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OTHER EMERGENCIES ENCOUNTERED
BITES, STINGS - If the person has been bitten
by insect or animal and the wound is red, hot , swollen and the
person tells you that the injury feels better with a cold application
of something, give Apis Mel. If he tells you that
there is shooting nerve pain with the bite, Hypericum
may be used. Either as an external wash with diluted tincture or
taken orally (Hypericum 30.) If the area of the bite is blue, puffy,
and cold, and the patient tells you it feels better with cold application,
treat with Ledum Pal. or Ledum Tincture diluted
in water.
BLACK EYE(S) - With severe bruising, swelling,
begin with Arnica 30, and then give a dose of Ledum
Pal. 30 in pill form.
BLOOD BLISTERS - Give Arnica
internally for blood blisters. May use Arnica Lotion or cream externally
if there is no open wound near the site.
BLUE COMPLEXION, Skin bluish, patient deprived
of oxygen - Carbo veg., Veratrum alb
may also be called for.
BOILS - If you encounter numerous sore boils,
Arnica may be given. If the boils are burning to
the person, Arsenicum; if they are hot and throbbing,
Belladonna 30
BONES, INJURY TO - Bones feel bruised to person,
with sore aching pains. Feel better for warmth and rubbing. Ruta
Grav.
BROKEN BONES - best soon after the injury, and
before setting, Arnica. IF patient tells you he
feels worse for the slightest movement, with stitching pains, may
use Bryonia.
BURNS - If there are any burns on the body, Arnica
30, taken two tablets under the tongue, was your best first defense
to assist the body with the shock involved. You may also want to
treat the burns externally by removing clothing from them and applying
clean, non sticking cloths over them,which have been soaked in Calendula
diluted tincture or Hypericum diluted tincture. For first degree
burns, with intense burning and itching, use Urtica Urens
(may use internally and, with care, externally) If the person is
very badly burned on much of the body, and skin is blistered, and
hot, and patient will not listen to you, and is restless, and perhaps
violent, use Canthartis. also Ars.
can be used. See remedies descriptions for further information.
COLIC - If patient is better bending foreward,
Belladonna may be used. If better bending double,
Mag Phos may be administered. If he is better lying
still,with knees up, then Bryonia may be used.
With Fever and cramps, Nux Vomica may be administered;
Bloated below naval Carbo Veg may be used. Also,
if it is in your kit, Colocyntihis may be used.
COUGH - From exposure to dry, cold wind, Aconite
30 is usually called for. Dry cough with chest pain and headache,
Bryonia may be used.
CRAMPS - All types: Magnesium Phos
30, especially if person is better in warmth, worse in cold.
DIAHARREA - From food poisoning (only ) give
Arsenicum Alb. Other remedies may be given ...but
outside scope of this emergency setting.
EXHAUSTION - from physical over exertion.. Arnica
30
EYE INJURIES ( be very careful.) - For fear,
give Aconite 30. For shock, give Arnica
30. For black eye, give Ledum 30. If you have Silicea
in your kit, this is indicated for chards of glass, or sharp objects
which have injured the eys.
FOOD POISONING especially after bad meat Ars
Alb 30
HEADACHE -
Neuralgic headache, shooting headache, relieved by warmth
and rubbing, Mag Phos 30.
From chill, Aconite 30,
From shock/fear Aconite
With sudden onset, Aconite
A after over exertion, Ars Alb.
From too much sun, with throbbing: Belladonna.
After over indulgence from food Nux Vom.
INJURIES - TYPES for most, for shock and to assist
healing processes, Arnica 30.
Caution: DO NOT ADMINISTER ARNICA EXTERNALLY
TO ANY WOUND ONLY USE ARNICA INTERNALLY ...OTHERWISE HARM MAY ENSUE.
to head: Arnica 30 taken as tablets
to spine: Hypericum 30
to bones: Ruta grav.
to palms of hands and soles of feet: Ledum
to Nose: Arnica 30
to deep tissues in the body, (from blow to abdomen,groin,breast,etc)
Bellis Perrenis 30
SCALDS OR BURNS (See burns) - better for cold
Cantharis. Should also remove clothing from the
burned part as soon after the burn episode as possible. When the
clothing is still easy to remove, to prevent material sticking to
the burn and needing to be removed later. May wash with dilute tincture
of Calendula or Hypericum and
cover with cloth loosely.
SEPSIS : IF area is already septic, hot, and
throbbing, Belladonna
To prevent sepsis, Ledum and Hypericum
internally and externally. Also Echinacea, internally
and tincture helps prevent sepsis.
SHOCK :with fear: Aconitum..
following all accidents Arnica 30.
SORE THROAT.
red, dry, burning. Aconite
burning, stinging pains great swelling Apis Mel
dry, red, hot, with painful desire to swallow Belladonna
with swollen glands Belladonna
dry throat and mouth, with thirst Bryonia
SPRAINS - As soon as possible after the injury,administer
Arnica 30.(to reduce swelling and promote healing.
May also give Arnica in 6x potency half hourly for as much as a
few hours. Sprains (continued after the patient has been treated
by a doctor) may give Rhus Tox 6x (after arnica
has run its course and improvement is experienced) for three doses
until symptoms better. If injury is near a bone and the bone covering
is affected, may give then Ruta Graveolens 6x for
3 doses. If sprained area is cold and numb but patient responds
better to cold applications than warm ones,may use instead Ledum
Palustris 6x for 3 doses. (Arnica lotion or cream or dilute
tincture of arnica)(or tablets crushed and put into water) can be
also applied externally for pain and alleviation of bruising (if
any). (important:*** do not use arnica externally in the case of
any wound where the skin is broken.this can be harmful).***
SUNSTROKE with fever and headache. Belladonna.
If symptoms are worse for moving. Bryonia.
TOOTHACHE - better with warmth and rubbing,
Magnesium Phos
WHIPLASH - If there is shooting nerve pain, then
Hypericum is the remedy of choice to alleviate
this type of pain.
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