Cold weather does not promise anything good. It both period of colds, and frostbites. In the latter case it is very important to know not only symptoms of a frostbite of hands, extremities, but also what cannot be done at the same time.
Unnecessary actions at a frostbite of hands
So, at a frostbite of hands the following is impossible:
- it is forbidden to be on cold;
- to pound the struck place rough fabric, alcohol or snow;
- in case of repeated overcooling we do not heat a hand;
- dealing with a frostbite 2 and 3 degrees, it is impossible to neglect treatment, not to apply to the damaged places an aseptic bandage and other;
- to place hands on the battery, in hot water.
Even, if a frostbite insignificant, you do not close eyes to it. It is important to watch how the frozen fingers of hands get warm. Process during which on skin there are reddenings, a small itch and tinglings is considered normal.
At long stay on cold it is strictly forbidden to mass extremities and to warm them, especially, if on them bubbles appeared. Here inadmissibly to self-medicate, important at once to see a doctor.
First aid at a frostbite of hands
- At short-term stay on a frost and satisfactory condition of extremities we do light massage of hands, warming them with the breath. Later we wrap up them with woolen fabric. The victim should be warmed warm tea, to wrap up in a blanket.
- At long stay on the street we cover the freezed hands with the heat-insulating bandage from make-shifts or cotton and gauze, consisting of seven, and even it is more than layers. From above we cover a hand with something like an oilcloth. It is important that the hand repeatedly did not get frost-bitten. Immediately address to ambulance. Having hesitated, it is possible to receive irreparable consequences.
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