vital organs, would there be a way to take care of it and keep moving around without causing more serious damage?

I was thinking of using the snow in some way, but not sure if that'd be realistic. Would applying clean, fresh snow to the wound stop the bleeding and numb the pain a little or would it just make everything worse?

Getting shot in the gut is bad...if you manage to miss the plethora of major blood vessels you're at least going to rip open an intestine, which causes rapid infection, blood poisoning, the works. If you have your character go without a hospital for any length of time, go for a shoulder wound, bullet went straight out sort of deal. But...if you need it to be a gut shot, no snow...snow keeps the wound wet and doesn't allow it to clot...he'd bleed out. Clean, cloth dressings and pressure to the wound...and don't say it happened right in the middle of his gut or you'd have a character who'd be dead inside of two minutes in real life. One side or the other...low caliber weapon, preferably....he wouldn't be moving around a whole lot though, either way. I'd go for lower right side (so you miss the stomach, stomach acid leaking out=bad)...you'd have to miss the aorta which comes straight down the middle and splits at the belly button to go to each leg. Just above the hip on the right side would be your best bet for long term survival, but it'd be excruciatingly painful...and he'd need a hospital within 12-24 hours or he'd probably go into septic shock.

2010-09-06 02:08:42 by

She was stabbed in the vagina. How can someone help her. Would she die before she could get to a hospital? How bad would her pain be? She's a 16 year old female, Caucasian, has minimal lung damage, a small fracture to the neck and a moderate concussion. What can someone do for her? This is only for a story! Thanks for the answers.

The least someone can do for her is take her to a doctor.

2011-09-20 16:01:40 by