How to deal with frostbite in an emergency?

Frostbite is a local injury caused by the influence of their own surrounding environment, and even local spread to the whole body, if the situation is relatively light, it will have an impact on its own **, if it is serious, it may lead to some joint disorders, at this time it is necessary to treat it in time, and even endanger its own life, its typical symptoms are that the patient will have cold hands and feet and lose sensation, the following is a brief description of the first aid methods of this disease.

First, in the early stage, if there are no obvious symptoms, soaking the frostbitten area in warm water for rewarming can improve the patient's condition in about a week.

Second, some anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to treat the wound, and then use external dressing drugs to insist on applying them to the unbroken ** surface every day to promote local blood circulation, thereby improving the discomfort of frostbite.

Third, in severe cases, the patient can be immersed in warm water throughout the body, and after the vital signs return to normal, the rewarming can be stopped, and drugs can be used to prevent chills and reduce oxygen consumption.

Fourth, continue to protect the injured part, use quilts, blankets, etc. to keep warm after rewarming to prevent crushing and other accidental injuries.

Patients must choose the best method according to their own situation, and early detection of this disease is the most important thing to do it as soon as possible. Don't treat frostbite as a trivial matter, if it is not timely, it will not only affect the body, but also produce other diseases, and will affect the normal life and work of daily life because of inconvenience.

The patient should be quickly weaned from the cold environment and frozen objects, and the patient should be immediately rewarmed locally or generally.

You can soak the injured limb with warm water at 38-42 degrees, or bathe the whole body for about 5 to 7 minutes, which can quickly restore local blood circulation, which can make the color and feeling of ** normal.

Never rub the wound with snow or ice, and do not bake it over fire. It can then be rinsed with sterile warm saline. The frostbitten limb should be slightly elevated to reduce edema, and the injured limb should be immobilized to avoid aggravating tissue damage.

Frostbite tissue is most damaged between 10 and 20 degrees Celsius during recovery, so it should heat up quickly.

For people with cardiorespiratory arrest, first aid measures such as cardiac compressions and rescue breaths are also required.

After frostbite, the following process should be followed: 1. Quickly take the patient out of the cold environment to prevent further freezing; 2. Move the patient to a warm place, remove damp clothes, shoes and socks, and take measures to keep the whole body warm; 3. Rapid rewarming by soaking in warm water; 4. For severe frostbite all over the body, pay attention to the breathing and heartbeat of the wounded, if you find that the pulse breathing is slow, you need to carry out artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and at the same time quickly rewarm; 5. When the patient's body is rewarmed, it needs to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

Cryogenic sites and frozen objects should be quickly removed and moved indoors. If the clothes are frozen with the human body, they should be melted with warm water and then gently take off the clothes, keep the frostbitten area clean, apply frostbite ointment, remember that the frostbitten area can not be soaked in hot water or roasted with fire, it is best to cover the injured with clothes and blankets to keep warm, and go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Patients in frostbite after this depends on the degree of frostbite, if not severe, can be their own simple medicine, such as ** no ulcer, you can go to the pharmacy to buy chilblain cream for external use, if the local ** ulcer erosion, you can first use erythromycin eye ointment and wipe the frostbite site, wait for the inflammation to dissipate, you can use chilblain ointment. If the frostbite is too large, the area is large or there is no effect after medication, it is recommended that the patient should go to the hospital in time for timely treatment by a professional doctor.

Promptly** or apply ointment. If there is slight frostbite on the face and hands, you can go to the hospital to consult a doctor, or go to the pharmacy to buy some frostbite cream to apply, and massage the frostbitten area regularly every day to increase blood circulation, or use warm water or warm towels every day to warm the frostbitten area can also increase blood circulation to avoid frostbite from becoming serious again.

Frostbite is a phenomenon that often occurs in the cold season, because frostbite can cause many harmful consequences, therefore, frostbite should be treated as soon as possible, let's learn about the treatment methods after frostbite.

1.Method 1: In the early stage of frostbite, you can cover the frozen parts with clothes to keep warm, and you need to quickly rewarm in a water bath, and the water bath temperature should be 37 43, this method has a good effect on various common frostbite symptoms.

2.Method 2: Support** should be provided, such as bed rest, a high-protein, high-calorie diet, wound protection and trauma avoidance, and most importantly fluid resuscitation and core body temperature recovery in hypothermia patients with frostbite before limb rewarming to prevent sudden hypotension and shock.

Anticoagulants are recommended to prevent thrombosis and gangrene, and pentoxifylline, ibuprofen, and aspirin may be effective.

3.Method 3: Antimicrobial drugs should be used to prevent infection, and tetanus antitoxin should be immunized in time.

Precautions. After frostbite, patients should pay attention to the prohibition of ice cubes to wipe the frozen limbs, so as not to cause damage to the frostbite site.