Road traffic accident and road side accidents are common in India due to lack of traffic sense, rash driving ,congested and poor roads ,and illegal capturing of sides of roads by shopkeepers to keep their material. Data shows that India loses nearly 150000 people every year due to road accidents. The scene of road accidents is very painful and i know that none of us would like to have even a glimpse of road accidents .Its not just the accident which kills but the more important fact is the post accident negligence of the public and the authorities which take the lives of the people more specifically .A person who tries to save the life of the patient who suffered from an accident is seen as a criminal and instead of thanking that person he is involved into that incident in such a way that he & his family never thinks of giving help in future. He is involved in legal formalities and produced as a witness and even harassed in police stations .The more important point is this that the emergency services are never met at proper time and if ever fortunately they come there then the various equipments are non functional or out of order. The sad part of the story is this that a person who really can be saved loose his/her life and sometimes he/she is the sole earning member of the family predisposing the family into the financial crises. First of all ,rules should be amended and the person who tries to save life should be appreciated and rewarded accordingly . Secondly the authorities should be ready to deal with any type of mishappening and all emergency equipments should be tested for their functional status and competency . Thirdly the tertiary care units and hospitals should set up a separate units to tackle with these kind of emergencies and the doctors should be given special training to manage the same.Now there are some common points to be kept in mind while giving help to a patient of road side accidents.First of all patient of a road side accident should be looked first for breathing .He should be checked for any broken denture artificial or original teeth or plate which can obstruct his/her airway .If patient is unconscious then don’t allow the tongue to fall back .The simplest way is to make the patient lie in lateral position and pull out the tongue. Second is to look for head injury for a common man if the patients head is bleeding profusely it is best to tie a knot of his/her hairs around injury .but it can be done in cases of long hairs .Third important point is that never move the patients neck after injury .This movement can cause paralysis and sometimes can be fatal too .Fourth important point is never try to put water or any liquid inside mouth of patient because and unconscious or a semiconscious patient can aspirate it and this can prove fatal .If the patient is bleeding from a certain part then pressure is the best way to decrease the amount of bleed and can be done by a common man too .Last but not the least the closest possible hospital or a health centre should be approached because sometime time do matters.
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Dr. Ramandeep Arora, BDS MDS (1) Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Mohali Punjab
ramansingh6301@gmail.com
Phone No. : 7973164408
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