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How CPR really works

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Jan 25, 2022 | Emergency Response, Expats, First Aid, General, Ground Ambulance, Health, Occupational Health, Remote Site

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and...

APPENDICITIS IS ALWAYS AN EMERGENCY! KNOW THE SIGNS

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Dec 13, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, General

The appendix is a 2- to 4-inch, worm-shaped organ attached to the lower half of the intestines. Doctors cannot precisely say what function this organ serves in the body. It’s possible it contributes to fighting off some infections, but we aren’t quite sure....

BAD BREATH (HALITOSIS)

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Sep 26, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, General

Bad breath is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant breath odor is present. It can be embarrassing and in some cases may even cause anxiety. Products such as toothpaste, mouthwash and other oral hygiene products frequently are only temporary measures. They...

HOW TO HELP SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Sep 26, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, General

You may think this is straight out of the juju scene of a Nollywood movie but according to Ronald L. Holle’s paper, ‘Annual rates of lightning fatalities by country’, 24,000 people are killed by lightning strikes around the world each year and about 240,000 are...

HOW AIR AMBULANCE COSTS ARE CALCUATED

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Sep 26, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, General

One of the most common questions we are asked at the Flying Doctors air ambulance service is how much the service costs. The short answer is that ‘it depends’. The cost of an air ambulance service depends on a whole number of factors that we will be discussing in this...

GALLSTONES

by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Sep 17, 2018 | Expats, First Aid, General, Health

These are pieces of solid materials that form in the gallbladder; a small organ located under the liver. holds a digestive fluid called bile that’s released into your small intestine. Often, people who have gall stones are unaware of its presence until a bile...

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