Emergency measures for pediatric fever in the middle of the night

Fever is a common symptom of childhood illness. Fever-reducing methods are not required to control the child's temperature below 37 ℃ for the whole day, generally speaking, as long as it does not exceed 38 ℃, until the inflammation is controlled, the fever will naturally subside.

The most commonly used physical cooling methods are cold water bags or ice packs and alcohol or warm water baths.

The cold compress method is simple and easy to use, with a cold towel on the forehead, the towel becomes hot and then dip it in cold water and reapply it. The effect of using a cold water bag or ice bag is better than using a cold towel on the forehead. Fill the hot water bag with cold water or put crushed ice, padded with a layer of cloth and pillowed under the head, a small ice bag can be placed in the root of the armpit. But people in the fever, encounter too cold ice bag often appear whole body shivering, pale, lips purple and other reactions, at this time should check whether the ice bag leakage, such as no leakage should be removed from the ice bag, and then replaced with a slightly higher temperature of cold water bag. Cold water bag or ice bag application, should be timely replacement of the bag of cold water.

Alcohol bath will be 95% alcohol to tap water 1/2, or 75% alcohol to water 1 / 3, can also be used two pots of wine to water 1/4, in a small bowl. Rubbing bath will be closed, with gauze or soft towel dipped in the bowl of alcohol, wipe the child palms, feet, armpits and upper arms, chest and thigh roots. Each part of the 2 ~ 3 minutes, if necessary, can also do the whole body bath. Can also be used than the fever body temperature 2 ℃ ~ 3 ℃ of warm water soaked towel, and then put it on the body of the naked patient, until the temperature of the large towel to be replaced after the temperature rises