First Aid to Fainting...Yes! You Can Save Life
Fainting occurs due to a sudden reduced blood circulation in brain, which causes a short episode of loss of consciousness. Fainting may have no serious medical implication but at the same time, it could also occur as precedence to a serious medical disorder like stroke. Therefore, fainting should be treated as a medical emergency when it occurs. Learning first aid to fainting can help you when you feel faint thus being able to avert serious injuries when you go unconscious. At other times, you may prevent the actual fainting from occurring. These first aid measures can help you or someone who is about to be attacked by faint.
What do you do when you feel like fainting?
When you feel faint, you should lie down or just sit down. This act reduces the chances of fainting again. You should not try to get up too quickly. If you decide to sit as it may happen without your conscience, just try to put your head between your knees.
What to do if someone else faints
In case another person faints and you are close by, there are a number of things you can do.
CPR essentially involves deep chest compressions at least 5 cm or 2 inches deep. The rate of compression is done at least 100 compressions per minute in order to create an artificial circulation of blood. You are just mimicking the function of the heart to ensure tissues continue receiving oxygenated blood to prevent sudden death of the brain tissue. You may also provide breaths by inhaling into the mouth or nose of the patient. You may also utilize a device that pushes air into the lungs.
The CPR will help the fainted patient until he or she wakes up or starts breathing. It may also help until an ambulance or medical practitioners arrive. If there were injuries arising from the fainting spell, you need to treat them such as bruises, pumps or cuts.
What do you do when you feel like fainting?
When you feel faint, you should lie down or just sit down. This act reduces the chances of fainting again. You should not try to get up too quickly. If you decide to sit as it may happen without your conscience, just try to put your head between your knees.
What to do if someone else faints
In case another person faints and you are close by, there are a number of things you can do.
- First, position the patient on his or her back to ensure that is lying down properly.
- In order to restore flow or circulation of blood to brain, you may need to raise the legs of the person above the heart level. You can place the legs on something about 12 inches so that it makes them raise above the level of the heart thus enabling blood to reach the head first before it circulates to the legs.
- Loosen the patient’s belts and other clothing that could be causing constrictiveness like the collar.
- Do not get the person up from the ground or the sitting position too fast to prevent another attack by fainting.
- If that person does not get conscious in one minute, don’t hesitate, call an emergency
- Check the airways of the patient to ensure they are not obstructed
- Check for signs of vomiting
- Check for blood circulation through movement, cough or breathing. If the person is not breathing, making movements or coughing, you need to begin CPR.
CPR essentially involves deep chest compressions at least 5 cm or 2 inches deep. The rate of compression is done at least 100 compressions per minute in order to create an artificial circulation of blood. You are just mimicking the function of the heart to ensure tissues continue receiving oxygenated blood to prevent sudden death of the brain tissue. You may also provide breaths by inhaling into the mouth or nose of the patient. You may also utilize a device that pushes air into the lungs.
The CPR will help the fainted patient until he or she wakes up or starts breathing. It may also help until an ambulance or medical practitioners arrive. If there were injuries arising from the fainting spell, you need to treat them such as bruises, pumps or cuts.
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