FIRST ADI SIGNS ; These are details discovered by applying your senses- sight, touch, hearing, and smell- often in the course of an examination. Common signs include bleeding, Swelling, tenderness, or deformity; signs of illness that are very often evident are a pale or flushed akin sweating a raised body temperature, and rapid pulse.
many signs are immediately obvious, but other's may be discovered only in the course of through physical examination. if the casualty is unconscious, your diagnosis may have to be formed purely on the basis of the circumstances of the incident, information obtained from onlookers, and signs you discover.
SYMPTOMS SIGNS OF INJURY OR ILLNESS
THE CASUALTY MAY TELL YOU OF THESE SYMPTOMS; Pain, Apprehension, Heat, Cold, Loss
of normal movement, Loss ofsensation, Abnormal sensation
Nausea, Tingling, Faintness,
momentary unconsciousness,
Weakness, Memory loss, Dizziness,
Sensation of broken bone.
YOU MAY SEE THIS SIGN; Anxiety and painful expression, Unusual chest movement,
sweating, Wounds, Bleeding from orifices. Responds too touch,
responds to speech Bruising, Abnormal Skin color. Muscle spasm.
Swelling. Deformity, Foreign bodies Needle marks vomit,
incontinence, Containers and other circumstantial evidence.`
YOUR SENCE OF TOUCH MAY REVEL THESE SIGNS ; Dampness, Abnormal body temperature.
Tenderness to touch or pressure, Swelling
Deformity, Irregularity, Grating bone end.
YOU MAY HEAR THESE SIGNS; Noisy or distressed breathing Groaning, Sucking Sounds (chest injury) Responds to touch, Responds to speech
YOURVSENSE TO SMELL MAY DETECT THESE SIGNS
REMEMBER TO SMELL THE CASUALTY'S BREATH ; Acetone , Alcoholic liquors, Burning, Gas or fumes Solvents or glue, Incontinence
TOP TO TOE SURVEY ; Carefully examine the casualty. Always start at the head and work down; the "top-to-toe" routine is both through and easily remembered. You may need to remove clothing but bear in mind that, During every stage of your examination, You should try not to move the casualty more than is absolutely necessary Use both hands, and always Compare one side of the body with the other since any swelling or deformity may be revealed much more clearly.
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