Immediate First-aid Strategy to Workplace Injuires

There’s any easy way to remember what to do when you twist an ankle, injure a muscle or suffer any other mild sprain or strain. It’s a first-aid strategy called PRICE…
PRICE stands for:
· Protect the area to avoid pain and further injury..
· Rest to promote healing..
· Ice the injury to reduce inflammation..
· Compress the area to reduce swelling further..
· Elevate the injury above your heart to continue healing.

Main lecture: “Treatment of acute sports injuries RICE, PRICE, POLICE What’s in and what’s out?”.
Speaker: As. Prof. Chris Bleakley.
Chair: Dr. Michael Rathleff.
Sports Medicine Congress 2018. Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Copenhagen 01-03 February 2018. Follow the conference live on twitter @sportskongres or #sportskongres

A St John Ambulance trainer demonstrates what to look for if someone has a fracture and how to treat a fracture..
Find out more about what to do if someone has a fracture, what a fracture is and different types of fractures here: http://sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/bones-and-muscles/broken-bones-and-fractures.aspx.
Learn more life saving skills with St John Ambulance first aid training courses: https://sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-training-courses.aspx.
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A fall from high altitude is a medical emergency which may cause head injuries, neck & spine injuries, hip & pelvic injuries, fracture, internal bleeding, internal injuries, paralysis, cardiac arrest, stroke..
Globally, about 6, 46, 000 deaths occur due to falls each year. Every year, 37.3 million falls require serious medical attention..
Watch this video to know more about high altitude fall, its risk factors, first aid, tips to manage medical emergencies, protective measures in high-risk areas, and importance of height safety training at work..
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Do you know how to administer first aid? Almost all of us remember some basic things about the rules of providing first aid. But is our knowledge correct, or is what we know too fragmented to be useful? Knowing basic first aid methods is very important, but it’s crucial to perform them correctly so as not to compromise the life you’re trying to save..
TIMESTAMPS:
Tilting your head back during a nosebleed 0:40.
Forcing a fainted person to sit up 1:29.
Putting heat on a sprain or fracture 1:59.
Trying to remove debri from your body 2:31.
Treating a burn too quickly 3:05.
Going straight into the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims 3:37.
Putting something in a seizing person’s mouth 4:10.
Prioritizing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for heart attack victims 4:52.
Not knowing what you’re doing 5:43.
Using a tourniquet for a bleeding wound 6:17.
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SUMMARY:
Tilting your head back can make the blood travel from your nose to your throat, which means you could find yourself choking on or swallowing blood..
When someone faints, our immediate course of action is to try to sit them up, especially when shaking them doesn’t seem to be helping. Instead of all that, always start by checking their breathing and pulse..
Ice should be used for acute situations, like suddenly spraining your ankle. Heat is for chronic conditions, like back pain..
If the tool you use isn’t sterile or if you underestimate how deep the wound is, you risk getting an infection and doing further damage..
If the water is to actually help the skin, you need to hold the burn under it for at least 20 minutes..
The Red Cross has updated their guidelines on how to give first aid to choking victims, so instead of going straight for the Heimlich maneuver, here’s what you’re supposed to do instead. Stand behind the victim, lean them forward, and give their back 5 quick blows with the heel of your hand..
In a panic-induced state at seeing someone having a seizure, a lot of people immediately try to block the person’s mouth for fear of the victim biting their own tongue. This is actually dangerous for the victim and for the person trying to help..
A common mistake is to think that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is more important than chest compressions..
The first line of action in all serious first aid situations is to call for help, and let a professional guide you through what you need to do..
If someone has a deep wound in their arm or leg, applying a tourniquet can stop the blood flow to the entire limb, which can actually starve the tissues of oxygen and possibly lead to amputation. Using a tourniquet should never be the first choice..
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A St John Ambulance trainer demonstrates what to look for if someone has a spinal cord injury, what causes a spinal cord injury and what to do to help..
Learn more about what to do if someone has a spinal cord injury and about signs, causes and symptoms here: https://sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/bones-and-muscles/spinal-injury.aspx.
Learn more life saving skills with St John Ambulance first aid training courses: https://sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-training-courses.aspx.
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M.I.C.E. is an acronym meant to remind you how to apply first aid treatment for an ankle sprain..
The “M” stands for Motion, specifically dorsiflexion, or flexing the foot upwards. The idea is to get to this motion as quickly as possible after injury, but in a slow pain free manner, before swelling occurs, and once you get this motion, keep it..
The “I” in M.I.C.E. stands for Ice. Ice cubes in a plastic bag may be applied directly to the skin for a period of 20 minutes at a time..
For those sensitive to cold, a thin cloth may be applied between the ice and skin..
After 20 minutes, remove the ice and allow at least an hour for the skin to return to normal temperatures before applying ice again..
Never apply heat to an acute injury as this will increase bleeding and swelling..
The “C” in M.I.C.E. stands for compression. Compression is used to hold the ice bag in place over the site of injury,and after icing to help keep the swelling to a minimum and provide gentle support to the ankle..
“E” is for Elevation. Elevating an injury 12 to 18 inches above the heart significantly reduces the blood pressure to the injured tissues and decreases the amount of swelling after injury..
The next time you are faced with an ankle sprain, just M.I.C.E..
This post is part of “Sports Wrap” a series dedicated to helping athletes, parents, and coaches achieve their goals. Brought to you by sports medicine providers at Marshfield Clinic..
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