Believe it or not, one of the effective first aid to stroke is let some blood to exit the body from the patient’s fingertips and earlobes. This method is capable of saving the patient’s life with no side effect at all.
As we all know, when someone is getting a stroke, all blood in the patient’s body will flow very rapidly to vessels in the brain, the blood vessels will not be able to withstand the blood pressure for long and will start breaking, then there comes the big trouble. Therefore the idea is to ease the blood flow and avoid the vessels to break.
Don’t panic and stay calm facing this situation. If the patient is fallen down unconscious, remember not to attempt moving him/her from the location since any move will make the blood vessel to break faster. Keep the patient where he/she is, just help them to take a sitting position, after this we can start the blood letting procedure.
The best way to do it is using a hypodermic needle, but if we don’t have it, we can also use sewing needle or pin (you need to sterilize them by burning it few seconds on a flame). Pierce the needle on all of the person’s fingertips about 1cm from the nails. 1 pierce in each fingertip is enough, the goal is to get 1 drop of blood from each fingertip. You can help the blood to come out by give a little pressure on the finger. After this procedure, within 10 minutes the patient is expected to gain consciousness.
If the patient’s mouth appears abnormal or turning to one side then you need to do a repetitive pull on both of the patient’s earlobes until they turn reddish. After that do another pierce on each of those earlobes at the bottom tips so that 2 drops of blood come out from each earlobe. Within few minutes we can expect the patient’s mouth to turn back to its normal state.
This is a piece of good emergency situation handling tips for those who are living with or taking care of elderly people. Go pass this message to your family and friends.
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