FIRST AID HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 24

FIRST AID HINTS.

If a person, after an accident, is found to Dβ suffering with concussion, he should be put to bed and wrapped ij warm blankets. Hot water bottles may be applied to the feet. Should consciousness lapse, medical advice shouW obtained. The normal temperature of the humay l>ody is 98.5. With a temperature above that mark it is unwise to leave th« house. If in doubt as to whether there i« fever in the system, a clinical thermometer placed under the tongue or armpit for a period of three minutes will dispel all doubts. All bottles containing poison should on no account be kept in the same medicine chest as those containing preparations to be taken internally. Unless this is done there is always the danger, particularly in the night, of the wrong bottle being taken. If possible, bottles containing poisons should be of a distinctive shape. In the case of a fit the first thing to do is to remove all clothing from the neck, and means taken to prevent the patient injuring his tongue by biting it. The wrists and ankles should lie secured to prevent the patient from knockiny himself against the furniture, etc.