Home Emergencies

Objectives:Our Goals:1) Educating ALL medical students about common emergencies at home2) Correct misconceptions about managing certain situations.

Why? Home emergencies are:Dangerous Requiring immediate actions

Chest Pain

Leave the person alone.Give the person something to eat.Wait to see if the

symptoms go away.

If the person is unconscious and unresponsive, call 997 THEN begin CPR.

ChokingSigns

Pediatric Adult

Management

Call 9 9 7 DO NOT

DO NOTDrive them to

ER

Seizure

Faints & Unconsciousnes

1 .Safety

2 .Recovery Position

• IF YOU try to move the unconscious person to a sitting position, or

• IF YOU give an unconscious person any food or drink.

Warning:

• IF you tried to place pillow under the head of an unconscious person,or

• IF you tried to slap person’s face or dose him with cold water.

HYPOGLYCEMIA

HYPERGLYCEMIA

1) Water for hydration

2) Insulin

No Improvement

First & Second Degree Burn

For Major Burns

First

Call 997

1-Don't remove burned clothing.

2-Don't immerse large severe burns in cold water .

3- Elevate burned part

4 -Cover burned part

True or False?

The best way to treat a bleeding extremity

is by applying a tourniquet .

True or False?

You can treat cut wounds at home unless the wound

won’t stop bleeding or is in a critical area

True or False?

Apply heat first to a sprain, strain or

fracture.

True or False?

Rub your eye when you get a foreign

substance in it. Tears will wash the substance out.

Special Thanks to Dr.Ahmed Qari

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