Thursday 26 November 2009

Injury/Illnesses

Some one choking on some thing:
  1. Encourage them to cough and if not able to cough.
  2. Give them 5 back slaps
  3. Then do the abdominal thrust
  4. If this doesn't work Carry on

Until they go in to confusion:

  • Then Go to CPR
  1. Call the ambulance
  2. 30 presses to the chest
  3. Then 2 mouth to mouth

Keep this going until the ambulance comes because you are

helping push the blood around the body.

If you find some one laid out on the floor, You would:

DR ABC ::

Check for Danger

Have a look for a response

Check the Air waves

Check if Breathing

If not Go to CPR

Monday 23 November 2009

injuries qand illnesses

Broken Leg:





I believe a direct blow to the leg associated with football a contact sport .

Would get a knock to any part of the leg,Causing a brake or fraction.

With football and boots is even a bigger percentage of happening.



Broken Arm:







In rugby your arm gets landed on all the time

and if gets landed on a certain would cause a brake

or twisted arm.As rugby is a very rough game.








Parkinson's


Parkinson's is a common disease for boxers because after


getting smacked in back of the head in boxing.Because behind


the bottom of the neck is major veins.Parkinson can cause major shaking.


This leads to problems for walking,movement, and coordination.
affect one or both sides of the body, with varying degrees of loss
of function. Parkinson's may also impair speech.









Sudden death syndrome


Sudden death syndrome is usually common between 35 years and younger.
Sudden Death Syndrome events are defined as non-traumatic, non-violent,
unexpected occurrences resulting from cardiac arrest within as little as six
hours of previously witnessed normal health.

The symptoms of this happening is:



  • Chest Pain (Exercise related)

  • Breathlessness

  • Palpitations

  • Dizziness

  • Fainting

    This more common if young deaths happen in your family.



Monday 16 November 2009

Illness















Heart Attack:






A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked. If the flow of blood INS’t restored quickly, the section of heart muscle becomes damaged from lack of oxygen and begins to die.






Heart attack is a killer for both men and women.









Strokes:


Strokes are when the brain is deprived on parts of the brain.





The other main type of stroke is a hemorrhagic stroke, which involves bleeding in or around the brain.
Health Guides


There loads of symptoms for diabetes:



  • Symptom checklist for type 1 diabetic:

  • Exceptional thirst

  • Dry mouth

  • Frequent urination

  • Loss of weight

  • Weakness or fatigue

  • Blurred vision


Asthma


Asthma occurs at any point and any age.



  • There are a lot of symptoms for asthma.....

  • feeling breathless (you may gasp for breath),
    a tight chest (like a band tightening around your chest),

  • wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), and
    coughing, particularly at night (this is less common in adults than in children).


It takes allot of time for a severe asthma attack to occur up to 6 to 48 hours.


Any worse symptoms would be pulse rate or an increasing wheezing or feeling agitated or restless.


Monday 2 November 2009

Rugby

Hamstring Strain


Full time training in the professional Rugby Union as been proven to get rugby players to be more fitter and mobile than ever before
This as lead to an increase of lower limbs and also muscles injuries.

During spiriting activities the Hamstring muscle can be forcibly stretched and the muscle tissues can be come torn.

There are different strains though first,Second or Third degree strains.

Depending on this would be depending on how long would have out of rugby and traing.
You can pull your hamstring by Stretching the hamstrings beyond the amount of tension that they can withstand or Suddenly putting stress on the hamstrings when they are not ready for the stress
There is also Using the hamstrings too much on a certain day or maybe just a direct blow to the hamstring.


Symptoms




  • Pain and tenderness in the back of the thigh



  • Stiffness in the hamstrings



  • Weakness in the hamstrings



  • Bruising on the back of the thigh (if blood vessels are broken)






  • Popping or snapping sensation as the muscle tears (possibly

The way of getting your hamstring better is RICE







  • Rest






  • Ice






  • Compression






  • Elevation







Wrist sprains















Wrist injuries are quiet common and happen quiet often. As you fall it is often to fall straight on to your hands and wrists. In doing so, the wrist is often suddenly, and forcefully, torqued or twisted. This can cause a common injury called a wrist sprain.This is one of the common injuries as it catches your fall and quiet weak. When you sprain your wrist it gets the ligaments torned beyond the normal ligaments.





There is lots of symptoms for sprained wrists,










  • Pain with movement of the wrist







  • Swelling around the wrist joint






  • Bruising or discoloration of the skin







  • Burning or tingling sensations around the wrist













Shoulders joint injuries



Shoulder joint injuries normal occur by falling directly on to the shoulder






or repetitive strain.






Falls can inure the shoulder one in three ways...













The casualty falls directly onto the shoulder joint itself







In the process of a fall, the casualty lands onto an outstretched hand and the force of the fall is transmitted up the arm to the shoulder







The casualty again falls onto an outstretched hand, but also in the event of the fall the casualty's body twists around the outstretched hand which applies a twisting force up to the shoulder joint




You would need:



  • Ice packs

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications



KNEE INJURIES






Knee Injury Symptoms
Acute knee injuries can cause pain and swelling with difficulty bending the knee and weight-bearing.
Longer-term symptoms that point to knee problems will include pain and swelling in addition to other complaints. Inflammation in the joint may be caused by even minor activity. Swelling may be intermittent, brought on by activity, and may gradually resolve as the inflammation decreases.






Direct blow to the knee or stretch or pulls taking it trough a lot more what can go trough. There are lots of things you can do to the knee depending on different treatments and injuries and short team or long term.