Day 2- First Aid- 11/10/2014

Welcome, welcome, welcome ladies and gents, to Med Ed. The blog where you can learn how to save a life with a simple click and some of your time. It turns out that pre med is a real pain in the wallet, and I'm to young to have a job. Instead, I figured I could go with plan B. Learn about the world of being a doctor. Today, I figured we'd go in a nice, easy direction that won't be too, too hard... First Aid. First Aid isn't just important for any future medical genius to know, it's all about being prepared. This isn't necessarily the most "direct subject" ,so I'll take it a few steps at a time on different days, today we have the harsh environments of the ever so cruel mother nature. Harsh environments If your patient is out there in the cold and is looking a little blue, he needs some help. Cold sweats, discoloration of the skin, and extreme shivering are what you should be looking for in the cases of hypothermia and frost bite. Don't just throw them into the hot tub. They need to warm up slowly to reduce shock. When enough of the blood from affected body parts freezes, it will turn blackish. These body parts are most likely dead. They might need to be amputated, but for the sake of all things holy don't do it yourself. If your patient is sweating like a pig after a relaxing walk through the desert, he needs some help. As far as conditions such as hyperthermia or heat stroke, you should be looking for things like a lack of sweat, dizziness, puking, and cramping. They need to sit in the shade and slowly drink a cool, COOL, not frozen, glass of water. Not many people understand that. Again, shock is a bad thing. Don't throw them in the neighbor's pool either. First, they might go into shock, and second, it's against the law. Now, stay safe and lawful ,and I'll see you next time on... Med Ed!!! With Nate.