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FarmaInfo: Informative website
FarmaInfo is a user-friendly website developed by the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products.
FarmaInfo contains understandable, reliable and independent information about medicines and health products for citizens and patients.
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Choking in an adult: Back blows and abdominal thrusts
A foreign object can cause mild or severe airway obstruction. This video demonstrates the technique for providing first aid for severe choking.
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Burn to hand: Cool and cover
The first treatment for a burn is always water first, the rest comes later . In this video you will see how you can temporarily cover the burn with a moist triangular bandage after it has cooled down, pending specialist help.
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Wound care: Cleaning wound
Video showing the technique for cleaning a wound.
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Cooling for a sprain
The aim of cooling is to limit swelling and pain. In this video you will see how you can cool in different ways.
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Applying a cross bandage to the hand
You can apply a cross bandage to the hand for a sprain or to keep a compress in place for a wound on the hand or wrist. This video demonstrates the technique.
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Wound care: Cover the wound with hydrogel and compress
Video demonstrating technique for applying hydrogel to an abrasion.
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Remove a ring
If a hand, arm or finger is injured, the fingers can swell and a ring can restrict circulation to and from the finger. Use this technique if you cannot remove the ring normally and if the finger is not yet very swollen.
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Turning a victim from prone to supine
With this technique you turn a victim who is lying on his stomach to lying on his back when you are alone. If possible, turn the victim over the uninjured side.
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CPR: Chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Sudden circulatory arrest is one of the leading causes of death in Europe. The chances of survival are small, but they increase significantly if bystanders immediately take the correct actions. This technique film demonstrates chest compressions …
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Jaw push technique: Open the airway if spinal injury is suspected
If you suspect a spinal injury, do not tilt your head back to clear the airway. The video demonstrates the technique of how to open the airway in an unconscious victim with a suspected spinal injury, also known as the jaw pushing technique.
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Defibrillation: Use of an AED
When we talk about a circulatory arrest, in about half of the victims there is actually no real arrest of the heart, but the heart fibrillates. An AED analyzes the heart rhythm and decides whether a shock is appropriate to correct the arrhythmia. …
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