Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Insect Bites
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Insect Bites Chances are that most of us, if not all of us, have suffered from an insect bite at one time or the other. The most common insect bites include being bitten by mosquitos, flies, ants, bees, wasps among others. Mosquito bites in particular are quite common, especially during […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Headaches
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Headaches Headaches are one of the most common medical conditions out there and chances are that most of us, if not all of us, have experienced a headache at one point or the other. When you are experiencing a headache, the pain may range from uncomfortable to painful or to […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Fever / Flu
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Fever / Flu During flu season, it is highly likely that you, or someone close to you, will contact the flu especially if you are not up to date with your flu shots. It is a pretty common condition and one that afflicts a substantial number of the population every […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Dislocations
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Dislocations We all know how important a role our bones play in our body when it comes to support, movement and locomotion and how they come together in the various joints in our bodies. A dislocation, therefore, is an injury where the ends of your bones in the body are […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Dehydration
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Dehydration It is common knowledge now that our bodies are made up of mainly water, some 55% to 60%. This means that for our bodies to continue functioning optimally and for normal functions to be carried out, you need to drink enough water. Dehydration is therefore what occurs when you […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Concussions
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Concussions A concussion is the mild traumatic brain injury that occurs after trauma to your head or after an injury causing whiplash which causes your head and brain to shake violently back and forth. Even though the brain is soft and delicate, not to mention important and one of the […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Chest Pain
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Chest Pain Chest pain is one of those symptoms that can be quite scary to experience and that is probably why it is one of the most common symptoms that bring people to the emergency room. Chest pain may be due to varying causes, some of them very serious and […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Burns
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Burns Whether we are at home, at work or even in transit in a car, we are always at a risk of suffering from burns. A burn injury, just as a refresher, is an injury that causes tissue damage due to scalding, contact with flames, electricity, smoke inhalation, chemicals or […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Bronchitis
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Bronchitis One of the major components of the respiratory system in the body are the bronchial tubes which play an important role as far as breathing is concerned. This is because they are the ones that deliver air to the lungs with each lung serviced by one of the two […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Broken Bones
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Broken Bones Our bones are strong and sturdy and bear the weight and stress we put on them quite well; and they are made strong for just this, if you have healthy bones that is. They play a major role in the body by helping with support, movement and so […]