Dr. Monica B. Casualty medical officer K.R.Hospital Motion sickness Dr. Monica B. Casualty medical officer K.R.Hospital

MOTION SICKNESS Any type of transportation can cause motion sickness. It can strike suddenly, progressing from a feeling of uneasiness to a cold sweat, dizziness and then vomiting. Motion sickness usually quiets down as soon as the motion stops. The more you travel, the more easily you'll adjust to being in motion

PREVENTION By ship, front or middle of the shiP. By plane, front edge of a wing. By train, seat near the front Face forward. By automobile, drive or sit in the front passenger's seat.

PREVENTION Focus on the horizon or on a distant, stationary object. Keep your head still, while resting against a seat back.

PREVENTION Take an over-the-counter antihistamine, such as meclizine (Antivert), or one containing dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), at least 30 to 60 minutes before you travel.

PREVENTION Consider scopolamine  (Transderm Scop), available in a prescription adhesive patch. Several hours before you plan to travel, apply the patch behind your ear for 72-hour protection.

HANGING

DEFINITION Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Ligature mark around the neck, Presence of abrasions, ecchymoses and redness about the ligature mark, Trickling of saliva from the mouth, Ecchymoses of the larynx or epiglottis, Rupture of the intima of the carotid, and. Post-mortem signs of asphyxia.

TYPES

INCOMPLETE/PARTIAL HANGING

ACCIDENTAL HANGING

ACCIDENTAL HANGING

ACCIDENTAL STRANGULATION

FIRST AID Immediately remove any constriction from around the casualty’s neck, Support the body while you do so if it is still hanging Do not move the casualty unnecessarily in case of spinal injury Do not destroy or interfere with any material, such as knotted rope, that police may need as evidence. Lay the casualty on the floor. Open the airway and check breathing. If she is not breathing be prepared to resuscitate If she is breathing, place her in the recovery position

STRANGLING Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain

GAROTTING

THROTTLING Compression of neck using human hands.

Helium hood kit Death due to suffocation

MUGGING Compression of neck using bent elbow.

SMOTHERING Mechanical obstruction of external air passages from outside.

GAGGING Pushing a rolled up paper or cloth into themouth deep enough to block wind pipe.

OVERLAYING

DROWNING

CHOKING

BURKING Death due to suffocation.

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