Digital-Divide/D0/First-Aid-on-Fever/English-timed

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Time Narration
00:05 The village girl Meena returned home from school feeling shaky and shivery and looked tired.
00:13 She was complaining of body pain, head ache as well.
00:17 The worried mother who came near her noticed that she has a high temperature.
00:24 Welcome to the spoken tutorial on First aid in case of fever.
00:30 Here we will talk about:
  • the symptoms of fever
  • the primary care and
  • consulting the doctor.
00:37 Any person who's temperature goes above the normal temperature i.e 96.8 to 100.4º Farenheit, is considered having fever.
00:51 Let us see what are the symptoms of fever.
00:54 * Increase in temperature
00:57 * Aches and pains
01:00 * Shaking and shivering
01:02 * Severe headache and
01:04 * Soar throat.
01:06 The mother, seeing the shivering condition, wrapped the child in a blanket to keep her warm.
01:14 Let us check what to do and what to avoid in case of fever.
01:19 Give the patient a sponge bath in luke warm water.


01:24 Give the patient lots of water to drink.
01:27 Do not wrap the person in a blanket or thick clothing.
01:32 Do not give medicines on your own.
01:35 Always give medicines after consulting the doctor.
01:40 Do not block fresh air.
01:43 In fact, fresh breeze helps to lower the fever.
01:47 Seek immediate medical help in case the patient shows the following symptoms:
01:53 * Irregular breathing


01:55 * Stiff neck
01:57 * Persistent sore throat
01:59 * Rashes
02:02 * Vomiting
02:03 * Painful urination & Diarrhea.


02:07 This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
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02:59 The Script is contributed by Ashwini Patil, Animation & Narration by Arthi,
03:05 drawings by Saurabh Gadgil.
03:07 This is arthi, signing off from IIT Bombay.
03:11 Thanks for joining.

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