1. Dr. Monica B. Casualty medical officer K.R.Hospital
Motion sickness
Dr. Monica B.
Casualty medical officer
K.R.Hospital

2. MOTION SICKNESS Any type of transportation can cause motion sickness.
It can strike suddenly, progressing from a feeling of uneasiness to a cold sweat, dizziness and then vomiting.
Motion sickness usually quiets down as soon as the motion stops.
The more you travel, the more easily you'll adjust to being in motion

3. PREVENTION By ship, front or middle of the shiP.
By plane, front edge of a wing.
By train, seat near the front Face forward.
By automobile, drive or sit in the front passenger's seat.

4. PREVENTION Focus on the horizon or on a distant, stationary object.
Keep your head still, while resting against a seat back.

5. PREVENTION
Take an over-the-counter antihistamine, such as meclizine (Antivert), or one containing dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), at least 30 to 60 minutes before you travel.

6. PREVENTION
Consider scopolamine  (Transderm Scop), available in a prescription adhesive patch. Several hours before you plan to travel, apply the patch behind your ear for 72-hour protection.

7. HANGING

8. DEFINITION
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck

9. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

10. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Ligature mark around the neck,
Presence of abrasions, ecchymoses and redness about the ligature mark,
Trickling of saliva from the mouth,
Ecchymoses of the larynx or epiglottis,
Rupture of the intima of the carotid, and.
Post-mortem signs of asphyxia.

11. TYPES

12. INCOMPLETE/PARTIAL HANGING

13. ACCIDENTAL HANGING

14. ACCIDENTAL HANGING

15. ACCIDENTAL STRANGULATION

16. FIRST AID
Immediately remove any constriction from around the casualty’s neck,
Support the body while you do so if it is still hanging
Do not move the casualty unnecessarily in case of spinal injury
Do not destroy or interfere with any material, such as knotted rope, that police may need as evidence.
Lay the casualty on the floor. Open the airway and check breathing.
If she is not breathing be prepared to resuscitate
If she is breathing, place her in the recovery position

17. STRANGLING
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain

18. GAROTTING

19. THROTTLING
Compression of neck using human hands.

20. Helium hood kit
Death due to suffocation

21. MUGGING
Compression of neck using bent elbow.

22. SMOTHERING
Mechanical obstruction of external air passages from outside.

23. GAGGING
Pushing a rolled up paper or cloth into themouth deep enough to block wind pipe.

24. OVERLAYING

25. DROWNING

26. CHOKING

27. BURKING
Death due to suffocation.

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