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FIRST AID REPORT
MUSCLE INJURY
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MUSCLES
Enable the body to sit, to moveand to stand u!i"ht
Atta#hed by $ay o% tendons tobones
Made u o% thousands o% &be!s
Pe!%o!ms #ont!a#tion
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MUSCLE I'(UR)
Pulled muscles,tearing of themuscle ber
and musclestrains a!e#ommon in*u!ies,usually o##u!!in"du!in" a
so!tin"a#tivity+
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STRAI'
o##u!s $hen the mus#le tissue isst!et#hed o! to!n+Symtoms
S$ellin", b!uisin" o! !edness, o! oen
#uts due to the in*u!y Pain at !est
Pain $hen the se#i mus#le o! the
*oint in !elation to that mus#le is used -ea.ness o% the mus#le
o! tendons
Inability to use the mus#le at all
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Fi!st Aid
Cont!ol S$ellin" and P!event Fu!the! In*u!y -ith PRICE
/ Protect by alyin" an elasti# banda"e, slin", o!
slint+ / Rest the mus#le %o! at least a day+ / Iceimmediately,
and #ontinue to i#e %o! 12 to 13
minutes eve!y hou!, %o! 45 days+
/ Com!ress by "ently $!ain" $ith an A#e o! othe!elasti# banda"e+
6Don7t $!a ti"htly+8
/ Ele"atein*u!ed a!ea above the e!son7s hea!t level, i%ossible,
%o! at least 49 hou!s+
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CRAMP
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CRAMP
Sudden, sha! ain
:isible lum o% mus#le tissue beneath
s.in+
o##u!s $hen the mus#le %o!#ibly#ont!a#ts and $ill not !ela;+
Symtoms
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Fi!st Aid
Cram!s usuall# $ill reli"e on their o$n $ithouttreatment%
Ma&e sure al$a#s calm do$n and rela' b#ha"ing slo$ dee!
breathing through mouth%
To seed the healin" !o#ess, $e #an!uisin"
Di?#ulty movin" you! in*u!ed limb
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Fi!st Aid
Elevate the in*u!ed a!ea+ Aly an i#e a#. $!aed in a to$el o!
a
#loth damened $ith #old $ate!+ Do this %o!
about 12 minutes+ Reeat seve!al times aday %o! a day o! t$o
a%te! the in*u!y asneeded+
Rest the b!uised a!ea, i% ossible+ Conside! a#etaminohen
6Tylenol, othe!s8 %o!
ain !elie%, o! ibu!o%en 6Advil, Mot!in I>,othe!s8 %o! ain
!elie% and to !edu#e s$ellin"+
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RUP
TU
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MUSCLE RUPTURE
sea!ation o% mus#le tissue
a !a!e in*u!y that usually o##u!s $ith$ei"ht li%tin"
Symtoms A sna o! o that you hea! o! %eel Seve!e ain
Raid o! immediate b!uisin"
Ma!.ed $ea.ness Inability to use the a@e#ted a!m o! le"
Inability to move the a!ea involved
Inability to bea! $ei"ht
De%o!mity o% the a!ea
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Tyes
uad!i#es
A#hilles
Rotato! #u@
>i#es
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Fi!st Aid
Reduce S$elling and Pre"ent In(ur#Use RICE method
