First Aid and Bed Pans -

First aid and Bed pans

Bed pans: the bed pan is a container. It is made of plastic or steel. It ‘s used for patients on bed for passing stool.

Types : bed pans are of two types:
1.    Metallic made of stainless steel with lid
2.    Plastic lid.

Use of  Bed pans: for the non-ambulatory defection.

First aid : Immediate emergency care given to an injured patient before the arrival of a physician to a hospital is called first aid
Contents of first aid box :
1.    Sterile cotton wool
2.    Savlon
3.    Roll bandages
4.    Sterile eye pads
5.    Sodium bicarbonate powder
6.    Candle
7.    Scissors
8.    Blade
9.    Match box
10.    Surgical gauze
11.    BP machine
12.    Antiseptic cream
13.    Thermometer
14.    Torch light
15.    Forceps.

Emergency conditions where first aid is needed:

1.    Trauma
2.    Bleeding
3.    Electric shock
4.    Poisoning
5.    Snake bite
6.    Dog bite
7.    Fracture
8.    Burns- heat burns .chemical burns, eclectic burns etc.