First aid measures for baby cramps

If you have children at home, parents should learn more about parenting common sense, including mastering more scientific knowledge as well as first aid measures, care methods, etc. Because what you have learned may come in handy at some point to help your children solve their current difficulties. For example, some children are prone to convulsions. If their parents know how to give first aid, their lives will not be in danger. So, how to deal with the first aid of children's convulsions?

What causes convulsions in children?

A convulsion is an involuntary, paroxysmal, strong contraction of the whole or local muscles. There are three types of seizures: tonic (continuous muscle contraction), clonic (intermittent muscle contraction) and mixed (sequential tonic and clonic contractions).

Director Ma said that there are many reasons that cause children to have convulsions, including high fever, epilepsy, tetanus, rabies, calcium deficiency, etc. Among them, calcium deficiency, epilepsy, etc. can cause frequent convulsions in babies, and most sudden convulsions are high fever convulsions caused by fever. Therefore, when the child has a fever, parents should try to control the body temperature.

How to deal with emergencies when a child has convulsions? Director Ma reminds parents that if a child has convulsions at home, parents should not panic, but must pay attention to preventing secondary injuries and keep the child's airway open.

Prevent secondary injuries: When a child has a convulsion, you should first lay the child down and move away hard and sharp objects around him to prevent the child from hurting himself. You can use a stainless steel or plastic spoon (a ceramic spoon is not recommended to prevent the child from biting the spoon into pieces), wrap it with cloth and let the child bite it between the upper and lower teeth to prevent the child from biting the tongue.

Keep the airway open: loosen your collar, turn your head to one side, and clear any foreign objects in your mouth to keep the airway open.

Don’t take medicine randomly: When the cause of the disease is unknown, parents should not let their children take antipyretics on their own initiative to avoid delaying the disease. If the high fever convulsion is caused by fever, the child should be given antipyretics in time, and appropriate physical cooling measures should be taken to reduce the child's fever and relieve the convulsion symptoms.

Seek medical attention promptly: After completing emergency treatment, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible, preferably at the nearest hospital.