Injuries: first aid before the arrival of a doctor

You should be able to provide the baby with the necessary assistance before the doctor comes.

1. Foreign bodies in the eye, nose, ears

If foreign body gets into the eyes, there is severe pain, burning, accompanied by lacrimation. Eyes must be rinsed immediately. But first you need to delay the eyelid and determine the location of the mote or other substance.

When a foreign body is detected, take a pipette, you can use a disposable syringe or a rubber balloon( pear), with warm boiled water and first wash the area around the eye, eyelids and eyelids with a stream of water, and then pull off the eyelids and rinse the surface of the eyeball. The baby's head should be tilted slightly in the direction of the damaged eye so that the foreign body or substance washed away from the water does not get into the other eye.

After washing the eyes, it is necessary to get them wet with a clean cloth or ironed cloth and consult a doctor to prevent the development of inflammation.

Children occasionally put stuff in their ears or ears during play. The place for playing the baby should be prepared in advance, removing all small accessories. When extracting a foreign body, you should try not to push it even deeper. Therefore, if the mother is not sure that she will cope with this problem herself, you should immediately call a doctor.

If the object is soft and close to the outlet, it can be removed with tweezers.

2. Bleeding from of nose

Nasal bleeding occurs when:

1) nose injury;

2) damage or irritation of the mucosa;

3) high body temperature;

4) because of the fullness of the vessels of the brain. In hot weather with prolonged stay of

on the sun, blood flows to the head, and the mucous membranes dry up.

The toddler must be laid, lifting his head and shoulders. Then, insert a flagellum from the cotton wool into the anterior part of the nasal passage. On the bridge of the nose, put a cloth moistened with cold water. If the bleeding continues, then an ice bubble is applied to the nape, and the doctor is called.

If there is a nasal bleeding for no apparent reason, the child should be shown to the pediatrician, as in some cases such bleeding may be a symptom of the disease.

3. Burns

Most often, the causes of burns in young children are boiling liquid and touching hot objects. Usually, fingers and hands are affected. These burns are localized in small areas, but the depth of damage is significant.

In case of extensive damage, call an ambulance or take the child to a hospital.

In an easy case, when the burn is not deep, you can help the kid yourself. For this, special drugs are used, which all must be in your medicine cabinet. If they are not, then you can apply to the affected skin clean vaseline, vegetable or butter, and from above to impose a free gauze bandage.

If the child is burned, which results in blisters or skin peeling off, apply an anti-burn medication and immediately call a doctor. Do not open blisters in any case, because they can get an infection.

It should be remembered that in case of a burn, iodine or other antiseptics should not be used. This will only worsen the condition of the baby.

Special medicines should be used to treat burns, which contain oils, they should always be at hand. The doctor will help you find the right remedy, which should be stored in advance in the home medicine cabinet.

Special cases represent burns on contact:

1) with household chemicals. From the child's body, it is necessary to quickly remove clothing contaminated with a toxic substance, and call an ambulance. Do not help yourself, because you do not know how to properly neutralize a chemical product;

2) electricity. In such situations, remove contact with the power source, and call the doctor immediately.

4. Contusions of

If a child falls, it must be calmed down and examined the body, beginning with the head. Then check your hands and feet, their motor activity, find out if there is pain when moving. To grazes and bumps you need to apply a cold compress. He will relieve pain and swelling. It is better to treat abrasions with greenery. If after that the baby stops crying after 15 minutes, he has the usual complexion, there is no vomiting, then Mom should not worry.

As a result of a strong head injury, the child develops vomiting, loss of appetite, skin palsies for a few hours, the baby easily falls asleep, but quickly wakes up, loses consciousness. In this case, you should call the doctor, and before he comes, provide the child complete peace and cold at the site of the injury.

According to statistics, when children fall, they often hit their head, because it is heavier than other parts of the body.

5. Electric shock

When the child is in contact with electric wires or appliances, the power supply must be switched off immediately. If it is impossible to turn off the current, you need to wear rubber gloves or protect your hands with other rubber things and remove the baby from the wire with your right hand. Urgently call the ambulance or emergency service. If the child does not breathe,

should begin to do artificial respiration and cardiac massage. To carry out artificial respiration, the baby should be laid on his back and thrown back his head as far as possible. Attach your lips to the lips of the child. Air should be inflated slightly and a little, 1/3 part of the inhalation of an adult person, since the lungs of children are small. After inhaling, you need to take your lips away from the child's mouth and allow you to easily push out the air, then breathe in the air again and so on, alternating with inhaling and exhaling. The rate of such breathing should be slightly faster than in adults. Heart massage is performed simultaneously with artificial respiration.

6. Entering food in the respiratory tract

To clear the airways, you need to put the baby on your hand so that his head and chest are lowered down, thrown over his arm. The other hand is to tap on the back between the shoulder blades. Then examine the oral cavity and pull out the remains of food from her with a finger. If these actions did not bring the desired result, then you need to put the baby on his tummy on his knee and with both hands squeeze the chest 3-4 times, this is done carefully so as not to break the ribs. Usually, after that, the airways are cleared, and the baby takes a breath, followed by a coughing.

In more severe cases, urgently call an ambulance and take the child to the hospital.