Question

What is unconsciousness? Mention its symptoms and treatment.

Answer 1

Unconsciousness means losing of sense

Symptoms:

These are as under-

• Rate of pulse becomes very slow.
• Skin becomes cold.
• The colour of face turns pale.
• Blood pressure becomes low.

Treatment:

• Check up the heart beat and pulse rate of the patient properly.
• The tongue of the patient should not touch the upper part of the wind pipe.
• Peal off the clothes or loosen the clothes of a patient.
• Let the fresh air should come.
• Massage the chest continuously.
• Try to give artificial respiration if needed.
• Patient should not be given anything orally till he gets conscious.
• He may be given hot drink.
• You may make him smell ammonia, spirit or onion.
• The cause of unconsciousness may be removed as early as possible.