CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS AT HOME
​Cuts and bruises:Prevention:
First Aid/management
​Burns and scalds:
​Burns are caused by dry heat while scalds are caused by moist heat e.g steam under pressure.
Prevention
First Aid/management
​POISONING
Caused by chemicals e.g farm chemicals, drugs, paraffin, alcohol, contaminated food or poisonous plants.
Prevention
First Aid/management
​FRACTURES AND SPRAINS:
A fracture is a crack/break in the bone while a sprain is the tearing on stretching of strong tissues which holds bones together.
Causes:
Symptoms:
Kinds of fractures
Causes of fractures
First Aid/management
Sprains:
​Happens when one twists joint accidentally stepping on uneven ground:
Symptoms and signs
First Aid:-
​CHOKING AND SUFFOCTION
As a result of obstruction of wind pipe that can be due to swallowing a sweet, marble, button/any object/food/too much liquid or gas being used at once making breathing difficult.
First aid/management
​SHOCK
TYPES
Symptoms of shock:
Electric shock
Caused by:
Prevention
​FAINTING
Caused by temporary insufficient supply of blood to the brain due to:
First aid/management
​DROWNING:-
​Liquids enter air passage.
Prevention
First aid / management
NOSE BLEEDING
Caused by:
​First aid / management
​ENTRANCE OF FOREIGN BODIES
a) The Eye
​INSECT STINGS AND BITES
Insects bites using stings found on the tails e.g spiders, mosquitoes, lice, bed bugs, ticks, bees, wasps, hornets and scorpions stings.
​SNAKE AND ANIMAL BITES
Local treatment
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