You're A Nurse, You Should Know - Part 1

Give the victim something to drink.

A shock victim with breathing difficulty or chest injury should be placed on his or her back with the legs raised.

Most severely injured victims should have their legs raised and placing blankets under and over the victim to prevent heat loss.

Place a shock victim with suspected neck injury on his or her side for body heat.

Adding blankets around and under the victim

Applying chemical heat packs or using a rescuer’s body heat.

Administering salt tablets

Applying rubbing alcohol to the victim’s skin

Moving victim out of the heat to a cool place

Appling ice packs to the neck, armpits, and groin

Heat cramps

Heat exhaustion

Heat stroke

Direct pressure and elevation and if pressure and elevation fails to control the bleeding, the next step would be to apply a tourniquet. B. Elevate the legs.

Elevating the arm or leg alone will not control bleeding and must be used in combination with direct pressure over the wound.

Remove and replace blood-soaked dressings

Give the victim something to drink.

A shock victim with breathing difficulty or chest injury should be placed on his or her back with the legs raised.

Most severely injured victims should have their legs raised and placing blankets under and over the victim to prevent heat loss.

Place a shock victim with suspected neck injury on his or her side for body heat.

Anaphylaxis is another form of fainting

Anaphylaxis can kill

Butter can be effective on first- and second-degree burns.

Relieve pain and tissue damage from a burn by holding the part in a sink filled with running water and later applying a layer of antibiotic ointment or aloe vera gel on the burned area.

When washing chemicals off the body, flush with water for at least five minutes.

Brush dry powder chemicals from the skin before flushing unless large amounts of water are immediately available.

When washing chemicals off the body, use high pressure water.

If a victim is in contact with an outdoor electrical wire, try to move it with a wooden pole or handle.

For a victim who is inside a building, turn off the electricity at the fuse box, circuit-breaker, outside switch box, or unplug the appliance.

Victims of head injuries should be suspected to have a spinal injury and neck immobilization should be provided.

Remove any embedded objects from a head wound and cover with a sterile dressing.

Bleeding from the ears or nose is an indication cerebral spinal fluid leakage

After a blow to an eye, apply a cold pack for about 15 minutes

Cover only the affected eye

Do not remove any objects from the eyeball’s surface.

Preserve a knocked-out tooth in mouthwash or rubbing alcohol

Scrub a knocked-out tooth before taking the victim to the dentist

Sometimes a knock-out tooth should be reinserted.

Move the victim, even if the victim is in water.

If he is breathing and has a pulse place him in the recovery position.

Victims of suspected spinal injury require cervical collars provided by EMS or manual immobilization

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