First aid for electric shock. Medical care for a child

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First aid for electric shock. Medical care for a child

Fundamentals of First Aid (OPMP)

What to do in case of electric shock

1. If the child, under the influence of shock, cannot remove his hand from a dangerous object, then help the baby to free himself. Turn off the current (unplug the appliance from the socket or turn off the fuse). If it is impossible to remove the current source, carefully, without touching the exposed areas of the victim’s body, wrap your hands with dry rags or put on rubber gloves, stand with your feet on a dry, non-conductive bedding (rug, stack of newspapers, dry rags, a piece of rubber, boards) and drag child away from the power source. Do not use wet or metal objects for this!

2. Then, regardless of how the victim feels, urgently call an ambulance.

3. If the baby is conscious and has no concomitant head or chest injuries (obtained, for example, in a fall), raise his legs 20-30 cm above head level.

4. If the child has head and chest injuries, on the contrary, raise the child's head higher.

5. To keep warm, cover the baby with a warm blanket and wait for the doctor.

6. Before the doctor arrives, let the baby drink as much as possible.

7. Check the child for signs of shock. If the child is dizzy, if he loses consciousness, and his skin becomes pale, cold and wet, if his breathing is shallow and rapid, and the pulse is weak and frequent, then take resuscitation measures.

8. If, after an electric shock, the child does not breathe, then begin to carry out resuscitation yourself: mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions.

RESUSCITATION

Check if the baby is conscious. To do this, rub it on the back, gently pull, call. If the baby does not respond, then, holding the head and neck well with your hand, without bending your back, lay him on a hard surface face up and undress to gain access to the chest.

To free the airway from the tongue, which could have fallen, bring the lower jaw forward, open the mouth and straighten the head back. The baby's mouth should remain open.

Bend your ear to your mouth and once again make sure the baby is not breathing.

Take a close look at the chest - it moves with breathing or not. It is necessary to evaluate the presence of spontaneous breathing for no longer than 5 seconds.

If there is no breathing, begin artificial respiration. Without changing the position of the baby's head, tightly cover his nose and mouth with your lips if the baby is an infant. If he is over 1 year old, pinch his nose with your thumb and forefinger and press your mouth firmly against his mouth. Take a shallow breath and perform two gentle breaths of 1 second each.

If the chest does not begin to move during artificial respiration, change the position of the baby's head, bend it further back and take two more breaths of air.

9. If a child has an electrical burn, remove all clothing that is easy to remove. Douse the burned area with cool tap water until the pain subsides. Apply a wet cloth to burned parts of the body that cannot be immersed in water for a long time (for example, the face). Blot your skin gently.

10. If the burn continues to hurt the child, cover the burned area with a clean, dry, smooth cotton or linen bandage.

11. If the child's hands or feet are burned, separate the fingers with cotton pads or gauze, then apply a loose, clean bandage.

ATTENTION!

Do not touch the child with bare hands while he is in contact with a source of electrical current. If your child has burns, do not remove dead skin or open blisters. Do not apply ice, butter, ointments, or medicines to the burn, or apply cotton bandages or adhesive tape to the burn.

Author: Basharova N.A.

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