Diabetes is a chronic, lifelong disease, and once diagnosed, most patients require lifelong medication. Therefore, it is important for diabetic patients to prepare daily medication before going on a trip, in addition to general protective medication. In simple terms, the first aid kit for travel should include the following medications.
1. Topical medication. When traveling in the hot summer, you need to prepare cool oil, anthritis and topical mosquito repellent to prevent mosquito bites; band-aids and gauze for emergency skin trauma, just in case.
2, internal medicine. Prevention and treatment of motion sickness by dizzying Ning; appearing heat and cold, diarrhea, indigestion to eat when the patchouli capsules; for headache or joint pain Fenbid capsules; wild mosquito bites caused by systemic or local allergy treatment drugs, to assist sleep Valium and so on.
3, diabetes treatment drugs. Be sure to bring the usual medicine, such as oral hypoglycemic drugs, insulin.
4, antibiotics. Diabetic patients often have poor resistance, coupled with a tiring journey, poor food and sleep, it is easy to cause a person’s resistance to decline. It is easy to have an infection. Once the infection occurs, and often not easy to control, aggravating hyperglycemia, which can easily induce acute complications such as diabetic ketosis. Therefore, when you go out, make sure you have some anti-inflammatory and antiseptic antibiotics to take in time when there are signs of infection.
How should I handle an accident? What is the difference between the way to deal with it and normal people?
1.Food poisoning
Food poisoning is a common accidental injury when you go out, such as eating spoiled food, picking wild fruits or mushrooms in the mountains, it is more likely to happen. It usually develops within an hour, and in addition to abdominal pain and diarrhea, it is accompanied by fever and debilitating symptoms. You should drink more drinks or salt water, and then pick your throat with your fingers to spit out the contents of your stomach. Since diabetic patients have lower resistance than normal people, they are more prone to infections, so they should take some medicine to prevent intestinal infections.
2.Fracture
For example, walking on slippery stone surfaces, mud roads or dry and poor ground covered with sand, it is easy to slip and fall and get injured when going downhill. Now people are accustomed to self-drive, more people are accustomed to the rear seats as a “storage room”, put some large travel supplies, once the emergency brake, these items will become a deadly “heavy shell”, hitting the back of the head of the front row of people, may cause serious Accidental injuries.
In the event of a slip and fall injury, check for sprains, bruises or other injuries. If needed, provide first aid immediately. Sometimes fractures are not easily detected by the surface, so if you find redness, swelling or pain in the injury, do not continue walking. If the injured person can continue to walk, use a cane to help or a teammate to support him or her, but do not force yourself to walk alone to avoid aggravating the injury. In case of sprain or difficulty in movement, use a cell phone or send for help and move the injured person to a cool and flat dry ground, cover with clothing to keep warm and wait for rescuers to arrive.
In case of fracture or dislocation, use a splint to fix it and then apply ice cold. When a fall from a tree or rock injures the spine, place the patient on a flat and sturdy stretcher to keep the body from shaking and then take him to the hospital.
3, by poisonous snakes, insect bites
There are many poisonous insects in the wild, like snakes, bees, centipedes, scorpions and poisonous spiders, etc. After being bitten, there will be local redness, swelling and severe pain, and in serious cases, even loss of consciousness and life-threatening. Therefore, when bitten or stung by an insect, apply ammonia to the wound after applying a cold compress with ice or cool water. If you are stung by a bee, use tweezers etc. to pull out the stinger before applying ammonia or milk. If you are bitten by a poisonous insect, tie a tourniquet on the end of the wound near the heart, then pull out the stinger with tweezers and suck out the venom, then rinse the wound with water and take it to the nearest hospital as soon as possible. Diabetic patients are prone to secondary infections, early prevention with antibiotics is also necessary.
4.Trauma bleeding
When preparing meals in the field, such as cuts by knives and other sharp objects, clean water can be used to rinse, small wounds can be Band-Aids, larger wounds can be wrapped in gauze, clean hand towels, etc.. Minor bleeding can be stopped by compression, and every 10 minutes or so after an hour to loosen to ensure blood circulation. In case of heavy bleeding, send to hospital in time.
5.Prevent thrombosis
People who travel by bus or train, especially by airplane, are in high pressure, low oxygen and dry cabin environment for a long time, and if they sit still for a long time, anyone may have stiffness of lower limbs, numbness and poor blood flow, etc. Once the blood clot circulates to the heart with the blood, there is a fatal risk. During a long flight, it is best to get up and walk around every 40 or 50 minutes. Deep breathing and simple stretching are most suitable for long-distance airplane visitors.
6.Low blood sugar
When traveling abroad, it is difficult to ensure a normal three meals a day. People tend to take bread and instant noodles as the main food, and ham sausage and squash as an accompaniment to a meal, which is hastily dealt with. Crowded, plus the bumpy ride in the car, the itinerary is too tight, but also easy to make people physically exhausted, over-fatigue.
When you go out, you can bring some milk or cookies to replenish the necessary daily protein and vitamins. During the trip, you can always buy some fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, cucumbers and tomatoes. If you experience hypoglycemia such as panic and weakness, take some cookies to relieve your condition.