The heat does not spare neither old nor small. syncope (sudden brief loss of consciousness), according to the doctors, it is not a harmless condition - it can be life-threatening. Especially if lasts more than 15 minutes. How to behave around when it happened, for example, outside the city and close to no doctors? What kind of assistance is necessary to provide the victim before arrival of "first"?
- After all, it really comes to life. When fainting weakened many vital body functions - says physician Natalia Zenkevich. - At this time, weakened heart activity, breathing, arising from a sharp decrease in blood flow to the brain. Usually there is a temporary violation of the tone of the blood vessels, accumulation of blood in the abdominal cavity, its outflow from the brain, skin and muscle, drop in blood pressure. A reason may be including a sun activity, high humidity, temperature.
Fainting may also occur with a strong nervous shock, fright, debilitated patients rapid transition from a lying position to a sitting or standing, with length of stay in a stuffy room, with fatigue, exhaustion. Fainting are, oddly enough, and young people with increased nervous excitability. Characteristic symptoms: dizziness, weakness, nausea, and at the very faint - pale face and lips, cold extremities, rapid weak pulse. He continued, as a rule, from a few seconds up to 5-10 minutes. Long faint - more than 15 minutes - can be life-threatening, in which case the necessary medical attention.
The victim as soon as possible to bed so that his head was lower than the body; allow to smell ammonia, grated horseradish or strong vinegar; unbuckle chest clothing, spray your face with water, rub whiskey vinegar or cologne (ammonia to bring the nose of the patient is not in the bottle, or a moistened cotton wool or a handkerchief); open windows and doors to air was fresh; patient warm wrap, attached to the feet warmer.
When a person wakes up, give him drink strong coffee, tea, give a little bit of wine or brandy, but with milk (something exciting). You can put a warm enema of the 4 cups of water and 1 tsp. Salt.
If syncope lasts more than 15 minutes, it is extremely dangerous. We must lose no time, before the arrival of the doctor or the arrival of "first", "overtake" the blood from the extremities to the heart as follows: pick up the right hand of the patient and so to keep her, and left leg slightly raised, tight bandage, starting from the toes up thigh. It will send the blood to the head. Fifteen minutes later, no longer arm and a leg to let go, and the left arm and right leg raised. If a person vomits, turn him on his side to vomit from getting into the windpipe.
A decoction of the flowers of linden trees. Recipe 1: 2 tbsp. tablespoons lime flowers pour 2 cups hot water, boil for 10 minutes. Drink 1-2 glasses at night. Apply as a sedative and a painkiller for fainting and headaches or nervous diseases. Recipe 2: Mix equal parts of dried herb St. John's wort, lemon balm, linden blossom. Store in a glass container in a dry, dark place. Use as a mixture of tea leaves. Helps with syncope, dizziness, is used as a sedative.
Snuff thyme. Grind to a powder and thyme herb used as a snuff tool for fainting. When a faint pass, giving the victim the tea of chamomile and mint.
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