Children's Severity

General public especially parents may someday be faced with the gravity of the child who happens suddenly, without specific signs previously. Seizures, poisoning, high heat and swallowed an object often occurs in children. If the cause is known and available medical facilities complete the gravity of these can be saved. But if it happens otherwise it will be able to threaten the child's soul.

To prevent that, it would be nice if parents and the community to know first aid as early as possible should be done before being taken to the nearest hospital.
Kinds of gravity in children: Kinds of crisis that occurred in children is as follows:

1. Fever Seizures Febrile seizures are caused by spasms of the body temperature is too high.
Signs: Feet, hands and body stiff.
Eyes glanced upwards
Mouth shut
Very high body temperature

Handling of crisis:
*Keep your child's tongue in order not to get bitten by the teeth, for example fouled with a handkerchief or a spoon
* Reduce heat to compress with cold water in the body folds such as neck, armpit and neck head. *Loosen the airway by loosening the kids clothes / dress off
*Immediately to the nearest hospital to get further help

2. Acute Diarrhea Diarrhea is the exit of liquid stools more than three times in 24 hours. Expenditure imbalance of fluids and electrolytes will cause dehydration (dehydration)

The signs of diarrhea accompanied by dehydration is as follows:
*Liquid bowel movement and often
*Sunken fontanel Mouth / lips dry
*Decreased skin turgor
*Rapid pulse
*Sunken eyes
*Rapid breathing

Handling of crisis:
*Oralit such fluids do not be late
*Continued breastfeeding, infant formula is to be diluted prior
*If the symptoms doesn't reduce,go to the nearest hospital to get further help

3.ASMA

Asthma can be characterized by the following symptoms:
*Babies look shortness of breath
*Baby's nostril looks expanded and collapsed and is often accompanied by the sound
*Breathing in the chest and stomach looks very fast
*Restless

Handling of crisis:
*Loosen the airway, with the way the baby's head tilted. (This is still done during the trip to the hospital)
*Bring immediately to the nearest hospital for further treatment given.

4.TERSEDAK Choking (swallowed an object) is marked by symptoms as follows:
*Shortness of breath
*At toddler age, the toddler will be holding his neck, which felt like choking.
*If choking in the lightweight category is marked with coughing until vomiting.
*If choked with the weight categories are marked by a cough that more and more rare, and ultimately could not cough at all.
*Face turned blue and then fainted

Handling of crisis:
*In severe choking, tengkurapkan children over the left arm. Then your right hand hit the back of the child / baby (2 between the shoulder blades) as much as 5 times until the baby is coughing, vomiting and crying.
*Bring immediately to the nearest hospital

How to prevent child accidents:
*Put all dangerous objects out of the reach of children, for example: knives, medicines, insect poisons, rat poisons, kerosene, detergent.
*Prohibits children playing near hot objects such as: stoves, iron and a thermos of hot water. *Prohibit children play outlet.
* Note that no open wires.
*Supervise children when playing.
*Forbid children to play near a well, pond, river or highway.

Any first-aid medicines that need to be provided at home:
*Povidone Iodine (Betadine) to treat wounds.
* Oralit to replace fluids lost by diarrhea
*Paracetamol for fever-lowering drugs

What are the signs of danger on Child Sick?
*Could not suck / feeding
*Can not drink or lazy drinking
*Always spit fed food that had been
*Seizures
*Not aware

Source:www.rssemengresik.co.id