First Aid in nature: bruises, bites, wounds, burns. What to do

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Going to the nature, especially with children, you need to take care of security. Sunburn, heat stroke, wounds, bites of ticks and mosquitoes - you need to be ready for anything and give first aid correctly.

In any trips and trips to nature, be sure to take care of road mini first-aid kit, which should have all the necessary medicines for first aid. Indeed, far from home, in nature can happen any, and the time and opportunity to look for a pharmacy can not be.

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What should be a means of first aid:

  • bandage
  • wadding
  • zelenka or iodine
  • hydrogen peroxide or chlorhexidine
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  • tweezers or thread
  • adhesive plaster
  • any adsorbent: activated charcoal, smectite, sachet or Fosfalyugel atoksilom.


First aid in heat sunstroke or
Move a child or adult, who became ill in the shade, give water, pour water head and neck.
First aid for sunburn
Withdraw from the solar portion applied to a burn site towel soaked in water, pour skin tomato juice or iced tea.

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First aid for the bite of a tick

When the tick bites,

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gently grab the tick tweezers or special thread near the skin, making a loop, scrolling gently pull. Wash the bite with peroxide, iodine or brilliant green handle.

First aid for the bite of any insect

Treat the bite any disinfectant that is at hand (peroxide, brilliant green, iodine and t.). Ideally, if there is a special feature of insect bites, itching and warn that the development of an allergic reaction.

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First aid for poisoning and nausea
Drink a sorbent, drink water in small sips. If severe nausea does not pass, you should try to induce vomiting.
First aid for bruises and abrasions
When injury put to place something cool - the iron bowl, a bottle of water. If the wound with blood, wash peroxide, brilliant green edges treat or iodine. If severe bleeding, apply a pressure bandage if the blood dark and flows slowly, the wiring must be applied below the wound, if the blood is scarlet - a tourniquet above the wound.

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