First Aid

• WHAT IS FIRST AID?
  It's immediate care for injury or sudden illness
  
  DURING AN EMERGENCY,
  minutes - even seconds - can mean the difference between life and death. First aid fills the "time gap" until medical help arrives.
  KNOWING FIRST AID CAN:
  Save a life
• Prevent further injury
• Relieve pain.

WHY SHOULD I LEARN ABOUT FIRST AID?
Because someday, someone may need your help!

EMERGENCIES ARE UNPREDICTABLE
They can happen anywhere, at any time, to anyone. People who know first aid are better able to react calmly and skillfully in emergency.

EVERY EMERGENCY IS UNIQUE
What you do will depend on the type of injury or illness, where it occurs, etc. But in any emergency:

GIVE URGENT CARE FIRST
This means taking care of any life-threatening situations, usually in the following order:

1. Get the person away from the source of danger, such as fire, a downed power line, etc
2. Give artificial respiration or CPR, if necessary and if you've been trained.
3. Control heavy bleeding.
4. Treat for poisoning
5. Treat for shock.
6. Examine the person carefully for other signs of injury.

THEN, GET MEDICAL HELP
If you're the only person on the scene, get help only after giving urgent care. If someone else is on the scene, have that person call "911" (If available) or another emergency number immediately.

KNOW YOUR LIMITS
Do only what you're qualified to do. For instance, don't try to give CPR unless you've been trained!

HELP TALKS- Mr. Shabbar Suterwala on "Building self confidence- How to make the perfect first impression"

This video is a talk conducted by Mr. Shabbar Suterwala at HELP on 17th October '08 : topic - "Building self confidence- How to make the perfect first impression"

Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder

What is Hyperactivity?

Hyperactivity is a very distressing and multiple handicap which affects, in varyi9ng degrees, thousands of babies, children and adults. A child is often affected before birth, and if adequate preventative measures are not taken, serious disabilities occur which threaten the child's future development. If left untreated the condition may continue to affect the person through adulthood in some form or another, although some remission may occur at puberty.
Hyperactive babies often suffer from 'colic', need very little sleep, cry and scream for much of the time. They are restless, fidgety. They often reject mothering and affection.
Hyperactive child's attention span is very short and they are easily distracted. They may not deliberately destroy things but lack of control, poor co-ordination and general clumsiness leads to breakage of toys and household objects. The speech and thinking processes of the hyperactive child often reveals many defects. As some learning disabled children have their greatest difficulties with visual perception, so others cannot integrate what they see and hear and therefore cannot understand, even though they may have no measurable hearing loss.

Symptoms:
In infancy-

• Crying, screaming, restlessness, some need little sleep
• Colic, very difficult to feed, whether breast or bottle
• Cannot be pacified or cuddled, spurns affection
• Head banging, cot rocking, fits and tantrums

In older children (in addition to symptoms in infancy):

• Clumsy, impulsive, often accident prone
• Erratic disruptive behavior
  
• Compulsive 'touching', constant motion
• Disturbs other children, may be aggressive
• Lacks concentration and may be withdrawn
• Normal or high IQ but fails at school
• Poor appetite, poor hand and hand eye co-ordination
• Self abusive- pulling hair, picking skin and so on
• Continued problems with sleep

FAQ's

1. I was told that I had ADHD what does that mean?

Ans: Attention Deficit Hyperkenetic Disorder is a name given to children and adults who find it more difficult than other children and adults to do normal every day things.

2. How can it be Helped?
Ans: There are many different tablets that can help the Chemical Messenger System, one of which is Ritalin.

HELP TALK- Dr. Gayatri Devi on "Skin care through Ayurveda"

This video is a workshop conducted by Dr. Gayatri Devi at HELP on 31st October '08 : topic - "Skin care through Ayurveda"

HELP TALK- Dr. Deepak Patel on "Learn Pranayam for Respiratory Disorders"

This video is a workshop conducted by Dr. Deepak Patel at HELP on 29th October '08 : topic - "Learn Pranayam for Respiratory Disorders"

HELP TALKS- Dr. Fatema Slatewala on "Reducing stress through Homeopathy"

This video is a talk conducted by Dr. Fatema Slatewala at HELP on 24th October '08 : topic - "Reducing stress through Homeopathy"

Schizophrenia-A biochemical brain disorder

Schizophrenia-A biochemical brain disorder

Schizophrenia is a complex biochemical brain disorder whose cause is yet not known. The illness affects each person differently and can follow a varying course over time
Schizophrenia can strike anyone at any time,afflicting 1 in every 100 persons worldwide. Regardless of age, sex race or social background.
Symptoms
· Hallucinations : Like—hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling or tasting things that are not really there
· Delusions—Clinging to steadfast, bizarre beliefs that defy reasons
· Thought disorder—Disorganized and fragmented thinking leading to incoherent and illogical thinking and speech.
· Flatness of affect—Inability to express appropriate emotions
· Bizzare behavior—Out of character, abnormal behavior patterns
· Social withdrawal—Isolation and reclusiveness
Causes of Schizophrenia

The cause of schizophrenia is not known. It is considered however, to be not one, but a group of diseases of the brain, characterized by disordered perception, thinking and feeling. Research is concerned with possible contributing factors, such as genetic or biochemical defects, slow acting viral infections as well as social and environmental influences.

Schizophrenia is treatable

Hospitalization is often necessary for people with schizophrenia during an acute phase of the disease. With the development of neuroleptic drugs, schizophrenia has become significantly more treatable. A number of these medications are prescribed by psychiatrists to lessen the delusions & hallucinations and to help maintain coherent thought.The thrust of research is to develop antipsychotic medication that is more effective in treating the symptoms of the illness with less side effects.

Active involvement of families and other caregivers has proven to be immensely beneficial in alleviating the suffering caused by schizophrenia. In networking with others in a similar situation, family members can utilize their experience to enable the provision of better supports and services.