First aid for fainting, what you can and can not do

Fainting - is the body's response to the situation when the brain does not have enough blood. The man switched off falls in a horizontal position is easily blood gets to the brain, and consciousness returns. All about everything, in most cases it takes less than a minute.

How to provide first aid for fainting

When your eyes someone loses consciousness, proceed as follows.

• Make sure the person is breathing and its heart is beating. If not, begin resuscitation - CPR mouth-to-mouth and chest compressions.

• Do not try to lift the seat and the victim. To put a man on the back: it quickly improve blood circulation in the brain.
• Pick up his feet about 30 cm from the floor. This again will accelerate the rush of blood to the head.
• Loosen the belt, tie, collar, remove or tear any tight clothing that may hinder blood circulation.
• Tap on the cheeks, loudly talk to the victims.
• If you have a first aid kit on hand, bring to the nose of the victim ammoniaAmmonia Aromatic Ampul. No other drugs and medicines should not be used!

All you have done what we could. We can only wait for the unconscious wakes up. Well, or call an ambulance if there are indications for.

When you need to call an ambulance for fainting

Immediately dial 103 if an unconscious person there is at least one of the following symptomsfainting Treatment:

• fainting lasts longer than a minute;
• the victim - blue lips and face;
• you believe that the victim is not breathing and / or heart rate;
• a man came to his senses, but complains of irregular or too slow heart rate;
• there are complaints of chest pain and difficulty breathing;
• fainting after a person falls asleep, it is difficult to wake;
• fainting during or after the observed convulsions, Convulsions, a person commits involuntary movements;
• the victim regained consciousness, but complains of blurred vision, difficulty speaking, confusion;
• Falling man is injured or you have reason to believe it.

In no case do not expect that any of these symptoms will pass by itself. Such symptoms have reported that heart is malfunctioning. If time does not help, the case could end in death.

What you need to do after fainting

If unconsciousness lasted less than a minute and did not have warning signs (they are listed in the paragraph on call an ambulance), Nothing to worry about. Suffice it to just slow down and relax - and the body recover quickly.

However, there are conditions that should definitely consult a doctor. The visit to the therapist should plan, if:

• fainting accompanied by a header;
• This is the second and more loss of consciousness in the last month;
• lost consciousness a pregnant woman or a person with any cardiovascular diagnosis.

The doctor will conduct inspection and, if necessary, prescribe tests to help eliminate unpleasant disease.

Why can happen fainting

The main cause of syncope - a lack of cerebral circulation, associated with a sharp decrease in blood pressure. It may cause a reduction in different situationsLow blood pressure (hypotension):

• A sharp rise. If you long to sit or lie down, and then quickly get up, the heart may simply not have time to submit blood to the head.
• StressAssociation of low blood pressure with anxiety and depression: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.
• Hunger. Due to lack of nutrients is reduced production of blood cells - red blood cells. This, in turn, causes a sharp pressure drop attacks - famous hungry fainting.
• Blood loss. For example, cuts, internal hemorrhage (gastrointestinal, uterine) donation.
• Dehydration.
• Intoxication. Alcohol, food, and can, infectious, wherein the fault, e.g., influenza.
• Hormonal disorders: malfunction of the thyroid gland, diabetes, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
• Problems with heart.

As you can see from this list, fainting may lead relatively safe reasons. But not always.