General Health Care - August 2006

In the USA, emergency medical providers that work in the pre-hospital setting are generally overseen, governed, and dictated to by nurses! Why??? In many other countries like South Africa, nurse are generally one step above housekeepers and are in no way allowed to interject their ideas into the world of EMS.

2006-08-26 16:43:25 · 15 answers · asked by inet_guy_84 2 in First Aid

We had a football game last night and one of our players had a concussion and i had to take his place in the game. He was taken away in the ambulance which came right to the sidelines to get him. They had to cut his jersey off to get his pads off. He came to the sidelines and he looked terrible. he has had histories of concussions. i saw him today and he said he wont play this friday but maybe in two weeks. i dont know his concussion history but how bad does it sound?

2006-08-26 16:34:39 · 8 answers · asked by saintssuck51 1 in Injuries

i think thats what there called...big fat fuzzy, black & ornge ant. My foots swelled up and sore, i don't know what to do for it?

2006-08-26 16:27:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

my toe nail looks like its about to fall off and my mommy just told me she thinks it will. :(

is there anything i can do to have a toe nail by the end of this year or by the end of my life??? :( this makes me sad. bcuz i like my toe nails and i don't know how it happened :(
can some one help me.......?

i kicked it on stairs somewho i kicked the stair instead of stepping on it. u know the feeling when u crush ur fingure in the door, well thats what it felt like. i wanted to cry, but i didn't.

and it got very infected its gross. what should i do to keep it there untill i get a new nail? or what can i do to make my toe not feel weird?

2006-08-26 16:06:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I took four propoxyphene 100 mg plus one lorazepam 1mg plus about 2 ounces of vodka. Wondering what to expect.
I'm 5'10" 260 pounds.
Oh, I smoked out a bit too.

2006-08-26 16:02:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I hit my knee REALLY hard a few months ago and it hurts now more than ever. Whenever my upper left corner of my right knee cap brushes against something, it hurts like...well...very bad.

2006-08-26 15:58:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

i was at my friend cathys i was onthe rope swing and my foot was in the loop and in twisted and i heard a crunch it happened today

2006-08-26 15:49:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I'm always tired, no matter how much sleep I get. What changes in my lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc) should I make to have more energy throughout the day?

2006-08-26 15:44:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 15:42:21 · 25 answers · asked by Feniks 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 15:34:53 · 19 answers · asked by SoulCauldron 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Well,i think i have been over working my self too much,and does motrin or advil work to take the pain away when you have one?

2006-08-26 15:26:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 15:24:49 · 5 answers · asked by Carolee B 2 in Other - General Health Care

I have a blister on each foot, and I play soccer so they keep getting re-opened with all the running. I have had them for about two weeks. They appear to have gotten deeper and there is a white ring around them. Can anyone tell me what this means?

2006-08-26 15:21:58 · 13 answers · asked by Jen 2 in First Aid

i was doing athletics yesterday, and i was trying to get my urdles technique right, but i hit the hurlde with one knee and scraped the other one hard on the ground. this was on an athletics track, so it was hard, sandy, and dirty. i got a big scrape on my knee, but instead of going to first aid i just washed it off in the toilets. last night it began hurting quite badly, so my mum washed it for me, and i t was dirty again this morning, so i washed it again, but it is still very sore to move, and hard to walk, so i limp. should this be happening? what can i do?

2006-08-26 15:06:49 · 8 answers · asked by ezzaphill 3 in First Aid

2006-08-26 15:05:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 14:56:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 14:54:14 · 5 answers · asked by ~DANiELLE~ 3 in Injuries

Several years ago, I slipped climbing out of the pool and hit my shin against a metal ladder. It hurt immediately and a substantially-sized bruise appeared, along with localized swelling. A month or more later, almost all the pain was gone and the bruise had disappeared, but the swelling still presisted. I didn't know as much medical knowledge then as I do now, and now I'm wondering, did I have a bone bruise?

2006-08-26 14:53:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2006-08-26 14:37:55 · 6 answers · asked by clayton22980 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-08-26 14:30:58 · 14 answers · asked by Hilberto2 1 in Other - General Health Care

My baby's rash keeps comming back, I tryed everything, now I'm trying aloe vera gel. Is it possible, that foods cause the rash? Couple of months ago I saw that he has rash after eating yogurt with fruit, or apple juice, so I stopped giving it to him, now I gave him some yogurt, ecause he likes it, and the rash is back, its a red, burned looking diaper rash. I dont know what to do,but I know it hurts him. :(( No more yogurt !!!
Thanks

2006-08-26 14:27:23 · 15 answers · asked by hedychambers 2 in Other - General Health Care

are people so miserable on here that they need to be so negative?i dont get it.some of these people are just mean and rude.i come on here because maybe i know something that someone doesnt and maybe i can help them.i try never to hurt someones feelings and give the best advice that i can.SO tell me why are u or the next person so mean and negative?maybe u or they should try and find a different outlet.

2006-08-26 14:18:04 · 7 answers · asked by nvvlewis 3 in Other - General Health Care

I was washing my choppin board the other day and there way cheese on it, I scraped it off with my nail but it was so hard it went down in between my nail and finger.....started bleeding, i put a plaster on right awat but it feels really bruised now??
Advice please?

2006-08-26 14:08:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I got a soda today and thought something was wrong with it so , i asked for another one and it still tasted the same, so i went to another gas station and still the same ...

2006-08-26 14:03:06 · 8 answers · asked by BabeyCakes 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 13:45:21 · 10 answers · asked by Dumaflatchey 2 in Other - General Health Care

Around a year ago I started having pain in the muscles that start at the 2nd joint in my thumb and go down to my wrist (the pain is deep in my palm in that area right below the thumb). I thought it was from playing guitar so I took it easy. I've stopped guitar for 4 months. I've been to phsyical therapy and two hand surgeons. I have rested my hand(the right hand) so much that I now have that same pain in my left hand - in the same exact area(I believe they are called the thenar muscles). The hand surgeons put me on an oral steroid which did nothing. They dismissed carpal tunnel, arthritis, tendinitis, ganglion cyst, bone fracture. They tell me it is overuse - but I have basically rested it for 4 months and now my other hand is hurting. Any ideas on what it could be? They tell me in order for a cortisone shot I need to have a specific pain area...how specific because I can point out the 2 inches of muscles that hurt. Thanks.

2006-08-26 13:20:34 · 6 answers · asked by mike j 1 in Injuries

2006-08-26 13:13:55 · 7 answers · asked by Pisces 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I am already taking nexium. I would like to find out what other home remedies are being used for this. Can you take more than nexium alone such as antacids as tums? Also has anyone taken prilosec with nexium?

Thanks!

2006-08-26 13:06:31 · 11 answers · asked by poohbaby 3 in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 13:03:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-08-26 13:00:02 · 13 answers · asked by erica5172003 2 in Other - General Health Care