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PubMed1984

[First aid at the accident site--immediate measures at the hospital in burn cases].

First aid on the scene of the accident consists in case of burns in removal of clothing, cooling with water (20 degrees C) and wrapping in metallic sheet dressing or sterile linen. Hands are dressed with non-adherent gauze and immobilized on splints in a functional position. No application of burn ointment, powder or cream. I.v. pain therapy with morphine derivates. Intravenous infusion (30 ml Ringer's lactate/kg bodyweight/h) tetanus prophylaxis. Hospitalization of all burn wounds of 15% of the body surface or more. Continuation of infusion therapy according to the exact balancing of water and electrolyte metabolism.

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PubMed2005

Efficiency in reducing lost-time injuries of a nurse-based and a first-aid-based on-site medical facility.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of two standards for on-site medical facilities in reducing lost-time injuries during the construction of the link across the Oresund sound between Sweden and Denmark. One medical facility employed licensed nurses, who had advanced medical assistance at their disposal. The other medical facility utilized first-aid-trained watchmen. The on-site medical facilities aimed both at providing immediate medical assistance to workers subjected to occupational injuries and at reducing lost worktime. METHODS: The distributions of injuries treated on-site (the worker resumed work after treatment) and injuries sent to hospitals or to specialists were compared for each type of injury and for each category of injured body part. RESULTS: The on-site medical facilities dealt, in particular, with the treatment of ocular injuries (21%), wounds (21%), and sprains or strains (15%). The study showed a statistically significant on-site treatment (and resume work) rate ratio of 3.3 between the nurse-based (76%) and the first-aid-based (23%) medical facility. CONCLUSIONS: The construction of the Oresund Link shows a need for on-site medical facilities, particularly at remote construction sites, and that it is essential that the medical personnel have both the qualifications and authorization to treat site-specific workplace injuries effectively in order to obtain high on-site treatment rates.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed1975

First aid and general principles of treatment of urethral injuries accompanying pelvic fractures.

Adequate first aid and operation done in due time with participation of an urologist enables the successful primary repair of urethral injuries accompanying pelvic fractures. Suprapubic cystostomy, drainage of the pre- and subvesical space towards the perineum, splinting of the urethra with an ureteral catheter and ureteral or at least paraureteral sutures done through a perineal incision are the principal requirements. Avoidance of catheterization, but eventually emptying of the bladder through a suprapubic puncture in the preoperative period and treating the urethra with greatest gentleness in time of repair should prevent additional injury to the urethra, in most cases only partially torn. Further development shall lead to giving up the theory of two-stage operations of urethral injuries.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
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The first-aid belt.

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PubMed2004

Epinephrine (adrenaline) in the first-aid, out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis.

Epinephrine (adrenaline), the initial treatment of choice for systemic anaphylaxis, is an alpha- and beta-adrenergic agonist with bidirectional, cyclic adenosine monophosphate-mediated pharmacological effects on target organs, and a narrow therapeutic index. In a recent study, 0.95% of a geographically-defined population was found to have had epinephrine dispensed for out-of-hospital use; dispensing rates within this population varied from 1.44% for individuals under age 17 years to 0.32% for those older than 65 years. Although epinephrine is widely available in the community, it is not necessarily given in a timely manner when anaphylaxis occurs. Individuals with anaphylaxis may fail to respond to first-aid treatment with epinephrine for a variety of reasons. These include: (1) delay in treatment (in an animal model, epinephrine injection at the nadir of shock fails to provide sustained haemodynamic recovery); (2) administration of epinephrine by sub-optimal routes such as subcutaneous injection or inhalation from a pressurized metered-dose inhaler instead of intramuscular injection; (3) administration of an inappropriately low epinephrine dose due to the limitations currently imposed by the availability of only two fixed-dose auto-injectors: EpiPen Jr 0.15 mg or EpiPen 0.3 mg; and (4) injection of 'outdated' epinephrine, with inadvertent administration of an inadequate dose. Additional fixed-dose formulations of epinephrine are needed to facilitate optimal first-aid dosing in patients of all ages and sizes.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Contribution to the treatment of children in the first aid medical service of the stomatological department].

At the first aid medical service of the stomatological department of a type II hospital with policlinic in the course of the calendar year a total of 1,761 children from 2-15 years were treated. During this period the staff treater 1,718 teeth and 43 times they treater soft tissues of the oral cavity. Most frequently periodontitis of the decidual teeth was treated, resorption of the root of a decidual tooth, pulpitis and caries. As to therapy, extractions were most frequent, followed by trepanation of the pulp cavity and treatment of the tooth by a provisional filling. The author draws attention to unsuitable therapeutic procedures such as trepanation of the pulp cavity in case of periodonititis of a decidual tooth and application of cobalt in pulpitis of a decidual tooth after the age of seven years. She emphasizes also the necessity to use local anaesthesia in extraction of decidual teeth.

Adolescent↗