14-10-2010 Flauw vallen Fainting : what NOT to do?
Fainting: what NOT to do?
Anybody can faint [le-hitalef] .
Fainting is not the same as an acute allergic anaphylactic reaction.
The last one is an absolute emergency [and needs expert help within seconds: adrenaline -injection [s] and this can happen after taking medicines [especially after injections,especiallypenicillin injections can be extremely risky!
Most often fainting is "innocent" but in older people the reason may have to be examined.[heart problems etc]
Let's deal only with fainting which happens because of trivial reasons [tiredness,fear for injections,seeing blood]
Symptoms: somebody becomes suddenly pale, start sweating and [feels that he is going to] faint[s] [mit-alef]
The pulse will be slow.
Patients who become hypotensive and may faint [blood pressure goes down] should lie flat and, if possible, raise their legs to increase venous return.[return of blood to the heart]
Placing these patients suddenly into an upright position is potentially dangerous: it may precipitate a cardiac arrest (electromechanical dissociation) due to contraction of the empty heart.
So, please, let anybody who shows such a reaction, lay down straight away!!, where ever the person may be: auto bus,beit knesset [synagogue],market etc
Don't run for glasses of water etc, first let the person lay down.
It is not a shame and one should not be forced to sit up!
Please,teach others about this.
Fainting is not the same as an acute allergic anaphylactic reaction.
The last one is an absolute emergency [and needs expert help within seconds: adrenaline -injection [s] and this can happen after taking medicines [especially after injections,especiallypenicillin injections can be extremely risky!
Most often fainting is "innocent" but in older people the reason may have to be examined.[heart problems etc]
Let's deal only with fainting which happens because of trivial reasons [tiredness,fear for injections,seeing blood]
Symptoms: somebody becomes suddenly pale, start sweating and [feels that he is going to] faint[s] [mit-alef]
The pulse will be slow.
Patients who become hypotensive and may faint [blood pressure goes down] should lie flat and, if possible, raise their legs to increase venous return.[return of blood to the heart]
Placing these patients suddenly into an upright position is potentially dangerous: it may precipitate a cardiac arrest (electromechanical dissociation) due to contraction of the empty heart.
So, please, let anybody who shows such a reaction, lay down straight away!!, where ever the person may be: auto bus,beit knesset [synagogue],market etc
Don't run for glasses of water etc, first let the person lay down.
It is not a shame and one should not be forced to sit up!
Please,teach others about this.