Warning Signs

WARNING SIGNS

If the person you are treating has any of the following seek expert medical help immediately:

backache, or fever, with urinary infection

bleeding, heavy or unexplained

breathing, rapid shallow or difficult

burns, severe or larger than your hand

chest pain, severe

confusion, following trauma or over-exposure to sun

consciousness, lost or impaired

convulsions

delireum

dehydration, especially in babies, small children and elderly

drowsiness, unexplained or unexpected

headache, severe

fever, above 103.5F / 40C or persistent or with stiff neck

fits

fluid, watery / bloody, from ears or nose following head injury

movement, full range, lost or impaired

puncture wounds, near vital organs

speech, lost or impaired

stool, pale or white

streaks, red running towards body

swelling, rapid or severe (especially of mouth or throat)

thirstlessness, prolonged with fever or diarrhoea or vomiting

urine, profuse or scanty or bloody

vision, lost or impaired

vomiting, unexpected and repeated

wheezing, severe

yellowness, of skin or eyes