UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES

• Dressing: a piece of sterile cloth that covers wounds to prevent complications or infections and to stop the bleeding.
• Compression: is used to reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is usually used for sprains and strains. Hot Compress allows normal blood circulation. These methods are used alternately for closed wounds or contusions.
• Bandages - used to apply pressure to bleeding, covering wounds and burns, immobilizing broken bones, sprains and strains.
• Triangular bandage - can be used as cold compress, padding, support for pressure, or supporting sling.
• Ace bandage - secures dressing in place
• Tubular bandage - used to support joints or hold dressing in place. Smaller tubular bandage is used for finger injuries.
• Lover’s carry - together with the fireman’s carry, are the easiest way to transport a light and smaller victim.
• Piggy back - used when victim is conscious.
•  Pack strap carry - used when the victim is conscious.
• Blanket drag - used when the victim is seriously injured and should not be lifted.
• Shoulder drag - used for short distance transport.
• Fireman’s drag - used when first aider needs to crawl underneath a low structure.
• Chair or seat carry - used when these are two first aiders and a chair is available.
• Bearer alongside - carriers will only stay on the uninjured side of the casualty.
• Hammock carry - when these are three first aiders present.
• Fracture - is a break or crack in a bone. An open fracture punctures the skin, while in a closed fracture, the skin above is impaired.
• Dislocation - is a separation of two bones where they meet a joint.
• Sprain - an injury to the ligaments due to accidental tearing or overstretching
• Strain - happens due to tearing of muscle fibers
• Heat exhaustion - caused by loss of salt and water due to excessively high temperature. This may lead to heart stroke and even death.
• Food poisoning - caused by consuming of contaminated food or drinks with bacteria, viruses or parasites.
• Choking - partial or complete obstruction of the airway due to a foreign object
• Drowning - is when the lungs are submerged or immersed in liquid. It may lead to death if taken for granted.
• Heart attack - cause by a sudden loss of blood supply to the part of the heart muscles.
• Chemical burns - occurs when skin is exposed to any corrosive substance such a strong acid, base, thinner, or gasoline.
• Burns - cause by exposure to heat of flame. It is often due to domestic incidents such as touching a hot iron, frictions or spilling boiling water on the skin.
• Heat stroke - a condition caused by your body overheating, usually as a result of prolonged exposure to high temperature.
• Stroke - a the sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen, caused by blockage of blow flow or rupture of an artery to the brain.