What are some first aid tips when traveling?

There will always be times when you encounter an accident when traveling. Do you know how to deal with it? Let the editor of SmartView tell you some first aid tips when traveling. Let’s take a look!< /p>

Top 10 first aid tips for traveling 1. Fever

Treatment methods

1. Wipe your forehead and face with a slightly cool towel (about 25℃) .

2. Untie your clothes and take a bath in warm water (about 37℃), which can dilate the blood vessels of the skin and dissipate body heat. Take a bath for about ten to fifteen minutes each time, about once every four to six hours.

3. Those whose rectal temperature is above 38℃ can use cold water pillows to use lower temperatures for local heat dissipation.

4. Add 70% alcohol to warm water and dilute it at a ratio of one to one. The diluted water temperature is about 37°C to 40°C, and then wipe the limbs and back.

Notes

1. Bed rest: Please stay in bed when you have a fever to restore your physical strength and get well soon. Stay hydrated. The loss of body water will accelerate when you have a fever, so you should drink more boiled water, juice, and drinks without alcohol or caffeine.

2. Avoid wearing too many clothes or covering yourself with heavy quilts, as this will make it difficult for the body to dissipate heat and aggravate the discomfort of fever.

3. Take medicine regularly: Follow the doctor’s instructions and take medicine regularly and quantitatively.

2. Burns

First aid methods

Once a burn occurs, immediately rinse the burned area under running water or apply a cold compress with a cold towel. If the burn area is large, the injured person should immerse the entire body in a bathtub filled with cold water. You can wrap gauze or a bandage loosely around the burn to protect it.

Prohibited

Do not use ice to treat burns. Ice will damage the damaged skin and worsen the wound. Don't pop the blisters or they will leave scars. Don't apply antibiotic ointment or grease to the wound casually, as these sticky substances can easily become contaminated with dirt.

Precautions

Go to the hospital for third-degree burns, electric shock burns and chemical burns. In addition, if the patient develops a cough, watery eyes, or difficulty breathing, he or she needs professional medical help. If the second-degree burn is larger than the palm of your hand, the patient should also go to the hospital. Professional treatment can avoid leaving scars.

3. Toothache

Treatment methods

1. Rinse your mouth with salt water or wine several times to reduce or stop toothache.

2. Rub with water or massage with fingers to compress the Hegu point (near the tiger's mouth on the back of the hand) to relieve pain.

3. If the tooth hurts when exposed to heat, it is mostly caused by pus accumulation. You can use an ice pack to apply cold compress to the cheek to relieve the pain.

Notes

1. Dental care is important. The key to preventing toothache is to maintain oral hygiene, so you should develop a good habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening and gargling after meals. When brushing your teeth, you should use the "horizontal oscillation plus vertical brushing method", which requires the direction of movement to be consistent with the direction between the teeth. This can not only achieve the purpose of massaging the teeth, but also improve the blood circulation of the periodontal tissue and reduce the occurrence of dental diseases.

2. It is not advisable to eat sugar, biscuits and other starchy foods before going to bed. Don't eat too hard food, and eat less sour, cold, or hot food.

3. If you have a short temper and get angry easily, it may cause toothache, so you should be open-minded and calm.

4. Pain relief is not equal to treatment. When the above methods cannot relieve pain, you should be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in time.

4. Sprains

First aid methods

Within 24 hours after the sprain occurs, try to use an ice pack for half an hour every hour. Hour. Wrap the injured area with an elastic compression bandage and raise the injured area. After 24 hours, start applying hot compresses to the affected area to promote blood circulation in the injured area.

Prohibited

Do not move the injured joint at will, otherwise it will easily cause ligament tear, making recovery more difficult.

Notes

If after several days of self-treatment and rest, the affected area is still painful and has difficulty moving, it may be a fracture, muscle strain or ligament rupture, and you need to go to the doctor immediately Hospital treatment.

5. Food poisoning

Treatment methods

1. If you eat one to two hours ago, you can use chopsticks or fingers to stimulate the throat to help. Induce vomiting and expel poison as quickly as possible.

2. If you have eaten poisonous food for more than two hours, but you are in good spirits, you can take laxatives to promote the elimination of poisonous food from the body as soon as possible.

3. Drink plenty of water to dilute the toxin concentration.

4. If food poisoning occurs after eating spoiled fish, shrimp, crab, etc., you can take 100 ml of vinegar, add 200 ml of water, dilute it and take it at once.

Notes

1. When purchasing and eating packaged food, pay attention to the food production date, shelf life and production unit.

2. Separate raw and cooked food when processing and storing food. Food overnight must be heated and cooked thoroughly before eating.

3. Wash your hands before cooking and eating. Wash your hands again after handling raw fish, meat and poultry.

4. If symptoms of food poisoning such as vomiting or diarrhea occur after eating, seek medical treatment immediately by yourself.

6. Alcohol poisoning

First aid measures

For those with mild poisoning, first stop them from continuing to drink; secondly, you can find some pears, water chestnuts, and watermelons. You can also use methods such as stimulating the throat (such as using chopsticks) to induce a vomiting reflex, and vomit out the wine and other stomach contents as soon as possible (this method is not suitable for patients who are already drowsy), and then Arrange him to rest in bed, keep him warm, and avoid vomit blocking the respiratory tract; observe his breathing and pulse. If there is nothing special, he can recover on his own as soon as he wakes up. If the patient still has rapid pulse, slowed breathing, clammy skin, and irritability after resting in bed, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

Severe acute alcohol poisoning will cause symptoms such as irritability, lethargy, dehydration, convulsions, shock, and weak breathing. You should be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment as soon as possible.

Note: Coffee and strong tea are not suitable for hangover relief.

7. Fish bone stabs the throat

1. Use fingers or chopsticks to stimulate the posterior pharyngeal wall and induce vomiting to help eliminate foreign bodies in the pharynx.

2. Perform abdominal compression (if the patient is pregnant or obese, perform chest compression). If the patient is unable to stand, lay the patient flat on a solid surface, sit astride the patient's legs and perform abdominal thrusts five times, and then check to see if any foreign matter has been coughed out.

3. If a foreign object is found, use long tweezers or chopsticks to grasp the foreign object and gently pull it out.

Notes

1. Larger or deeper fish bones will cause pain no matter how you swallow them. If there are no fish bones on both sides and around the entrance to the throat, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

2. When fish bones are stuck in the throat, patients should not be allowed to swallow large pieces of steamed buns, pancakes and other foods. Although sometimes this method can remove the fish bones, sometimes this is inappropriate treatment. This method not only fails to remove the fish bones, but makes them penetrate deeper and make them more difficult to remove. In severe cases, the infection and inflammation will be more troublesome.

3. The fish bone cannot be removed and I still feel uncomfortable. Go to the hospital and ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. This is also the most appropriate treatment method for fishbone injuries.

8. Heat stroke

Rescue methods

1. When signs of heat stroke appear, evacuate the high temperature environment immediately. Rest quietly in the shade and drink salty drinks.

2. Move the patient to a cool place or an air-conditioned room, lie down to rest, relax or take off his clothes.

3. Wipe the whole body with a towel soaked in wet water, and constantly rub the limbs and skin.

4. If cooling treatment cannot alleviate the condition, send the patient to the hospital for treatment in time.

Notes

1. People are very weak after heat stroke. During the recovery process, the diet should be light and easy to digest. Supplement necessary nutrients such as water, salt, calories, vitamins, and protein.

2. Do not drink a lot of water at once after heat stroke. Heat stroke patients should drink small amounts of water frequently, preferably no more than 300 ml each time.

3. Do not eat large amounts of raw or cold fruits. Most patients with heatstroke have weak spleen and stomach. Eating a large amount of raw and cold food and cold food will further damage the spleen and stomach yang qi. In severe cases, symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain will occur.

4. Eat less greasy food to adapt to the digestive capacity of the stomach in summer.

9. Abdominal pain

Treatment methods

1. Keep the patient quiet and in the prone position to relieve abdominal pain. You can use both hands to appropriately compress the abdomen to relieve the pain.

2. Have the patient lie on his back on the bed, curl up his legs, bend his knees, and relax his abdomen. If the abdomen is stiff and tender, press the painful area with your fingers, and then suddenly raise your hand.

3. Abdominal pain of any nature should not be eaten. After the symptoms are relieved, only liquid or semi-liquid food should be taken, and spicy food should be avoided.

Notes

1. Abdominal pain accompanied by fever often indicates infection, and antibiotics should be applied promptly and appropriately.

2. If the abdominal pain is severe and the cause has not been identified, use analgesics with caution, and avoid using drugs such as morphine and pictidine.

3. Laxatives, drugs to stimulate intestinal peristalsis and enemas should not be used for surgical diseases to avoid aggravation of pain and worsening of the condition.

4. Chronic intermittent abdominal pain cannot be taken lightly.

5. Abdominal pain that cannot be relieved, persists or is severe should be hospitalized to identify the cause and treat it promptly.

10. Nosebleeds

First aid methods

Lean forward slightly and pinch the cartilage under the bridge of the nose with your fingers for about 5-15 minutes. If possible, placing a small ice pack on the bridge of the nose can also quickly stop bleeding.

Prohibited

Turning your head back forcefully will cause nosebleeds to flow into your mouth. In panic, some blood will inevitably be sucked into your lungs. This is unsafe. Not hygienic either.

Notes

If the nosebleed continues for 20 minutes and still does not stop, the patient should go to the hospital immediately and seek help from a doctor. If the nosebleeds are too frequent without any reason, or are accompanied by other symptoms such as headache, tinnitus, vision loss, dizziness, etc., then you must go to the hospital for treatment, because this may be a concussion of the brain or other diseases.

Safety common sense for special tourism projects 1. When leading animals in animal-related activities, do not wear slippers, sandals or bare feet to avoid being stepped on by their hooves, especially when turning. Pay special attention when riding an animal and fall. The main parts of the patient's injuries were the neck, legs and waist. Uncontrolled movement can cause bone stubble at the fracture site to puncture blood vessels or nerves, causing greater damage. The correct approach after a fall in the wild is to immediately tie the injured part tightly with clothing to immobilize it if hard objects such as wooden boards cannot be found. If the waist is injured, the patient must not sit up to avoid spinal misalignment. He should lie down immediately and call 120 for help. Medical staff or others will carry him away on wooden boards or hard stretchers and send him to the hospital for treatment; if he is bitten by cattle, horses or other animals, Injuries, on the one hand, are often accompanied by more violent pulling, pulling and other actions due to the greater force, which often cause damage to soft tissues and even bones. Not only tissue damage, but also massive bleeding and local swelling may occur. On the other hand, because the mouths of large animals contain more pathogenic bacteria and are stained with more soil and dirt, wounds are easily complicated by suppuration, infection, and even tetanus. Emergency treatment is required. Being kicked by an animal can result in fractures of lower limbs or rupture of internal organs. These injuries are not damaged on the outside and are therefore easily ignored. If the pain is severe after being kicked by a horse, you should be sent to the hospital for examination immediately.

2 If you have never been to a plateau before entering the plateau, you must undergo a strict physical examination before entering the plateau. If you find lesions in the heart, lungs, brain, liver, and kidneys, severe anemia or hypertension, , please do not blindly enter the plateau. It is particularly important to perform cardiopulmonary function tests and unique hypoxic stimulation tests before traveling. Through the examination, people who are not suitable for plateau travel can be scientifically evaluated and screened out to avoid accidents for these people during the journey. People with the following diseases should not go to the plateau:

1) Hypertensive patients over 50 years old;

2) Uncontrolled diabetes;

< p>3) Patients with chronic lung disease, various respiratory insufficiency, bronchial asthma;

4) Patients with various blood diseases;

5) Various cardiopulmonary diseases Patients with pulmonary hypertension;

6) People prone to apnea during sleep;

7) Patients with epilepsy, schizophrenia and other neurological and psychiatric diseases;

< p>8) People with severe colds and respiratory infections;

9) People who have suffered from altitude sickness and other serious chronic diseases in the past;

10) Children under 7 years old are the most It is best not to go to the plateau. Because children are in the period of physical development and are very sensitive to the hypoxic environment of the plateau, they are prone to hypoxia and acute mountain sickness;

11) Elderly people with weak physiques should also be cautious. Decreased immunity and insufficient ability to cope with special environments, making it easy to catch colds and acute mountain sickness, which is difficult to treat; starting from the time you decide to travel to plateaus, add some anaerobic training to your daily life; prepare some commonly used medicines. In plateau areas, the respiratory system is very susceptible to infection, so you should bring some antibiotics. Sanitary conditions at the plateau are limited and you are prone to gastroenteritis, so you can bring ciprofloxacin with you; the temperature difference between morning and night in the plateau area can reach 15-20°C, so you need to bring enough cold-proof clothing; prepare anti-ultraviolet protective equipment; if you enter directly by plane In plateau areas, ensure adequate sleep the night before, avoid eating greasy food, and avoid drinking alcohol. If you enter the plateau area by car or train, you must make a daily itinerary plan. It is best to control the daily ascent to 400-600 meters. It is not advisable to go too fast when you first enter the plateau. Take a step-by-step approach to gradually increase the level of the body's various systems. Organ functions are gradually adjusted to achieve better adaptability; the causes of disease are avoided and eliminated. Cold, overwork, and respiratory infections are the triggers. When entering the plateau for the first time, it is important to prevent overexertion, keep warm, and prevent respiratory infections; during and after entering the plateau, do less physical activity and other strenuous exercise; it is advisable to eat a light, vitamin-rich, and easily digestible diet. Drink more water, eat more fruits, avoid overeating, and avoid drinking alcohol;

3 Mountaineering There are certain dangers in mountaineering travel. You should not go hiking alone and should travel in groups. It is advisable to wear hiking shoes, cloth shoes, and sneakers when hiking. Leather shoes and shoes with plastic soles are prone to slipping. For safety reasons, you can buy a bamboo stick or walking stick when hiking. You should bring enough drinking water and medicine when going up the mountain; the mountain is high and the road is steep, so it is best to walk slowly when visiting the mountain. Do it? Walk without looking at the scenery, and look at the scenery without walking?; When taking pictures on steep mountain peaks, the photographer should choose the angle and do not move, and pay special attention not to retreat to prevent unexpected events; The climate on the mountain changes greatly, sometimes sunny and sometimes rainy, repeated Impermanence. You should prepare a raincoat when climbing, as it is not suitable to hold an umbrella when it is windy or rainy; you should have some understanding of the climate characteristics of the mountain, understand the weather conditions in the mountain before climbing, and bring clothes to keep out the cold in the morning and evening to prevent colds; understand the mountaineering travel route in advance and plan it well When resting and eating, it is best to have a guide who is familiar with the route to lead the way to avoid blindly wandering into the mountains; when climbing, you must be focused and cannot just look at the scenery instead of looking at your feet. At the same time, you must pay attention to rest to avoid excessive fatigue; obey the accompanying personnel of the travel agency, It is strictly forbidden to leave the team without permission, and you need to seek help in time when encountering danger; when thunderstorms come, do not climb peaks, hold on to iron railings, or take shelter under big trees to prevent lightning strikes; 4. Mental illness, heart disease, etc. are strictly prohibited on the ropeway. disease, high blood pressure, vertigo, fear of heights, and pregnant women.

Alcoholics are allowed to ride on the chairlift; please enter the station with a ticket according to regulations and follow the staff's arrangements. When getting on or off the lift box or chairlift, be sure to obey the instructions of the staff and do not rush to get in or out. Follow the restrictions on the number of people and weight for each gondola; please do not smoke, stand, shake, or lie down after sitting in the gondola or chair; after the ropeway gondola automatically closes the door, you are not allowed to extend your head, hands, or feet out of the door. Please do not push, pull or rely on the door; the ropeway may have protective parking during operation, please do not panic and follow the staff's arrangements; it is strictly prohibited to bring dangerous goods into the station and get on the bus; please keep the valuables you carry with you properly or hand them over to the ropeway Station storage;

5 high-stimulation mobile games in amusement parks

* Before playing, be sure to read the "Visitor Instructions" for the amusement facilities and strictly abide by them regarding the age and physical conditions of the visitors. Restrictions;

* High-stimulation amusement rides in the amusement park are not allowed for pregnant women, high blood pressure, dizziness, headaches, heart disease, cervical spine, lumbar spine, back disease, habitual nosebleeds, various internal organ diseases, and drunkenness People who suffer from motion sickness, seasickness and physical discomfort;

*Please do not bring glasses, mobile phones, walkmans, camcorders, cameras, umbrellas, earrings, sharp rings, etc. that are easy to fall off or fall off or any other Objects that endanger the safety of yourself, others and the equipment are not allowed to ride on this equipment;

* After passengers sit down, they will be assisted by staff to put on safety devices. After the start signal sounds, passengers are not allowed to leave their seats. They are not allowed to stand or stand forcibly during operation. Play with each other. When the game is over, the equipment has not stopped. You are not allowed to leave your seat without permission. After the equipment stops, you should leave the equipment in turn;

*If there is an emergency, please do not panic and stay calm. , stay in place and wait for help from the staff. Large-scale power outages cause equipment shutdowns. Don't panic. As long as you follow the staff's arrangements, you can completely ensure that mechanical, manual, backup electric and other power will be used to safely guide tourists to a safe place;

*After entering summer , rising temperatures and dense crowds can easily cause tourists to lose body moisture, vomit and feel dizzy. If you are already weak and ride on exciting amusement machines, problems are more likely to occur. , if you feel unwell, please notify the staff immediately with gestures and expressions

Travel traffic safety common sense 1. Tourism enterprises must rent vehicles from tourist car companies with operating qualifications, and strictly examine tourist charter vehicles and drivers. Qualifications, select vehicles and drivers that meet the qualifications, strengthen safety assessment of travel itineraries and route arrangements, strengthen safety education and training for tour guides, and improve road traffic safety awareness.

2. Passenger transport enterprises must carry out self-examination and self-correction of safety production, promptly discover and eliminate vehicle hazards; strictly review driver qualifications and remove drivers without qualifications; organize drivers to participate in safety learning and Provide training, conduct regular hidden danger inspections on their vehicles, and improve daily vehicle safety inspection and maintenance systems.

3. Passenger transport enterprises must install satellite positioning devices that meet standards for passenger vehicles in accordance with regulations, connect them to the monitoring platform, and assign full-time personnel to implement vehicle dynamic monitoring, so as to promptly discover and correct those who do not follow prescribed routes, speed, or It is strictly forbidden to engage in various illegal activities such as overtime driving and tourist passenger vehicles whose satellite positioning devices have malfunctioned and cannot remain online to continue to engage in business activities.

4. When organizations and individuals organize tourism activities, they must charter vehicles from passenger transport companies with operational qualifications, strictly review the qualifications of chartered tourism vehicles and drivers, sign a formal charter contract, and never rent vehicles owned by the owner personally. bus.

5. When the school organizes students to travel, they must rent vehicles from passenger transport companies with operational qualifications, strictly review the qualifications of tourist charter vehicles and drivers, remind students to fasten their seat belts, and promptly stop drivers from speeding , fatigue driving and other illegal activities.

6. Overcrowding of buses affects the stability of the vehicle body, leading to a decrease in vehicle braking performance and seriously endangering driving safety. The traffic police reminded that schools and parents should actively cooperate with the traffic police, actively supervise and educate students to consciously resist overcrowded vehicles, and wear seat belts when riding.

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