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It is finally summer time. Along with the fun and good times comes a possible health threat. Sun Burn You can cause injury by sitting in the sun or shade or doing work or exertive activities. First we have to look at sun burn. This can take place within 20 minutes to several hours of exposure. For this reason it is important to wear a sunscreen suited to the climate. Children, fair people and the elderly are especially at risk. Mild and uncomplicated cases of sunburn usually result in minor skin redness and irritation. Untreated and with enough exposure, you can experience shock (poor circulation to vital organs) and even death (sun poisoning). Sufficient exposure can become remarkably painful. The symptoms may include chills, fever, nausea, blistering and skin peeling. Dehydration is especially a danger. If you are suspecting you are getting burnt, move out of the sun. Aspirin and Ibuprofen can help with the discomfort. At home cool compresses with equal parts of milk and water may be enough to coo the skin and help replace some of the balance of fluids. Drink room temperature fluids (water is best) or something with electrolytes like gateraide or pedialyte will help replace fluids lost. Grandma’s secret of aloe, when you ripped the leaves off and applied the jelly substance, now has been replaced by cooling of aloe-based lotions. Conditions that should motivate you to go to a hospital's emergency department include the following: Severe pain, Severe blistering, Headache, Confusion, Nausea or vomiting, Fainting Of course the best treatment is prevention. Then we can progress to heat Stroke and Heat exhaustion.
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Symptoms Heat stroke symptoms
This is a serious condition and an ambulance should be called immediately. Gently move to cool area until Ambulance arrives.
Move the person to a cooler environment, or place him or her in a cool bath of water (as long as he or she is conscious and can be attended continuously). Alternatively, moisten the skin with lukewarm water and use a fan to blow cool air across the skin. Give cool beverages by mouth only if the person has a normal mental state and can tolerate it. Heat exhaustion symptoms
Self-Care at Home Home care is appropriate for mild forms of heat exhaustion. For mild cases of heat exhaustion: Rest in a cool, shaded area, Give cool fluids such as water or sports drink. (that will replace the salt that has been lost). Salty snacks are appropriate as tolerated. Loosen or remove clothing, Apply cool water to skin, Do not use an alcohol rub. Do not give any beverages containing alcohol or caffeine.
The patient should stay in a cool environment and avoid strenuous activity for several days
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The common problems that may arise in a small communities varied but only a few are life threatening. Has my friend had a stroke? A
bystander can recognize a stroke by asking four simple questions: T *Ask the person to TALK and
SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. New Sign of a Stroke --------
Stick out Your Tongue With timely intervention, of less than an hour, most stroke symptoms can be reversed of lessoned. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediatelyand describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. Has my friend had a heart attack? Signs and symptoms: Pain or pressure in the chest area, may radiate down left arm and neck. Patient can speak. Often has feeling of stomach upset or heart burn. Women may present different symptoms, a spaced out feeling, back pain All victims may be greyish and the lips may be bluish as will the fingernails. Usually patient will say, “I don’t feel well” Help them to sit. Donot try and move them. But sitting helps some patients’ breath easier. If they go unconscious, make sure their airway is open but tilting the neck back. If they vomit, roll to the side and clear the mouth out so they do not breathe the derbies in again. Has My friend had a fall? If fall is witnessed, it may provide information about whether there may be back or neck injury. A non witness fall, assume there may be other injury like broken bones and head neck injury. Tell them not to move and hold their head between your hands to keep the spine from further injury. Always leave the patient exactly where they fell. Moving may cause greater injury and pain. If a vein or artery caught in a fracture, it may cause an internal bleed. Keep the patient calm; reassure help is on the way. Remember if they are outdoors, protect them from the weather. Provide a Blanket for warmth and an umbrella for shade or wet. Always be prepared to deal with Shock. This can be a killer. The simple signs are tremors, cold clammy skin and anxiety thirst, Rapid; shallow breathing. The casualty will eventually become unconscious. Finally, the heart will stop.
· Treatment of Shock
· DO NOT let the casualty: move unnecessarily, eat, drink, or smoke.
· DO NOT leave the casualty unattended. Reassure the casualty constantly.
Treat any cause of shock which can be remedied (such as external bleeding).Use a pressure of clean material directly over the bleed and press.
Never be afraid to call 911 a second time if you feel your friend is getting worse. You can update the dispatcher with the changes.. REMEMBER to give all medications the patient is taking to the Ambulance Attendant. They will need the CARE card to so add the purse or wallet Have ready the name age and address of the patient. Ask patient if there is someone they want contacting. And best of all TAKE A FIRST AID COURSE or at least a CPR course. You never know when you may save a life.
I was passed this from a Search Master from another Municipality. Earthquake Survival
This is very helpful, totally different than what we
were taught as children.
Forget everything you've been trained to do during an earthquake!!! Boy! Is this ever an eye opener. Directly opposite of what we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being told to, "duck and cover" or stand in a doorway during an earthquake. This guy's findings is absolutely amazing. I hope we all remember his survival method if we are ever in an earthquake!!! EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: "TRIANGLE OF LIFE" My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake. I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries... I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters. The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something. Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY 1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed. 2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake.... It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it. 3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs. 4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake. 5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair. 6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed! 7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged. 8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked. 9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway.... The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them. 10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper. Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared! "We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly" In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my “triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe , and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV
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Patty's Place Started in Chemainus, Her first client base was under 100 clients.
Her mission was to provide a good product at reasonable prices. With the help of the then manager, Darlene Kelt, she showed clients how they could maximize their return and prepare for the future, by investing in RRSP's Her client base increased to over 500 and the Credit Union gained a lot of new investors and people developing a plan for their future. She then moved to Ladysmith where her clients followed her to her home office.. She now lives in Langford, near Goldstream park, and the same personal service and attention to detail has brought many of her clients with her, and attracted new ones. Patty has been preparing personal Income tax since 1988 using the industry standard cantax(Tm) software. |
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