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TEN MOST COMMON CAUSES OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS

TEN MOST COMMON CAUSES OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS. F I S H S H A P E D. FAINTING. Lay the casualty down Elevate the legs The pulse will be slow at first. ILLNESS. These are very hard for the first aid person to diagnose

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TEN MOST COMMON CAUSES OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS

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  1. TEN MOST COMMON CAUSES OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS F I S H S H A P E D

  2. FAINTING • Lay the casualty down • Elevate the legs • The pulse will be slow at first

  3. ILLNESS These are very hard for the first aid person to diagnose as we are not always told the full story.

  4. SHOCK Lay the casualty on their back and elevate the legs if the injures allow.

  5. HEAD INJURIES • Concussion • Compression • Skull fracture

  6. STROKE CONSCIOUS Sat up head inclined to one side UNCONSCIOUS Recovery position

  7. HEART ATTACK Offer an aspirin to chew The pulse will be rapid, Weak & irregular Treatment position

  8. ASPHYXIA / HYPOXIA • Hanging • Strangling • Throttling • Choking • Smoke inhalation • Puncture wound (chest) • Drowning

  9. POISONS • Swallowed • Inhaled • Absorbed • Injected • Instilled

  10. EPILEPSY MINOR FIT SIT THE CASUALTY DOWN KEEP THE CASUALTY STILL REMOVE ANY DANGER MAJOR FIT EASE THE CASUALTIES FALL REMOVE DANGER RECOVERY POSITION (WHEN FIT IS OVER) LIFT MOVE RESTRAIN DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THE MOUTH

  11. INSULIN SUGAR DIABETES SUGAR INSULIN IMBALANCE

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