Bathing and Nasal Sinus Acne Washing

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 28th, 2008

Practically every human being and every animal likes to bathe and to be clean. Did you ever watch birds take a bath? They love it. Did you ever see how happy a cat is when it licks itself clean? Did you ever see a dog that wasn’t happy and proud after being bathed and groomed? The next time you are at a zoo, or see an animal show on television, notice how happy a lioness is when she licks her cubs clean, or how content a mother monkey is when she picks things off her little ones.

It is funny, but children enjoy being dirty and being clean. They love to play in dirt and mud, and at the same time, they love to get sparkling clean after they come into the house and wash up for supper and get ready for bed. There are, of course, youngsters who balk and squawk when told to bathe or wash. They usually complain, “Why should I get so clean, I’m only going to get dirty again?” Well, there’s a good answer to that question. If we left dirt on our bodies when we came into the house, several bad things could happen:

1. We could dirty the furniture and dining table with our unclean clothes and hands.

2. We could put dirty fingers in our mouths when we ate, and that might make us sick.

3. We could allow germs that are on our dirty bodies to enter a little crack in the skin, and give us an infection.

4. We might rub our eyes with our dirty hands and give ourselves an eye infection.

5. And, finally, we would be terrible to look at if we ate at the table or went to sleep without bathing or washing.

Normal children with healthy skins should bathe or shower every day. Oh, there are exceptions. A child who is extremely tired and didn’t get very dirty that day might skip a bath without doing any harm. Or if it is terribly cold in the house and there isn’t enough hot water, a child can miss a bath and merely wash with soap and a washcloth. And, if a child is sick and has a fever, it is best to avoid a bath or shower that day. A sponge bath is all that is needed.


Many children prefer showers to baths, especially at hair-washing time. And no one need worry if a little soap gets in the eyes. The stinging sensation is over in a few seconds at a time during the coldest season. They might freeze if they took off all their clothes to bathe!

There are other exceptions, too, depending upon where a child lives. For example, a child who lives in a hot, tropical climate and perspires a great deal may bathe two or three times a day. This is mainly done to cool off, rather than to keep clean. And, Eskimo children may not bathe for several days

It is a good idea to get into the habit of a daily bath or shower. Most children do it just like brushing their teeth, cleaning their fingernails, getting dressed, or going to school. Bathing should become a natural part of a child’s daily life. There shouldn’t be discussions about whether or not to bathe. Of course, we should bathe. Only in that way will we protect ourselves best against all the germs that are on our bodies. Only in that way will we look our best. Only in that way will we smell nicest. (Did you know that unclean bodies don’t smell very nice, and that clean bodies smell delicious?)

Here are a few other things we should know about bathing or washing:

1. For children with exceptionally dry skin, it may not be advisable for them to bathe more than every other day. The soap might wash away oils that the skin needs to protect itself. However, there are oils that can be put in the bath to replace oi1s lost from washing.

2. For children with certain skin diseases, baths may not be advisable more than every two to three days.

3. No one should use strong soaps when bathing, because they can injure rather than help the skin.

4. It is rarely necessary to scrub hard to clean one’s body, unless paint or grease must be washed off. Scrubbing too hard may injure the skin.

5. Children should not stay in a bath so long that the water cools off and gets chilly. This is a good way to catch cold.

6. Soap in the eyes may sting a bit, but doesn’t do any real harm.

7. It isn’t necessary to splash powder all over the body after bathing, nor to use after-bath lotions. A clean body smells nicer than powder or lotions.

8. Since perspiration causes most unpleasant odors, it is more important to bathe during the hot months of the year when we sweat a lot.

Bathing and washing become a habit very early in life, and those children who develop the habit of being clean grow up into clean adults. Those who neglect cleanliness when they are young often stay that way all their lives. And it is terribly important for people to be clean, because it has a great deal to do with the impression they will make wherever they are and whatever they do. Can you imagine a president of our country, or a judge, or a doctor, or a great moving picture actress or actor, who always looked sloppy and whose body smelled because of not bathing and washing regularly?

People aren’t anxious to make friends with those who are dirty and smell unclean. Even among young children, it doesn’t take long before they shy away from a classmate whose body has an unpleasant odor. And for some funny reason, no one tells a person when he doesn’t smell nicely. Really, they should tell him. Then, perhaps they would decide to bathe more often. It would not only do them good physically, but they would soon find out that other children are friendlier and more willing to play with them.

Registry First Aid Kits, Training and Courses Certificate

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 28th, 2008

Although children should not practice first aid when an adult is present and able to do it, there are still occasions when a child is the only one available. It is therefore a good idea for boys and girls, especially older ones, to know where their parents keep first aid supplies. And in order to be ready if an accident should occur, a child should find out exactly what materials are on hand. Many people buy two first aid kits, one for their home and one for their automobile, so that they always have what they need in case of an emergency. People who don’t have a special first aid kit in their home usually have a medicine cabinet in a bathroom where the necessary supplies are stored.

Here is a list of things recommended for every home:

1. A box of gauze pads wrapped in sterile paper. (These are to be placed on cuts, scrapes, or burns.)

2. One roll of one-inch adhesive tape. (A piece of tape will hold the gauze pads in position.)

3. One roll of one-inch and one roll of two-inch gauze bandage. (These are used to cover the gauze pads and to protect a cut or burn so that it doesn’t become infected.)

4. A two-inch elastic bandage. (This is used to wrap around a sprained ankle or wrist.)

5. A large roll of cotton. (Moist cotton is often used to wash the dirt out of a cut or deep scratch.)

6. A box of Band-aids. (These make excellent dressings for small cuts and scrapes.)

7. Cotton-tipped wooden applicators. (When moistened, these are very helpful in cleaning a wound.)

8. A bottle of hydrogen peroxide. (This is often used to cleanse the skin when it has been injured.)

9. A bottle of rubbing alcohol. (This can be used to clean dirt off the skin. It should not be used to clean a cut or a scrape.)

10. One tube of an antibiotic ointment.

11. A flashlight.

12. An icebag.

13. A large rubber pad. (This is placed under a patient in bed when wet dressings are going to be applied and will protect the mattress.)

14. A mouth thermometer and a rectal thermometer.

15. Tweezers. (To be used in removing splinters.)

16. A urinal and a bedpan. (These will make it unnecessary for a really sick patient to get out of bed when he wants to use the toilet.)

17. An enema bag.

18. A steam inhalator. (This can be most helpful if a child has croup or bronchitis.)

19. An enamel basin. (This can be used to wash in, or for preparing wet dressings for wounds. Or, if a bed patient feels sick to his stomach, he can throw up in such a basin.)


Every home should have certain supplies for first aid, and it is a good idea for boys and girls, especially older ones, to know where these supplies are stored.

In addition to the supplies we have mentioned above, every home should have a certain number of essential medicines. Of course, powerful medicines should always be kept separate
from the ordinary medical supplies. It is important that they are placed far out of the reach of small children!

Here are some of the ordinary medicines that will be used often in the home:

1. Aspirin, or some other medicine such as Tylenol, to relieve a headache or the pain of an ordinary minor ache or pain.

2. Bicarbonate of soda, to be used in preparing a wet dressing. A little bicarbonate of soda powder, when mixed with water, can also be used to relieve indigestion or nausea.

3. An eyewash. A little eyewash placed in an eyecup is frequently used to wash dirt out of an eye.

4. A box of epsom salts powder, often used in preparing a wet dressing for an inflamed or infected part of the body.

5. A bottle of milk of magnesia, often used as a laxative when someone is constipated. It can also relieve an upset stomach. However, it should not be used when a child has stomach pain.

6. Salt tablets. These are prescribed sometimes when a child is markedly overheated and has perspired a great deal on a very hot day.

7. A mouthwash. (Strong mouth- washes containing alcohol or other antiseptics are not advised.)

8. A bottle of calamine lotion. (This, when applied to an itch or a rash, often brings relief.)

9. A container of a medicated powder to relieve prickly heat, or the itch of a rash.

10. A container of talcum powder. (Talc frequently relieves discomfort when the skin is chafed or irritated.)

First aid Treatment for other Dog, Spider, Snake, Flea bites Lawsuits and Claims

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 10th, 2008

Practically any animal who comes in contact with a human being may bite. Most often it is because they are frightened or annoyed or angry. Everyone knows it isn’t a good idea to tease a lion or tiger, but even some animals who aren’t ferocious at all may occasionally bite. I once visited a tiny Indian village high up in the Andes Mountains in South America. There, I saw a mother Indian with two small children and a big llama. The llama had a rope around its neck and a leash which was held by one of the children. As I passed the llama to give some candy to the little Indian children, the llama bent down and bit the back of my thigh. The llama must have thought I was going to harm the children. And so, it’s always smart not to get too close to strange animals, even if they look tame and cute.

Any animal bite should be reported to a child’s parents. Even squirrels have been known to bite, and they, too, occasionally get rabies.

How to Perform Congestive Cardiac Failure Massage and Bypass Surgery

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 6th, 2008

Cardiac massage means massaging the heart. It is done in an emergency when a person’s heart stops because of a heart attack, or because breathing has stopped. Children are seldom able to carry out cardiac massage, but they may be interested to know how it is performed so that they can do it when they grow older.

1. Place the patient flat on his or her back on a hard surface. A patient who is in bed should be placed on the floor.

2. Kneel and straddle the patient. (See the diagram.)

3. Place the palm of the right hand flat on the patient’s breastbone.

4. Place the left hand on top of the right hand and push down so that the breastbone goes down for one to two inches.

5. Lift up both hands, releasing the sterile paper. (These are to be placed on pressure, then press down again. 6. Repeat the pressing down and lifting up every second for at least ten minutes, or until the heart begins to beat again on its own.

7. At the end of ten minutes, the first aider puts an ear to the patient’s chest and listens for heartbeats.

8. If there is even one occasional heartbeat, the cardiac massage is continued.

9. Stop the cardiac massage when the heart is beating regularly, or when it is certain that there are absolutely no heartbeats.

10. If the heart resumes beating, the patient should be kept quiet and not moved until an ambulance arrives.

How to Perform Different Types Artificial Respiration Accouchement and Theraphy

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 6th, 2008

Although young children are not old enough to carry out artificial respiration themselves, many of them may be interested to learn how it is done. Artificial respiration can save lives in cases of drowning, suffocation from smoke or gas poisoning, electric shock, drug poisoning, cold exposure, or heat exhaustion, and in cases where breathing has stopped because of a heart attack or a stroke. This is the way the mouth-to-mouth breathing method of artificial respiration is performed:

1. The person is stretched out flat on the back with chin up and head tilted backward.

2. All tight clothing is loosened, especially around the neck and waist.

3. With the first aider’s fingers, the victim’s nostrils are pinched together.

4. The first aider’s mouth is placed directly against the patient’s mouth, and the first aider blows as hard as possible. (An opened handkerchief or thin scarf may be placed between the first aider’s lips and the patient’s, although this is not as good as placing the mouth directly against the victim’s mouth.)

5. After blowing as hard as possible, the first aider removes his or her mouth to allow the air blown in to come out. The patient’s nostrils are kept closed, however.

6. The first aider puts his or her mouth back onto the victim’s mouth and this is repeated every five seconds. This means the first aider will blow in about twelve times a minute.

7. The mouth-to-mouth breathing is continued as long as the person’s heart continues to beat. The first aider can tell this by bending down and putting an ear next to the victim’s chest and listening for the heart beat.

8. If the first aider gets tired of the mouth-to-mouth breathing and someone else is around to help out, the other person can substitute for a while.

9. If the person is going to recover, ‘breathing will begin again by itself. Then, and only then, should the mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration be stopped. It should be continued if the victim only breathes once in a while or doesn’t breathe regularly. This may require as much as one half to one hour more of mouth-to-mouth breathing.

10. After recovering and breathing without help, the victim should be kept quiet for at least one half hour, kept covered if it is cold, and should be given nothing to eat or drink or smoke.

The victim should be stretched out flat on his back, with chin up and head tilted backward. All tight clothing should be loosened. The first-aider should pinch the victim’s nostrils together, so that air can’t escape, then place his mouth directly against the victim’s mouth and blow as hard as possible. This action should be repeated every five seconds until the victim responds.

First Aid Treatment for Stopping Child Nosebleeds Treatment and Prevention

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 6th, 2008

Most nosebleeds stop by themselves within a few minutes. If they don’t, first aid measures may control them without too much trouble. Here’s what should be done:

1. The child should be in a sitting position.

2. The bleeding nostril should be packed tightly with a piece of clean absorbent cotton. If none is available, a clean piece of toilet tissue may be used instead. After the cotton or toilet tissue has been stuffed tightly up into the nostril, the nose should be pressed firmly against it with a finger. This pressure should be continued for about ten minutes.

3. The child’s head should be bent forward to prevent blood from trickling down the back of the nose into the throat.

4. When the bleeding stops, the cotton or tissue should be allowed to remain in the nostril for several hours.

5. If the bleeding doesn’t stop, the child should go to a doctor or to the emergency room of a nearby hospital. The bleeding will be stopped by applying a special medicine to the blood vessel and by packing the nose tightly.

A child with a nosebleed should sit with his head bent slightly forward while cotton is placed inside the nostril and pressure is applied to it.

Treating heat exhaustion, Causes and Symptoms of heat stroke

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 6th, 2008

Some foolish children play so hard and long in the heat or hot sun that they become sick. They perspire tremendously and lose a lot of salt from their body. In some cases, their exposure to intense heat causes their temperature to go sky high. Here is the first aid for these conditions:

1. The child should be placed in a tub of very cold water. This will bring down the high fever.

2. After coming out of the tub, the child should be wrapped in cold, wet blankets.

3. A child who has perspired a great deal should be given salty foods to eat. Also the child should swallow some salt tablets.

4. Rest in bed is important until the temperature remains normal and the child has had plenty of time to drink large quantities of water and to eat plenty of salty food.

Most animals are a great deal smarter than children when it comes to protecting themselves from the heat. Did you ever notice that a dog always manages to find some shade to lie down in when there is a hot sun? Wild animals, like lions and tigers, do the same thing. If you want to be real smart and void heat exhaustion and heat stroke, here are some of the things you should do:

1. Wear a light cap or hat if you tend to be out in the hot sun for a long time.

2. Wear sunglasses. Remember that the eyes can be burned by a very hot

3. Wear a light cotton shirt to protect your shoulders and chest from getting many of the sun’s hot rays.

4. If there is a lake or a pool, or a river or the ocean nearby, take frequent dips in its cool waters.

5. Get into the shade and rest there every half hour or so for at least fifteen to twenty minutes.

6. Don’t play so hard and long in the sun that you become all wet from perspiration.

7. Take plenty of cool drinks and eat some salty crackers if you are out in the sun for a long time.

8. Get out of the sun the minute you begin to feel dizzy or nauseated or weak. Let your parents, or some nearby grown-up, know how you feel so they can get you started with proper treatment.

Overexposure to hot weather and sunshine can cause a high fever. A child suffering from heat exhaustion or heat stroke should be placed in a tub of cold water, then wrapped in cold, wet blankets to bring down the fever.

First aid Treatment for human bites and frost bite

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 6th, 2008

Human Bite

Perhaps the most serious bites occur when one person bites another. Infection results more often from human bites than from animal bites! That is because we have the type of germs in our mouths that can cause an infection in another human being. Dogs, except for rabies and a few other germs, have many bacteria in their mouths that are perfectly harmless to humans.

Older children are sometimes bitten by a younger sister or brother. Older children know better than to bite a sister or brother, or to bite another child even if they are fighting him. Anyone who receives a human bite that has punctured or torn the skin, should do the following things at once:

1. Wash the wound thoroughly for ten to fifteen minutes with soap and warm water.

2. Iodine, alcohol, or other medicines should not be poured over the wound.

3. A clean dressing should be placed over the area of the bite.

4. The child should be taken to a doctor, who will clean the wound further and will stitch it if necessary. He will then probably give a tetanus booster shot and will prescribe antibiotic medications to prevent infection.

Frostbite

Frostbite is a burn caused by being out in the cold too long. This happens to children, especially young ones, if they play out in the snow on very cold days for long periods of time. The most frequently seen places for frostbite are the tips of the fingers and toes, the tip of the nose, and the ears. This is the first aid treatment for frostbite:

1. The child should be allowed to warm up slowly in a room of ordinary temperature.

2. Warm foods and warm liquids should be taken. This will help to raise the entire body temperature, including the areas that were frostbitten.

3. The frostbitten parts should not be massaged or rubbed.

4. The frostbitten parts should not be placed in either hot or cold water. They should be permitted to warm up by themselves.

5. If the frostbitten parts are very painful, a grown-up may give the child an aspirin or some similar pain-relieving medicine.

6. If the skin is broken in an area of frostbite, it should be covered with a clean dressing.
Fortunately, most frostbite clears up by itself within a short time.

Following overexposure to cold, a child should be covered with blankets or placed in a warm tub. Neither hot water nor snow should be used to treat frostbite.

To prevent frostbite or dangerous exposure to cold, a child should always dress properly when outdoors in very cold weather. Woolen socks and heavy boots are helpful in protecting the feet and toes; woolen mittens give good protection to the fingers; and a woolen cap that can be pulled down will help to prevent the ears from getting frostbitten. However, no matter how warmly a child is dressed, overexposure to cold can result in frostbite. A child must be sensible and come in out of the cold when his fingers or toes or ears or nose begin to tingle or freeze.

First Aid Treatment for Other Animal Bites, Dog and Mosquito Bites

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 2nd, 2008

Practically any animal who comes in contact with a human being may bite. Most often it is because they are frightened or annoyed or angry. Everyone knows it isn’t a good idea to tease a lion or tiger, but even some animals who aren’t ferocious at all may occasionally bite. I once visited a tiny Indian village high up in the Andes Mountains in South America. There, I saw a mother Indian with two small children and a big llama. The llama had a rope around its neck and a leash which was held by one of the children. As I passed the llama to give some candy to the little Indian children, the llama bent down and bit the back of my thigh. The llama must have thought I was going to harm the children. And so, it’s always smart not to get too close to strange animals, even if they look tame and cute.

Any animal bite should be reported to a child’s parents. Even squirrels have been known to bite, and they, too, occasionally get rabies.

Cat Scratches Allergy, Rabbies and Bites

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 2nd, 2008

Cats scratch more often than they bite, but some cats bite quite often, too. In many ways cats act a great deal like dogs. They scratch or bite when they are frightened or angry. In addition, they often scratch without meaning to hurt anyone. It seems they just don’t know how sharp their nails are. Also, cats scratch when they play or when they get excited.

If we follow the same rules in handling cats as we do when we handle dogs, we won’t get badly scratched too often. If we do receive a bad scratch it should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and warm water, and a clean bandage should be placed over the area. And if we happen to be scratched or bitten by a strange cat, it is safest to go to the doctor. Cats, too, sometimes get rabies.

Once in a great while, a child who has been scratched will develop cat-scratch fever. This is an illness that comes on anywhere from one to four weeks after the scratch. First, there is a skin rash near the scratch. Then the child may develop enlarged lymph glands, headache, weakness, and fever. The disease us thought to be caused by a virus. Although everyone gets well from cat- scratch fever, it may take several weeks before the glands return to normal size and the fever goes away.

Nobody knows how to prevent cat- ‘scratch fever because it is usually caused by a perfectly healthy cat.


When cats play, they almost always do so with their claws unsheathed—this is their natural instinct. Consequently, children who have pet cats are likely to get scratched. Such wounds should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and water and bandaged.

First Aid Treatment for Dog Bites Symptoms Injury, Compensation and Law Claims

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 2nd, 2008

Everybody, especially children, loves dogs. They are wonderful animals and certainly make great companions. But, unfortunately, children don’t always know what goes on in a dog’s mind, and as a result, they often get him angry without knowing it. Naturally, when a dog is frightened or annoyed or angry, he bites. That’s the only way he knows how to express himself. A child can whine or cry or argue, or even hit someone who displeases him. But all a dog knows how to do is bite. Can you imagine that more than one half million children are bitten by dogs in our country every year? And most of the bites come from friendly dogs who are angry, not from mean or nasty or sick dogs?

Here are some things all of us can do to prevent dog bites:

1. Keep your dog on a leash when outdoors. Then you can control it so that it won’t bite one of your playmates or some stranger who is passing by.

2. Don’t pet or play with a strange dog. You know nothing about it. Something you do in a friendly way, it may think is unfriendly. And it may try to protect itself by biting you.

3. Don’t tease a dog, even if it is friendly. A time may come when it is tired of being teased and it may get angry and bite.

4. Never disturb a dog while it is eating. It may think you want to take its food away, and if it thinks that, it will bite.

5. A sleeping dog should not be awakened suddenly. It may react without thinking and will bite before it is fully awake and knows what it has done.

6. Never pick up a sleeping dog unless you have been talking to it a few minutes and it is sufficiently awake to recognize you.

7. A small child should not be permitted to walk a dog outdoors alone. If the dog has a fight with another dog, the child might get into the middle of the fight and be bitten.

8. Never run up behind a dog and startle it. It may automatically turn around and bite before it recognizes you.

9. Keep dogs away from deliverymen or strangers who come to your house. Many dogs are good watchdogs and they think they are protecting your home when they bite the deliveryman or stranger.

10. Never spank or punish a dog with your bare hands. It may bite to protect itself.

11. Children should never place their faces against a dog’s face unless they know the dog very well and are certain that it is wide awake, friendly, and in good health. Some dogs who feel sick will bite even their friendly masters.

12. Stay away from your dog if it has had a fight with another dog until you can be positive your dog has not caught rabies in the fight. Rabies is a disease that humans can catch from a dog who has the disease.

13. Any dog that bites people repeatedly should be gotten rid of; The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) will take him for you.

If a child should be bitten by a dog, here is what should be done:

1. The wound should be scrubbed thoroughly for five to ten minutes with soap and warm water.

2. A clean gauze bandage should be placed over the wound.

3. The dog who caused the bite should be found and taken to a veterinarian to make sure it does not have rabies. Rabies is a serious disease that dogs can transmit to people. Anyone who is bitten by a dog that has rabies must receive injections as protection from getting the disease.

4. The child who has been bitten should visit the doctor and in all probability will be given a booster shot of tetanus toxoid and maybe some antibiotics. This may be done even if the child has been bitten by a healthy dog.

First Aid Treatment for Coral Copperhead Snake Bite Kits and Treatment

Filed Under Avoiding Accidents | August 2nd, 2008

If a person is bitten by a snake, a tourniquet should immediately be placed above the bite to slow down the venom’s getting to the heart. The tourniquet must be loosened every 20 minutes to allow circulation to return.

1. A tourniquet should be placed above where the bite has taken place. (See diagram.) This must be done immediately in order to slow down the absorption of the poison into the body.

2. A sharp knife should be used to make two crossed cuts into the skin where the snake’s fangs have entered. It will not hurt to make these cuts, as the snake’s venom (poison) deadens feelings in the area. A penknife can be used to make the cuts. Each cut should be about as long as an eraser on a pencil.

3. After the cuts have been made, the wound should be sucked out thoroughly. If your mouth cannot reach the wound, somebody else should suck it out. This will get rid of some of the poison. No harm can come to anyone from swallowing the snake’s venom.

4. Suction to the bite area should be repeated every five minutes for at least sixty minutes.

5. The tourniquet must be loosened for five to ten minutes every twenty minutes in order to allow circulation in the arm or leg.

6. The child who has been bitten should lie down and remain as quiet as possible until arrangements have been made to take him to the hospital. If he remains quiet, less poison will flow through his body.

7. If ice or cold water is available, it should be applied to the bitten area. This will reduce blood flow, and therefore the flow of the snake’s poison, through the bitten limb.

8. The child should be taken as soon as possible to the nearest hospital where they will give him antivenin which will destroy the poisonous effect of the snake’s venom.

9. In order for the people at the hospital to know exactly what kind of antivenin to give, the snake should be found, killed, and brought to the hospital with the patient.

A poisonous snake bites its victim to inject venom through its fangs, releases the prey and follows it until it dies, then eats it. A nonpoisonous snake has a double row of upper teeth because it must hang onto its prey until it is swallowed.