Notes on picking up the fallen elderly

See the old man fell to the ground, or not to help? It is a difficult problem! In recent years, this question has replaced the “girlfriend and mother fell into the river in the end to save who first”, becoming one of the most difficult to answer the question of the day. Do not help, sorry conscience and morality; help, worry about sorry wallet; finally can only: convinced! Today is not on the moral level to discuss support or not, is the medical professional vision to say: help fallen elderly need to be careful, otherwise, good intentions do bad things. Adults may fall on the body is not a major obstacle, children fall is more common, fall on the line. However, the fall of the elderly is complicated: 1, there may be a reason for the fall, that is, sick, can not stand, so they will fall; 2, the elderly have more osteoporosis, minor trauma may cause fractures. These understand, you may understand why I said to help the fallen elderly need to be cautious. Blindly help the fallen elderly, may strengthen the injury, and may even be fatal. Then see the fallen elderly, how should we handle? Do not rush to pick up, to deal with the situation: 1, if the elderly have a severe headache, crooked mouth, hands and feet weakness, unfavorable speech and other signs of stroke, should let the patient lying down, this time to help people up, but will aggravate the brain hemorrhage or cerebral ischemia; 2, if the elderly back, hands and feet pain or incontinence, may be fractures or joint dislocation, or with crestal injury, pulling and holding may aggravate the injury If the old man is in pain, even cause paraplegia and disability. So oh, see the fallen elderly, must pay attention to observe, see if he is awake, talk to him, and then provide help according to the situation. 1, whistling, heartbeat stopped: immediate chest cardiac compressions, artificial whistling; 2, bleeding: immediately bandage, find ways to stop the bleeding; 3, vomiting: the old man’s head to the side, while cleaning the mouth and nose cavity, so as not to block the whistle caused by asphyxiation. First aid CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) you do not know these? Call the 120 emergency number and call the police! The chief killer of Chinese people over 65 years old is – accidental falls, with 40 million elderly people injured by falls every year. “The next time you see an old man fall, you can call the police, you can call 120, you can approach to ask about the injury, or even help the old man with an umbrella (in the hot sun or rain) – the only thing you should not do is blindly pick up the old man directly, because: Can help, can not afford to hurt.