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Electric Shock-First Aid

Article Summary by: madugundukrishna     

Original Author: krishnamadu

  Cares behave in the place of temporary electrical supply by new wire or old wire. Generally

that situation faces is in the function time. Man to the dangerous shocks by the wire loose connect or wall in the wet. Mostly be careful in the rain day. Don’t touch the wires with wet kinds and don’t clicks switches of or on with wet hands. Keep it distance to the children heater and table fan and some other electrical things. Don’t go in rain day in the near of electrical pole and don’t walk by the side of electrical transmitter.
Remember it even electrician also Wear slipper Switch off main after touch the wire.
Don’t touch the victim if he is still contact with the electrical equipment that has caused the shock. Switch off the mains isolator or separate the victim from the source of the contact by means of a long dry stick, a dry rope or a long length of dry cloth. Ensure that hands are dry and that you are standing on a dry surface. Once the person is removed from equipment, check to see if he is breathing, if not, begin mouth –to- mouth resuscitation immediately. Continue mouth- to breathing until the ambulance arrives. A person who has received a severe electric shock may have badly burned underlying tissue, though the surface skin show little or on evidence. Get victim prompt medical attention. Unattended electrical burns can lead to serious complications.
If the person is still contact with the apparatus that has given him the shock, break the electric circuit at once if there be interrupter close hand. If not, lose no time but proceed to remove the body from contact with live conductor.
Don’t touch the victim’s body with bare hands, but if rubber gloves are not at hand, pull him off the live conductor by his shirt cloth, if his clothes are not wet or fold yours shirt or coat or some dry article such as a newspaper into thick pad and using this as pad, take hold of the body and put it way from the circuit; or a dry stick/ broom handle may be used to raise the body or to detach the wires from contact. A good plan is to on a dry board or on a thick newspaper bundle or a sacking.
The person rescuing the victim must not stand on wet ground and must exercise caution. He shall use only one hand while trying to remove victim from electrical contact and must wear shoes or chapplas with rubber soles.  If the patient is unconscious or not breathing, try to tickle him to bring him to senses. If such techniques do not work, breathing of victim can be revived by the following procedure.
Kneel over the patient. Rest the hands flat on the small of his back. Let your thumbs nearly touch. Spread your fingers on each side over his lower ribs. Now lean firmly but gently forward over patient, exerting a steady pressure downward.


Published: July 04, 2009
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