What tips you should follow during the crucial times of an accident?
Posted on: 03/Nov/2014 5:30:53 PM
The accident victim needs to immediately lift his legs and hands immediately and then check his eyes by rotating it, his blood pressure and tongue. In case, these are normal, then is 80% - 95% fit and would require treatment just for the injuries, according to physicians. It is stated by them that although they have some knowledge in regards to first aid, there is still plenty to be achieved.
In the words of Dr. Ravi Pratap, emergency medicine consultant at Fortis Malar Hospital, “It is quite appreciable that people do call up 108 ambulance or give way to it. However, they fear accompanying the victim and do not offer first aid.” To stop bleeding, the victim can hold cloth piece tightly on the spot of bleeding for 10 minutes. In case, he bleeds from nose, he needs to keep his head high, closing both nose sides and to break through mouth for around 10 minutes. Using ice cubes on bleeding spot is good.”
If there is splinting, fracture, then it would mean fixing flexible or rigid appliance such as wooden scale on fractured or displaced part. Dr. Rammohan, Global Hospital’s Trauma Care HoD added, “People trying to help victims make the mistake of lifting or shifting the person. In all stages, victim needs to be given adequate support at back of spine, neck and hip.”
Victim should not drink water. As real injury is still unknown, chances are there that water might enter lungs and could affect breathing. He also stated that the individual can lie himself/herself, support neck back with left hand, turn left to breathe easily. The time has come for people to be taught in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, an important and emergency procedure to be performed manually for preserving brain function for restoring breathing and blood circulation, if there is cardiac arrest. The physicians also add that it is in colleges, offices and schools that individuals should be taught to lift or shift the victim to a safer place and to keep them in comfortable position.
