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Primeros auxilios en caso de dificultad respiratoria - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Falta de aliento y primeros auxilios; Dificultad para respirar y primeros auxilios; Primeros auxilios para disnea

Prevención:

  • Lleve consigo una etiqueta de alerta médica en caso de tener una afección respiratoria preexistente, como asma.
  • Si tiene antecedentes de reacciones alérgicas severas, cargue un estuche de epinefrina (el médico le enseñará a utilizarlo) y lleve consigo una etiqueta de alerta médica.
  • Si tiene asma o alergias, elimine todos los desencadenantes caseros como ácaros del polvo o el moho.
  • No fume y evite el tabaquismo pasivo. No permita que se fume en la casa.
  • Si padece asma, remítase al artículo correspondiente sobre esta afección para aprender las formas de manejarla.
  • Asegúrese de que su hijo reciba la vacuna contra la tos ferina (tos convulsiva).
  • Al viajar en avión, párese y camine de vez en cuando alrededor para evitar la formación de coágulos de sangre en las piernas, ya que se pueden desprender y alojarse en los pulmones. En caso de viajar en auto, pare y camine alrededor en forma regular.
  • Baje de peso, ya que hay mayor probabilidad de sentirse ahogado si tiene sobrepeso. Asimismo, también hay mayor riesgo de padecer cardiopatía y ataque cardíaco.
  • Reviewed last on: 7/16/2011
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Manno M. Pediatric respiratory emergencies: upper airway obstruction and infections. In: Marx J, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009: chap 166.

Thomas SH, Brown DFM. Foreign bodies. In: Marx J, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009: chap 57.

Wippold FJ II. Diagnostic imaging of the larynx. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 106.

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