Unit 23 – 1st Aid Poisons, Heat + Cold
A. Poisons Usually Kids 5 Household Chemicals Adults = Drugs
Treatment 911 Collect Vomit Collect Poison Lay on Side (?)
Poisoning (skin)
B. Heat Injuries (3) Heat Cramps Painful muscle cramps due to loss of salts (Na/K…) Give Rest Bananas, Sports drinks…
2. Heat Exhaustion Body is overheating Excessive sweating Cool Patient off Rest, give liquids *If vomiting >> Hospital
Not notes - Heat Exhaustion Cool off your patient
3. Heat Stroke Body has failed >>> Overheated (104 F) Hospital Hot Dry skin *Ice
Heat Stroke vs Exhaustion
C. Cold Injuries Hypothermia Drop in Temp (95 F) Warm patient Warm drinks (no booze)
2. Frostbite Skin destruction Cold gray waxy skin Do not Rub (destroys skin)
More Frostbite
Frostbite hands
Not notes - Severe Frostbite Next slide Kind of Gross Beck Weathers Mt Everest climber Left for Dead face down in a severe storm Next Day, discovered to have Carotid pulse
Beck Weathers
D. Altitude sickness Lack of Oxygen 8,000 feet Headaches, confusion, nausea…. Rx – Lose Elevation
Not Notes – Altitude Sickness (stages) Treatment - ???
E. Bites Spiders Clean - Hyd. Peroxide Black Widow can kill very young/old
Not Notes – Brown Recluse (Fiddle Back)
Not Notes Brown Recluse – Tissue Cavitation
Not Notes - Colorado Scorpions - Imported
2. Snake Bites Treatment: Tie off area above the bite Keep Bite area below heart Rest Hospital ? Catch Snake ?
Photos
Coral Snake – not native