What to do if the child fell

Content

  • Most valuable — head
  • Measures after fall
  • Precautionary measures


  • What to do if the child fellIn order to be able to help a fallen child,
    need to keep the Olympic calm and sober mind. Both will be
    With you, if you learn several rules of behavior in children's flights.

    Most valuable — head

    One of the scary mother's nightmares — The child fell head down.
    Most parents in panic calls in the urgent, not knowing how to determine,
    Dangerous was a drop or not.

    If after the fall, the child cried not more than 10-20 minutes,
    then calmed down and continued to behave as usual, then the need for
    There is no appeal to the doctor. Should you need to disinfect and stick
    scratch or for several days to teach the child to be proud of a combat bruisy.

    If the child has lost consciousness (even for a few seconds),
    It began vomiting, the skin turned pale, a cold sweat appeared, or a child
    Unusually bad, inactive, refuses to eat, strangely drowshed or complains of noise
    In the ears and headache — All these symptoms are talking about a possible concussion of the brain.
    In this case, you need to call 03.

    The most unpleasant and dangerous — Brain injury,
    evidence of which there may be a long loss of consciousness, violations
    Breath and heart rate, unequal size of pupils. Such injuries are more often
    all happen if the child
    fell back.

    If a small (younger three years old) baby appeared a bump,
    but there are no other symptoms of head damage, show the child to the doctor for the next
    day. «Innocuous» cones can be fractures of the skull.

    Measures after fall

    • Take
      baby in hand, hug and try to calm.
    • Exercise
      Child's head, make sure that the child does not respond to touch
      to the place of impact overly painfully.
    • In place
      Eshib need to attach cold. Suitable any package of frozen vegetables or
      A piece of frozen meat wrapped in a clean thin towel. Cold
      will reduce pain and slow down the appearance of edema.
    • Bleeding
      Stop hydrogen peroxide or with a dry tampon. Tampon
      made from a piece of pure cotton and firmly folded
      Putting to the wound. If the tampon is soaked in blood, over the wound need
      Attach the second. If after 15 minutes the blood does not stop, you need
      Immediately call the doctor.
    • Observe
      Behind the child who
      fell his head, you need for an hour. Even if the child fell in a dream at night,
      Try some time not to give him to sleep in order to rather evaluate
      Scale of damage.
    • If
      The child fell nose,
      Check if the partition is not broken. Normal nasal bleeding should
      go for a few minutes. If it does not pass, call a doctor.

    Precautionary measures

    It would seem that everyone obviously, what should be done to keep children
    depicted birds, nevertheless, children constantly fall. One of the most frequent
    screams of young parents: «Child
    fell from changing table!» To this not happen, you need to learn
    Only one thing: the child on the changing table must constantly be under
    supervision. It is impossible to turn away even for a second, if your hand does not hold
    child!

    If
    The child fell out of bed and you do not want to repetition, put soft on the floor
    Pillows. Depreciation saved from bruises not one head.

    And one more very important remark. Teach children fall! If the child fell once, the second,
    the fifth, but did not learn to do it without injury, this is your responsibility.

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