Treating heat exhaustion
The symptoms of heat exhaustion are: dizziness, nausea/vomiting, muscle weakness, heavy perspiration with possible clammy skin. Get the person to a cooler place, loosen clothing and have person start drinking water or an electrolyte replacement drink. A women on a boat developed heat exhaustion quickly, when I was in the Caribbean. I had a staff member put crushed ice in 4 disposible gloves and I put 2 of them under her arms. Her husband put 2 gloves with the ice around the woman’s groin. These are 2 sites which bring down the body’s temperature more quickly. Heat stroke is a medical emergency, with these symptoms: hot, dry red skin, confusion,rapid heartbeat,lack of sweating, high body temperature and possible fainting. Stay well hydrated on hot days and in some shade.
Treating the Flu
Here’s a nurse’s tip for stopping the flu in it’s tracks. Boiron Homeopathic medicine makes a great product which is small pellets that melt in your mouth ( great when you can’t keep anything down). It’s called Oscillococcinum and can be found in almost any drugstore or supermarket. It really is a miracle remedy in my book. I have given it “off label” for food poisoning and it cut the suffering time to less than half. For colds, “Coldcalm” helps my symptoms to be in hours instead of days. I keep both of these products on hand, because especially when the flu hits, you don’t want to find someone to go to the store for you. There are special formulations just for kids. If I start to lose my voice with a cold, then I get it right back with this product. Of course flu/cold prevention is always best, so remember to wash your hands and carry around a hand sanitizer. Pop a hand sanitizer in your kid’s school backpack. Cough in your arm or shoulder and not in your hands.
Treating insect stings with kitchen ingredients
It’s easy to treat insect stings with what you have in your kitchen. For bee stings, scrape the stinger out by going across the sting with a credt card. After washing the area, apply a paste, made with baking soda and water. Use vinegar to neutralize the area of an alkaline jellyfish sting. Vinegar will lessen the pain from the sting. If your child gets bitten by a wasp, pour fresh lemon juice over the area. Cold compresses help with insects stings. With black widow or brown recluse spider bites, clean the bites with an antiseptic and keep the person quiet until she receives medical help. With snake bites, keep the bite area at or below the level of the heart while waiting for medical treatment. I use Benedryl gel on my kids’ bug bites. If you have many bites, you may want to consider a Benedryl capsule. Some parents feel oatmeal baths get rid of their childrens’ itchiness. Wearing pants and a lightweight long sleeve shirt can prevent the bites in the first place.
Tips for dealing with Sexual Harassment
If you are dealing with sexual harassment at work and want to nip it in the bud, here are some suggestions. 1. Ask around, is it just directed at you, or are there other victims? Go to the offender’s supervisor, or to HR, enmass. There is more crediblity with a group complaint. 2. If you think the offender is just plain stupid , then talk to him and let him know that the line has been crossed. Possibly just educating the clueless one will do the trick. He may erroneously think that you are “one of the guys”. 3. Keep meticulous records with times and dates of what happened. 4. Use a sense of humor to set the record straight. 5. Consult an attorney, if all else fails. I read how an ingenius group of women, who worked in a factory, handled this issue. The floor supervisor would come around and sexually proposition the female workers individually. They talked amoung themselves and realized that they were all his victims. They decided to take matters in their own hands and stop the problem once and for all. Their plan was when the supervisor would come around to talk to someone, all of them would shut off their machines to make it quieter. The victim would yell, whatever the proposition was, like ” you want to do what to me?” They knew it would be especially difficult for the first couple of women. Soon, the men also turned off their machines when it happened and laughed whenever the supervisor tried his tricks. After a short while, the supervisor gave up and mainly stayed in his office overlooking the factory floor. Try being creative to avoid a lengthy lawsuit.
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