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c. Body temperature rises more than 105°F.
d. Pain in stomach muscles
e. The victim may be unconscious in severe case.

First Aid to Heat Stroke
a. The victim should be taken in a cool place and exposed to cool water shower.
b. Ice packs or wet towels are placed on the forehead, neck, armpits and groin.
c. The victim is covered with cool damp sheets.
d. The victim should be provided with adequate cool water or non-alcoholic beverages
like cold drinks, fruits juice, etc.
e. The tight and warm clothes are taken off and cool clothes are given to wear.
f. Fresh air is provided to the patient.
g. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CBR) is provided to the victim if he/she looses
consciousness.
h. The victim is rushed to the health institutions for medical treatment as soon as
possible.

h. Drowning

Drowning is a condition of sinking a person in water
bodies like pond, well, stream, river, swimming pool,
etc. In drowning, a person has respiratory impairment
due to difficulty in breathing under the water in water
bodies. The drowned person undergoes suffocation
under the water since he/she cannot breathe and water
enters into his/her nose and mouth. Fig: 14

Signs and Symptoms
a. Difficulty in breathing due to water in wind pipe and lungs.
b. Head tilted back with mouth open and floating face down due to the trouble in
breathing and lack of oxygen to the brain.
c. Foam, water and other foreign bodies are found in nose and mouth.
d. Swollen stomach due to filling of water in wind pipe and lungs.
e. Gasping for air, coughing and chest pain with vomitting sometimes.
f. Lips, fingers and tongue become blue.
g. The victim may be semi-conscious or unconscious

First Aid to Drowning
a. The victim should be taken out of water with the help of long rope, wooden stick or
rubber tube in the absence of trained swimmer.
b. Foreign bodies from nose and mouth should be removed, if any.
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