Understanding
& Managing ”SHOCK” |
Counter Maneuver To Control & Stabilize Shock |
by
Dennis L. Medsker, D.C. & Bekki Medsker, N.D., C.T., CSC
Copyright © July 1999 by Dennis L. Medsker, D.C.
&
Bekki Medsker, N.D., C.T., CSC
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| Shock |
| Let’s first start off by discussing
similar processes normally found in your automobile and then
link them into the concepts that run and manage your body. |
| A Relationship Between Your
Car And Your Body |
The body’s energy needs are much like
those of an automobile. That is to say, both need some amounts
of carbon fuel as a source of internal combustion and a battery
as a source of electrical energy. The car’s carbon fuel
source is a liquid called gasoline where the body’s carbon
fuel source is called food. The food can be either a liquid
and/or in solid form.
The second fuel source, electrical energy, powers all the electrical
needs of both. The battery, most generally a 12-volt direct
current system and an alternator (which charges the battery)
supply the car’s electrical needs. Orgone electrical energy,
from the word organism, supplies the all the electrical energy
needs for the body. Like the car battery the body’s electrical
energy supply can become low and need charging. In the car the
alternator charges the battery. In the body the skin is responsible
for absorbing Orgone energy to charge the system. Whenever the
car runs out of fuel or electrical energy it will shut off.
When the body runs out of food or electrical energy, it will
shut down, as well. Let’s consider the car first. Car’s
batteries and/or alternators can go bad. It is a simple act
to remove and replace either in a car. Like the car, the body’s
batteries and charging systems can go bad, as well. Again, like
the car, the body’s electrical energy system has a highly
selective process. The most important systems, organs, tissues,
and cells, get electrical energy first. These systems are called
primary systems, also sometimes called vital life support systems.
The body’s secondary and tertiary systems are classified
by their functional role of importance. Let’s take
a look at the above three areas of automatic shut down. |
| Vital Life Support Systems |
We need four basic essentials to life.
They are, in their order of importance:
1. Biological Electrical Energy (Orgone Energy) Primary Life
Support
2. Air (Primary Life Support)
3. Water (Secondary Life Support)
4. Food (Tertiary Life Support)
The way our body’s automatic shock cycling shutdown system
works is by selectively shutting down the least important systems
first. If the degree of shock is greater this mechanism
continues to advance and shutdown secondary systems. And
the shock producing action is greater still this mechanism will
advance to and selectively shutdown its primary life support
systems. Let’s get more into these three life support
systems.
One of the fastest ways to learn and understand the cycling
system of shock is through your own personal experiences.
You maybe able to recall or remember that in the minutes and
hours that followed you may have experience a feeling of coldness,
maybe some shivering, and a general overall weakness that required
you to sit or lie down. As this shock reaction continue
on into its first few days you probably experienced a loss of
appetite and the unable to have a bowl movement.
In the body the least important or tertiary life support systems
get shut off first. Greater degrees of shock producing events
will activate the body’s protective shock mechanism to
advance up into its secondary life support systems and continue
towards its primary life essentials until a life sustaining
equilibrium is met.
When you stop to witness this amazing mechanism and later give
thought to it, it is truly effective and efficient in its simplistic
overall design. As you continue your study of the body’s
shock reaction mechanism eventually you will investigate this
next set of concepts. Let’s take a look. |
| Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary
Biological Systems |
| What are the systems, organs, and tissues
associated with our Primary, Secondary, and tertiary systems?
An easy way to discover which systems, organs, and tissues are
involved with each is to ask yourself this question, “Which
systems, organs, and tissues are required least in life support”? |
| Food – Least Important
or The Tertiary Life Support |
| These systems, organs, and tissues will all
be within the tertiary life support system. So, which
of the 4 vital life supports systems above is least important?
In other words, which one can you go the longest without?
Did you choose Food? If you did you chose correctly. You
can go up to 40-days without food. So, what systems, organs,
and tissues are involved with food? Did you choose the
alimentary canal and the digestive system? If you did
you chose correctly. Hence, these systems, organs and tissues
get shutdown first in any degree of shock reaction. Colon
stasis, then always follows any level of emotional or physical
shock. |
| Water – The Secondary
Life Support Essential |
You can go approximately 8 to 10-days without
water. Hence all of the water systems, organs, and tissues
will automatically shutdown following all of the tertiary life
support systems. What are the systems, organs, and tissues
involved in secondary life support? Did you think to include
the urinary system, bladder, and kidneys, as well as the lymphatic
system and the endocrine system? Do you remember the endocrine
system’s 8-organs? They are:
1. Pineal gland
2. Pituitary gland
3. Parathyroid gland
4. Thymus gland
5. Adrenal glands
6. Pancreas
7. Ovaries (female)
8. Testes (male)
9. Thyroid gland
Also remember that the lymphatic system is a 24-pint water system
and is 4 times larger than the blood vascular system. How are
you doing? Are you starting to get the overall picture
of how shock works? Let’s take a look at the primary
life support systems. |
| Electricity, Air, Water, &
Food |
| Electricity & Air Are Our Body’s
Primary Life Support Systems. So ask yourself this question,
“What are the systems, organs, and tissues necessary to
sustain vital life support?” Did you think to include
the heart and lungs and the skin? The lungs are obvious.
The 5-lobes of the lungs supply the air to the body. The
blood is also obvious as it is the primary life supporting fluid
of the body. The skin is, however, a little more difficult
as more scholars do not see or understand that the skin is the
solar panel that provides the body with electromagnetic energy.
Scholars limit their thinking by only seeing food as a providing
source of electrical energy. So, how is it when the body
is places in a grounded and shielded room it dies within minutes?
The answer here is that a grounded and shielded room cuts off
all forms and sources of electromagnetic electricity.
And like your automobile, you cannot run it either when you
turn or shut-off its electrical supply. |
| Tertiary Life Support Systems
Get Shut Down First |
| So, the automatic life saving system known
as the shock mechanism first starts off selectively turning
down and/or shutting off the body’s tertiary life support
systems, which are its food processing systems including the
desire to eat, digestive track and colon. Now this may
not seem important but the very first step in the healing process
are removal of waste materials and cellular debrisment.
Without this step the individual will experience much longer
recover and healing times. Colon shut down happens even
with the smallest degrees of shock. Re-instatement of
the normal flow mechanism of the colon is very important if
the activating the body’s healing processes is desired. |
| Secondary Life Support Systems
Get Shut Down Second |
| And then, if necessary this mechanism will
continue and starts to shut down the body’s secondary
life support systems or its water systems. Remember management
of water conservation is a secondary life support process.
If you quicken your thinking to the Lymphatic system you’ll
be in the body’s water management system. |
| Primary Life Support Systems
Are Shut Down Last |
And the shock mechanism senses the need to
continue it starts to shutdown the primary life support systems
in a selective way. First it has listed and arranged all
primary life support systems in their order of importance in
supporting life. Secondly it has prioritized them in a
selective sequence of shutdown from least important to most
important. I hope this mechanism is starting to make since to
you. Let’s continue.
When you get the opportunity to witness it or experience it
you will understand this process a lot better. You should
know that most people have already experience some form of a
shock reaction to some degree. However, your personal
experience of a shock reaction should now allow you to recall
its process as it’s automatic mechanism started shutting
down these systems within your body. So remember that with every
degree of physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual trauma there
will be an equal or equivalent degree of the body’s shock
mechanism to off life supporting systems in a selective process.
The stronger the shock reaction the more the tertiary and secondary
systems get shut down. Very strong shocks can cause the body
to completely shut down, leaving only the most important of
vital life support systems operational. The highest degree of
body counter shock automatic shut down is called a coma. But
it is the lower grades of shock, which, over a long time, cause
the greatest body damage. If the shock mechanism gets
stuck somewhere in its automatic process the body begins a slow
and insidious road into sickness and disease. When this
happens the body is said to be in a state of “Prolonged
Shock” sometime called “Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome.”
Now, this is where it really gets interesting in the management
of shock. Therapeutical re-instatement of the body’s
tertiary and secondary life support systems is highly effective.
The tertiary systems can be re-instated through the avenues
strict management of food (solid & liquid) intake and a
series of colon hydrotherapy treatments. The secondary
systems can be assisted in their re-instatements by an ion footbath
known as the Bio-cleanse process. |
| Long Term Effects Of Un-Cycled
Shock |
Small amounts or degrees of locked-in shock
are slowly accumulated and therefore eventually cause a clogging-up
of unwanted cellular debris and materials in the body’s
tertiary and secondary systems. Long term sickness, illness,
and disease onset are the results. You will see outward physical
appearances of accelerated aging, repetitive sicknesses, and
slow on setting and unremitting disease processes. Natural
and Wholistic methods often times can completely stopped or
reversed this unwanted un-cycled accumulation of the shock mechanism.
I have seen this repeatedly in my practice. I have seen injuries
heal in fractions of the normal time told to you by the medical
profession. As an example, a forearm fracture of the radial
or ulna or both normally requires four to six months to heal.
Routinely, with therapies that assist the body’s healing
processes, we routinely allow the patient’s body to heal
these fractures in six to ten days. The follow-up clinical and
x-ray examinations clearly show a better grade of healing with
little to no scar tissue formation. But for now, let’s
continue discussing Shock’s primary, secondary, and tertiary
systems, and how the body selectively directs them.
So, it should not be surprising now to learn that electrical
energy and air are primary life support substances. Water is
the secondary substance. And the food processing systems, organs,
and tissues are the body’s tertiary systems for life supportive
functions. Let’s start to get deeper into these
three systems.
The body can live without food for over forty-day. The body
can live without water for several days. But the body can only
live for only minutes without air or electrical energy. So next,
let’s take a closer look at what shock is. |
| What Is Shock? |
The shock reaction is one of many built-in
automatic body survival protective mechanisms or modes and it
always follows any mental or physical traumatic insult. The
degree, grade, or severity of the shock reaction is directly
proportional to that of the degree, grade, or severity of traumatic
insult. Traumatic shock is one of over thirty different types
that an individual may encounter. Also, there can several types
coexisting together complicating the degree of total overall
shock.
Other survival protective systems that are activated in the
automatic shock protective mechanism include:
1. Blood clotting
2. Blood vessel & capillary constriction shutting down blood
flow and blood loss
3. Muscle spasms to splint and immobilize area
4. Antalgic protective posture and walking gait
5. Apprehensive reactions
6. Normal physiological inflammatory temperature up to
102.5°
7. Loss Of Appetite and/or Fasting
With every degree of shock whether it is spiritual, mental,
physical, or emotional there will be an equal or equivalent
degree of the body’s reactive shock protection mechanism.
The stronger the shock reaction the greater the probability
that the secondary and primary systems will get shutdown, as
well. A very strong shock reaction can cause the body
to completely shutdown, leaving only the most important of the
vital life support systems, organs, and tissues operational.
In the highest degree of body’s shock protective reactions
the body’s selective processes automatically shuts down
all body functions and places the individual in a suspended
unconscious state called a coma. But it is the repetitive
lower grades or degrees of shock which, occur over along period
of time, cause the greatest body damage and degeneration.
I have theorized that the shock inducing insult produces within
the body an interruption or small loss in the body’s electrical
energy system. And, it is this interruption that triggers
the body’s shock reaction and starts the chain reaction
of protective mechanisms.
Normally, the shock reaction will completely cycle through its
mechanism of “Flight” and “Flight” and
then shut its self down, which allows the body to come out of
its protective state and return back into its normal mode of
operation.
One of shock’s major problems seen to be when its mechanism
fails to completely cycle through its protective state therefore
not allowing the body to return back to its normal mode of operation.
Another very interesting observable phenomena about shock is
that these un-cycled mechanisms seem to accumulate producing
unwanted conditions of biological homeostasis. In other words,
slow onsets of illness, sickness, and disease processes.
What I have witnessed is that this accumulation of un-cycled
shock mechanisms will first begin to slowly shut down the tertiary
systems. Once it shuts down most of the tertiary it begins
to start shutting down the secondary body systems. And
as these tertiary and secondary systems begin to be shut down
illness, sickness, and disease process are the results.
Any of many overstressing, short or long term, and adverse stimulations
can activate the mechanism of shock. When it is activated
it follows an automatic sequential step-by-step process.
Also it can get locked or trapped in of its sequential steps
and remain. This condition is called “Post
Shock Syndrome”. Post shock syndrome is responsible
for many system shut downs or failures ranging from partial
or complete. Remember the digestive track, including the
small and large intestines, is considered a tertiary system
and suffers right along with all the other involved systems.
The spine is the electrical highway of the body. When trauma
happens to the spine it affects the flow of electrical energy
to all areas of the body.
With every degree of physical or emotional shock there will
be an equal or equivalent degree of a body counter shock reaction
and electrical shut down. The stronger the shock reaction the
greater the probability that the secondary and tertiary systems
will get shut down.
A very strong shock reaction can cause the body to completely
shut down, leaving only the most important of vital life support
systems, organs and tissues operational. In the highest degree
of body counter shock reactions the body’s selective energy
distribution process automatically shuts down all body functions
and places itself in a suspended unconscious state called a
coma.
It is the repetitive lower grades or degrees of shock that cause
the greatest body damage over a long period of time. As the
loss of electrical energy accumulates, the shock mechanism begins
shutting down the tertiary systems and then the secondary systems.
As these systems stop functioning we see the onset of illness
and disease.
The digestive tract is considered a tertiary system and is one
of the first systems to shut down under the shock mechanism.
It can get locked into an automatic sequential shut down process
and is a condition called “Post Shock Syndrome”
(PSS).
During PSS the colon of a person with a spinal cord injury becomes
lazy from the trauma, but also from all medications used to
stabilize the patient after the accident. Since nerve function
is compromised it allows medication to have a more detrimental
effect on these people. Since the body has shut down all secondary
and tertiary functions the body allows the toxins from the medication
to become trapped in the small intestine and colon (in the form
of mucoid plaque) and then into the tissues (cellulitis). These
clients have received large amounts of pain medication, antibiotics
and anti-inflammatory drugs, which bring the colon to a halt. |
| Your Colon & Digestive Track
Always Gets Shut Down |
I would like to precede this section with
some important general background information about the body’s
healing process. The body's healing process has two fundamental
steps. Step one is tissue debrisment and the elimination of
all toxic materials. And step second, the body's tissue repair
and regeneration process, starts up after the completion of
step one.
If step one (debrisment & toxin elimination) is slowed down
or does not happen at all, the tissue repair and regeneration
process is impaired. What is seen outwardly in the individual
is a prolonged healing process and the onset of illness, sickness,
and/or the disease process. So in other words, the healing
process cannot get started until the debrisment and toxic elimination
processes are completed or, at lease well under way. Keep
this fact in the front of your mind as you read on.
No matter what type of shock or what degree, the body's automatic
programmed protective mechanism shifts the blood to vital primary
life support systems only and shuts down all secondary, tertiary,
and non-vital life support systems. In all cases of shock the
colon always get shut down as it is not a vital life support
system. It is considered a tertiary system and that is
why it gets shut down during any state of shock.
This may, at first glance, not seen like a big problem, but
it is. Think, for a moment, about your bike's engine.
The first limiting factor when considering engine performance
is how fast the exhaust gases are removed. The faster
they are removed the faster new fuel can come in and ignite.
And the slower the removal of the exhaust gases the slower new
material can come in. That is why a tuned exhaust pipe
is so very important. And for the same reasons a tuned
colon allows the healing process to be a lot faster. And,
by the same token, a sluggish colon greatly slows down the healing
process. So even though the normal colon flow is not necessary
for vital life support it is extremely necessary when you are
looking for normal or faster rates of healing. When the
colon's gets shutdown it becomes inflamed. This condition
is called colonitis or colitis and its presence can be seen
on x-rays. In the cases of Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome
(PTSS) it can be seen on s-rays even years later following that
causative trauma. And by that time can have produced a
lot of dis-ease conditions. When there are broken bones,
swelling or edema, and pain to consider colon therapy is a necessary
treatment protocol. For more information on colon therapy
please read our book on “Understanding The Need For Colon
Hydrotherapy”. |
| Medical Definition Of Shock |
| Medically, physical shock is the failure
of the cardiovascular system to provide sufficient blood circulation
to every part of the body. Mentally, shock is a sudden disturbance
of mental equilibrium. Neurological, shock is a vasodilatation,
which can be produced by cerebral trauma or hemorrhage, spinal
cord injury, deep general or spinal anesthesia, or toxic central
nervous system depression. Traumatic shock can involve
one or more the above three. As you can see all the definitions
above are observations and measurements of only some smaller
viewpoint of the overall picture of the body’s protective
mechanism called shock. |
| Delayed Shock Syndrome (aka)
Un-Cycled Shock |
Shock can be delayed for a considerable time
after the insult or injury is received. The time delay can vary
from minutes to hours, days, months, and even into years in
some cases, following the provoking injury. But generally speaking,
the appearance of delayed shock syndrome can be observed one
to two hours following the insult.
Shock has a two-part reaction associated with traumatic insult.
The first is called “Flight”. The second is called
“Flight”. The “Fight-Flight” reaction
refers to the automatic protective survival mechanism.
When this mechanism is activated those parts of the body it
touches into are required to follow its program. And usually
this is the case but every once in a while the Flight-Flight
mechanism mal-functions and its cycle does not complete itself.
Therefore those systems it touched into do not return to their
normal operating modes, either. But, before we more into
this let’s go over both the Fight and Flight programs. |
| Programs With The Fight &
Flight Mechanisms |
The Fight mode is to defend and protect the
body against danger for all of its life qualities. The Flight
mode is the physiological resting and inactive mode which allows
the body to place all available energy into making repairs necessary
to save the involved site or itself.
In order to eliminate or place the shock reaction behind the
individual, the shock mechanism must be allowed to cycle through
both of its programmed parts. If not, the body can stay locked
in one part or the other until completion of that cycle is accomplished.
Shock can occur and stay localized to the injured tissue or
it can go systemic and affect the entire body. As we have stated
above if the shock cycle stays locked in to one part or the
other you will see, with time, advanced degeneration occurring
to these affected areas.
It has been my personal experience to witness that Holistic
and natural methods of treatment routinely work the best the
helping the body best recover from the unwanted un-cycled shock
reactions. And once this broken loop in the shock’s
protective is allowed to completely cycle through its program
the normal healing mechanism and its processes are reinstated
and the road to recovery starts.
Acute & Chronic Shock Signs & Symptoms
Next, let’s take a look at and compare the outward symptoms
and signs, felt and/or observed, when the shock protective program
is activated in both the acute and chronic Un-cycled forms of
shock. |
| Acute Shock |
In acute shock the patient’s symptoms
and the signs observed by the on-looker will be a lot more intense
and outwardly noticeable compared to those of chronic un-cycled
shock. Also be aware that acute shock can vary in its
outward degree of intensity ranging from mild, moderate, severe,
to very severe. Know that this intensity will also dictate
the immediate course of action you will take.
Acute
Shock Symptoms (Subjective = what the affected individual feels)
1. Weakness (energy shift to shock protective mechanism)
2. Feeling tired and sleepy
3. Dizziness (decrease blood flow to the head)
4. A feeling of impending doom (awareness of situation)
5. Nausea (detoxification elimination reaction)
6. Thirst (dry mouth aka cotton mouth)
7. Coolness (wet skin -clammy feeling)
Acute
Shock Signs (Objective – what the observer sees or finds)
1. Skin color appears pale, feels moist & cook skin; &
possible profuse sweating present
2. Muscles shaking and/or trembling
3. Weak, faintish, unable to walk & sometimes speak
4. Dilated pupils & eyes lack their usual luster
5. Vomiting (detoxification & elimination process)
6. Shallow & rapid chest breathing
7. Rapid and weak pulse
8. Marked drop in blood pressure (to 90/60 or lower).
Pulse pressure drops below standard of 40 to 20 or lower
9. Inability to think clearly or answer simply direct questions
Chronic Un-Cycled Shock
Next let’s take a look at the outward symptoms and signs
present in cases of chronic un-cycled shock. Now remember
in chronic shock the intensity will always be low-grade (mild
or below). An unprocessed or in-completed shock cycle
can produce any one of more of the following low-grade symptoms
and signs.
Chronic Un-Cycled Shock Symptoms
(Subjective - what the affected individual feels)
1. Feel weak & generally tired all over all the time
2. Sleeps long hours & wakes up still tired
3. Has no energy to do normal daily or night activities
4. Mental depression sometimes feeling impending doom
5. Light headed or dizziness – feelings of mild
alcohol
intoxication
6. Nausea – especially a chronic low grade sensation
7. Thirsty – drinks more water than necessary
8. Coolness or clammy skin (wet skin -clammy feeling)
9. Minor bruises & injuries requires a long time
to heal
Chronic Un-Cycled Shock Objective Signs
(what the observer see of finds)
1. Pale,
moist, and warm skin
2. Slowed down capillary recover
rates in hands & feet
3. Cold hands and/or feet
4. Get cold easily may require a blanket to stay warm
5. Walking posture is less erect
6. Weak,
faintish, unable to walk
7. Low-grade appetite or
an over-eating appetite
8. Eyes lack their normal
luster |
| Managing Shock |
Next let’s learn a very clever maneuver
that can over-ride the shock program allowing the affected individual
to momentarily regain their normal control. This maneuver
can allow the affected individual or the assisting person to
move or transport the shock victim to a more suitable place
for management and treatment. You can perform this maneuver
several times to keep the shock victim out of the state of the
shock protective mechanism. I have found that in mild
and moderate degrees of shock that you may have to perform this
technique 1 to 3 times. But in severe and very severe
degrees of shock I have found that you will only have minutes
to move of position the victim before the dominance of their
shock reaction fully takes over. Remember in more advanced
intensities of shock immediately plan and look for a suitable
place to treat or manage this condition until you can transport
him or her to an appropriate hospital.
Diagram #1 |
| Counter Shock Maneuver |
Your may need to extending the “Fight”
mode of the shock cycle. Extending the “Flight”
mode allows the individual to stay awake and transport himself
or herself to an area where proper treatment for the insult
or injury can be administered.
Finger Application
This finger application method is performed by placing your
index finger under the individual's nose and applying an upward
and backward pressure during nasal inspiration only (see diagram
#1 above). This maneuver may have to be performed several times
to sustain a lasting effect in combating shock. In some cases
this maneuver has only a temporary effect allowing only a few
minutes to do what must be accomplished before sleep (Flight)
subdues the individual. In advanced cases of shock this maneuver
may have little to no effect at all. The arrow at the
nose on the diagram #1 indicates the direction of applied finger
pressure applied by the individual or an assist during the affected
individual’s breathe in (diagram #1 above).
Hot
Packs To The Epigastic Region (Solar Plexus)
In a treatment room, lie the patient down, elevate his or her
lower extremities or elevate the bed at the foot post by placing
2 pieces of 2" x 4" lumber or books under them. Cover
the tarsal of the patient with a blanket or jacket. And place
a moist hot pack, or a hot water bottle, on the upper stomach
region (solar plexus) (Epigastric center). You can also
place hot packs around the neck and on the inner sides of both
upper legs in the lower extremities. This action helps
in redirection or shift blood flood to the periphery.
Treatment of shock takes priority over all other emergency care
measures except correction of breathing problems, re-establishment
of circulation and control of profuse bleeding. Proper treatment
involves caring for the "Whole" person, not just one
or two of the disorders. The steps to be taken in caring for
a person in traumatic shock are as follows:
Traumatically
Induced Shock Protocol
1. Assure adequate breathing (make sure the airway is
open)
2. Control bleeding (if present) Direct pressure or tourniquet
3. Administer oxygen (if applicable)
4. Elevate the lower extremities
5. Splint fractured area if applicable
6. Avoid rough handling
7. Maintain body heat (prevent body heat loss) blanket / hot
pack
8. Keep the individual lying down
9. Give nothing by mouth (if applicable)
Anaphylactic
Shock (also known as) Allergic Shock Reaction
This type of shock is discussed separately because it is a condition
that must be regarded as life threatening. I personally this
type of shock as an automatic out of control over reactive shock
mechanism. Anaphylactic shock (anaphylactic reaction)
occurs when an individual comes in contact with something to
which he or she is extremely allergic too and the body over
reacts. The allergic reaction causes violent reactions in a
sensitized individual and include:
1. Insect stings (bees, ants or fire ants, wasps, yellow
jackets, hornets)
2. Skin irritants (Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac,
etc.)
3. Ingested substances (drugs, bad foods, fish, etc.)
4. Inhaled substances (pollens, dust, etc.)
5. Injected substances (antitoxins, drugs, etc.)
Outward
Symptoms
1. Itching and burning skin, especially about the face &
chest
2. Painful constriction of the chest with difficulty in breathing
3. Dizziness
4. Restlessness
5. Nausea
Outward Signs
1. Hives over a large area of the body or even generalized
edema
2. Swelling at the local site and also can be found in the face
and tongue
3. Cyanosis visible at the lips
4. A weak or imperceptible pulse
5. Vomiting |
Water Dehydration Shock (also
known as)
1. Sun Stroke
2. Heat Stroke
3. Heat Exhaustion |
Sun Stroke is the name of a condition that
develops when a person fails to sweat in response to increasing
temperatures, either from within his or her body or from the
sun. In my opinion a more correct name for this condition
is “Dehydration Shock”. Did you know that
by the time you get thirsty you are already in an active state
of dehydration? This form of shock more commonly occurs
in athletes and laborers who become dehydrated while being active
while outside in the sun and their body does not have the water
necessary to cool the its self. Without water to manage
and cool itself, the body's temperature controlling mechanism
is unable to regulate body temperature. Hence sunstroke
is a shock reaction that shuts the body down due to an internal
temperature overheat condition and lack of water. Obviously
this is a secondary life support system as it involved water.
Body temperatures during heat stroke can elevate to 105°
F or higher and, if unattended the reaction can produce irreversible
tissue damage, coma, and death if not corrected in time.
The body tissue most often times affected with permanent damage
is the central nervous system.
So What Is Sun
Stroke?
Sunstroke is a body shock reaction due to an advanced state
of dehydration. Let’s take a look at its signs and symptoms
Sun Stroke Signs & Symptoms
1. Skin - hot, pale white, dry, hot, and flushed
2. Eyes - dilated pupils
3. Fatigued, faintest, and loss of consciousness
4. Pulse - normal pulse pressure but fast initially, becoming
weak and rapid as the condition advances.
5. Breathing - deep breathing initially followed by shallow
breathing as the condition advances
6. Muscles - initially you will see muscle cramping followed
by twitching as it advances. Eventually it
will go into a
state of convulsion as
the condition advances.
Some more generalized outward physical signs and symptoms of
dehydration are:
1. Headaches
2. Achy
joints
3. Fatigue - exhaustion
4. Muscle
cramping (limb and abdominal)
5. Slight fever
6. Decreased skin Turgor
When the "Skin" remains pinched and stretched after
you release it (Turgor) is an indication of Dehydration.
7. Dry mouth and mucous membranes,
8. Tachycardia (a fast beating heart)
9. Muscle twitching
10. Seizers
11. Nausea
12. Vomiting
13. Urination
A. Early signs = darken urine
color and low volume
B. Dehydration signs = Dark
in color and only able to
secret a small amount of urine (Oliguria)
Other problems that are directly related Dehydration &
Dehydration Shock
1. Fatigue
2. Constipation - Enemas are a minimum recommended but
colon therapy is a better choice.
The colon will hydrate
the body 4 times faster that mouth &
stomach
3. Joints all over – achy, stiff, & sore
4. Muscles - stiff and tight (not flexible)
Emergency Care For Sun Stroke (aka) Dehydration Shock
Treat All Sun Stroke as a true immediate emergency
1. Immediate ER Care (Primary Objective). To immediately
cool the outside of the body and re-hydrate
the body
internally with water.
2. Sit or lie the individual down in a shaded area or inside
an
air-conditioned building.
3. If available place a fan on the individual
Emergency Actions To Take For Sun Stroke
1. More the individual to the "Cooling Area", sit
or lie the
him or her down and begin cooling them.
2. Give cold water to drink along with cellular salts (lemon
water, potassium glutamate, etc)
3. Place in front of a fan
4. Take water soaked cold towels from the cooler and place
around the neck shoulders, the back, and
the stomach. If
you have a transportable bathtub you
can fill it with cold
water and immerge the individual in it.
5. Place cold packs on the stomach at the solar plexus
6. The RICES-S Rule Management System
This general treatment management
system can be applied to Shock
or any traumatic insult. Follow
the RICES-S Rule. Each letter
stands for an action to be taken.
These actions are:
1. R = Rest - Place the individual
a state of physiological
rest (lying or sitting)
2. I = Ice (apply cold wet towels
to all cooling sites to
reduce body temperature.
3. I = Immobilization (movement or
motion will worsen
an
existing injury)
4. C = Compression (use a support
wrap or elastic ace
bandage)
5. E = Elevation (elevate feet and
legs allowing gravity to
minimize blood flow to this area.
6. S = Keep Warm - treat for body’s
shifts in electrical
energy caused by the shock
S = Supports
- Correctly fit a support product such as
splint, crutches, etc.
7. If the individual seems like he or she is not responding
to this immediate transport the individual to the hospital. |
| Emergency Care For Different
Types Of Shock |
1. Anaphylactic Shock ER Care
Anaphylactic shock is a true emergency situation because it
requires (in most cases) injection of medication to combat the
allergic reaction. Initial emergency care efforts should be
direct towards life support.
1. Transport the patient to a hospital immediately. Notify the
facility by phone or radio while in route.
If the information
is available, tell
the hospital personnel the substance that
caused the reaction and the means of contact (sting,
inhalation, ingested or injected).
2. Provide life support measures as required, including
airway maintenance, pulmonary and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation. Administer oxygen and treat
for shock.
2. Bites & Stings To The Skin
Shock can be caused by animal bites, insect bites, and Bee stings
bite. And in some cases this type of shock reaction can
advance immediately into the unstable and over reactive anaphylactic
shock mechanism. If you witness this type of insult and
reaction by the individual remember you will not have a lot
of time to take a successful controlling action.
Self-Help
Remedies For Bites & Stings To The Skin
1.
After Bite (a mild ammonia base)
Animal bites, insect bites, bee stings can be immediately and
successfully managed with a produce called "After Bite"
or with any "Ammonia Kitchen Solution". Animal bites,
snakes bites, insect bites and bee stings inject a mild protein
acid, which can be neutralized by the application of a mild
alkaline solution, such as ammonia. Ammonia can be found in
most cleaning agents such as window cleaners but the best is
the pencil tube over the counter (OTC) product called "After
Bite". In my opinion After Bite performs the best of all
the other products on the market place. After Bite neutralizes
the bite or sting and eliminates the itching. After Bite can
be purchased in most local drug stores. I have found it most
helpful to have it placed in several locations around raci41
vehicle and home. Another mild alkaline solution is alcohol
and it can be found in pencil tube applicator as well, but it
does not work as quick or is as good as ammonia.
2.
Ceramic Magnets
N-1 and N-2 ceramic magnets work very well on insect bites or
bee stings. Use the North polar surface against the skin where
the bite is located.
3. Plant Poisons To The
Skin
Skin irritants such as plant poisons can and do produce shock
reactions in some individuals. Some plants have a built
in protective mechanism that sprays a mild acidic protein mist
at that which would threaten it. Many individuals are
not affected at all by this poisonous spray but some individuals
are highly allergic to it. These poisonous plants include:
Poison Ivey
Poison Oak
Poison Sumac
The plant’s mild acid protein poison is part of the plant’s
protective mechanism. The plant sprays its poison at the
intended victims in the form of a mist. This mist comes
in contact with your skin surface. Next, the mild poisonous
mist produces chemical reaction on your skin surface.
Then, the chemical reaction begins to erode and irritate your
skin. Then your body responses back with an inflammatory
reaction causing the area to itch. And as you scratch
the area that itches the condition get worse. So basically
what is going on is that the plant’s mist is a contact
protein poison that require a little time to create the condition
by eroding enough tissue to produces a noticeable itching inflammatory
response.
Their mild acid protein solution can be quickly neutralized
by the application of a mild alkaline solution such asbleach.
Bleach is the best performing alkaline solution that I have
found. Let’s look at some immediate self-help remedies.
Self-Help Remedies For Plant Poisons To The Skin
1. Chlorine Bleach Bath
Bathing and soaking in a bathtub with about 1/2 cup of chlorine
bleach added will immediately neutralize the poison plant's
chemical reaction all over your body. The mild alkaline bleach
neutralizes the mild protein acid and the resultant is water
and salt. Sometimes you may have to take a second bath
within 12 to 24-hours to completely neutralize the total overall
acid chemical reaction.
While in the bathtub make sure you have good ventilation as
the chlorine bleach puts out a mild chlorine gas that can be
toxic to your lungs.
2. Bleach Applied Directly
On The Affected Areas
If it is a localized area you can put some bleach on your finger
and apply it directly to the involved area and let sit for a
few minutes before rinsing it off with water. Let dry
or dab with a towel. If it still itches or it begins to itch
again repeat the application and water rinsing procedure.
3. Baking Soda - Epsom Salt Bath
Soaking in a bathtub solution of baking soda and Epsom salts
works better than just baking soda alone. The combination
of both baking soda and Epsom helps to neutralize the plant's
mild protein acid reaction on your skin.
Dosages
For Baking Soda - Epsom Salt
I use 1 cups of each in the bathtub. You should know that
although it is an effective method for the plant poisons it
is not as fast acting as the chlorine bleach bath because it
takes a little longer to neutralize the plant's skin irritating
mild protein acid.
4. OTC (over the
counter) plant poison remedies found in most drug or grocery
stores include:
1. Bleach
2. Hydrocortisone Cream 1%
3. Benadryl (pills and/or cream)
4. Hospital Hydrocortisone Shot |
| The Tertiary & Secondary
Systems |
| The most important tertiary and secondary
systems are the digestive system and lymphatic system respectfully.
The digestive system starts at the mouth and ends and the anus
and its primary function is to digest and process food.
Now remember that this system automatically shuts-down everytime
there is a shock reaction. So, let’s first discuss
how a normal digestive track works. |
| Normal Digestive Track |
The normal stool flow rate through the digestive
system is one stool movement within a 30-minute time period
following any meal. Also there is stool movement that
routinely occur within the first 5-minutes upon rising in the
morning. When the colon flow rate less than this normal
stool flow rate the individual will experience the slow onsets
of many different types of illness, sickness, and disease processes.
There are a few reasons why this rate could be less than normal.
1. There is an active shock mechanism going on
2. Poor eating and dietary habits
3. Non-regimented or routine eating habits
So, if you colon elimination rate is less than one stool movement
per 30-minutes following any meal we strongly suggest the you
also seek out the services of a colon hydrotherapist. |
| The Lymphatic System |
The lymphatic system manages all of the water
within the body. This system is approximately 4 times larger
(24-pints) than that of the blood vascular system (6-pints).
Another very interesting feature about the lymphatic system
is that its capillary beds are less than haft the size of those
of the smallest capillary beds of the blood vascular system.
The lymphatic system has many functions besides the management
of the body's water. One of its functions is to collect all
of the debris from where ever it finds it in the body and put
it into the proper elimination channels, primarily the colon.
This process include the removal of body waste materials, debrisment
of most parts of the body, and whole body immunity. In
short it is a collecting and removal water dispersing system.
And like all dispersing systems the sediment collected will
fall and collect into the lowest levels of the body. In
this case it is the feet. The calf muscles then pump the
lymphatic fluids back up and into the intestines and kidney
where it is cleaned and sent back out. Now remember the
lymphatic system baths the entire body with its fluid including
all of the body's joints, muscles, skin, and other vital important
tissues. So, if you are suffering from achy, painful,
tender, or sore joints and muscles you most probably have an
underlying lymphatic system problem.
Another point about lymphatic system shut-down. You have
learned that from above that there are three reasons affecting
the digestive track especially the large intestines. They
are:
1. There is an active shock mechanism going on
2. Poor eating and dietary habits
3. Non-regimented or routine eating habits
These same three things also affect the lymphatic system.
But at this time I would like to focus specifically on poor
eating and dietary habits. Let’s look at eating
raw and prepared raw food to cooked foods. What I mean
by prepared raw foods is that they were prepared at room temperatures
without the use of a heated or elevated preparing temperature
process (uncooked).
Remember from above that the lymphatic system has vascular capillary
beds half the size of the smallest blood vascular capillary
beds. Now remember that your body, how it works, and functions
was designed and created by God. So the questions are,
“How did he plan for it to work? Should we eat raw
and prepared raw foods or should we eat cooked foods?”
If this is the case may we suggest you consider having an Bio-cleansing
ionic footbath detoxification treatment. And for long
term changes start learning and practicing dieting with raw
and living food and watch and experience the improving changes
within your body. Let’s continue.
When the lymphatic system is properly working the collected
sedimentation in the feet region will be pumped back up and
into the large intestines and kidney through its normal debrisment
channels where the lymphatic fluid is cleaned and sent back
out into the body. It is the calf muscles in your legs
that produce the sump-like pumping action that causes this sediment
of debris materials to flow from your feet back up and into
the colon and kidneys.
Active sweating is another pumping mechanism for the lymphatic
system that moves water and debris out through the skin. During
the time periods of active sweating approximately 95% of the
body’s elimination are processed through the skin. Hence,
one of the functions of the skin is a very large elimination
organ for unwanted tissues and body debrisment. It should
not be surprising that this elimination process is known as
active sweating cellular debrisment. How about those who
are less active? Let's take a look.
Generally speaking the older you get the less active you become.
In non-active sweating conditions or in those individuals who
seldom exercise the intestines are responsible for approximately
75% of the body’s debrisment. And in aging individuals
two common events start to happen:
1. They become less active and exercise less
2. The flow of materials though the colon slows down greatly.
Remember that any un-cycles shock mechanism will rob you of
energy that could have been used to exercise. The solution
of course, to the first item above is to plan out and do an
exercising program that is easily done on a weekly basis.
The solution for the second item above is a little more involved
but I believe it to be far more important. The digestive track,
especially the large intestines, is the body’s primary
solid material elimination process. When it slows down
sickness onsets. Allowing the body to return its solid
material flow rate through the colon back to a stool movement
within 30-minutes following any meal allows the reinstatement
of the body’s normal health program. Hence, unwanted
tissue elimination and debrisment are the primary and initial
first steps to a health body. Remember that any form of
shock, no matter how small shuts the colon down. |
| The Primary Systems |
| The body’s two major primary life support
systems are the lungs and heart. Keep the air flowing in and
out of the lungs is absolute necessity for maintaining life.
And, by the same token, maintaining blood flow through the heart
is absolute necessity for maintaining life. Taking a class
in the basic life support methodologies where you learn rescue
breathing and CPR first aid are excellent ideas. For more
information on these procedures contact your National Safety
Council or your local Red Cross as they routinely teach classes
on these topics on a regular bases. |
| Being Prepared |
| If you know you are allergic to certain substances
carry the antidotes with you and let others with you keep it
in case you are unable to get to it. Prepared or not, anaphylactic
shock needs immediate care. A very effective successfully rule
to guide you through a step-by-step procedure to treat all forms
of shock is the "RICES-S Rule". As listed and
detailed above each letter of the rule stands for an action
or actions you must immediately perform to successfully manage
the insult or injury. Remember that the management of shock
is also included in this rule. |
| Prevention Vs Correction |
The wise prevention policy of 20-20 Foresight
and being prepared is always a far better and less painful policy
than the harder lesson in life to learn known as 20-20 Hindsight.
Always consult a doctor if the condition, pain, and/or swelling
continue. Also be wise enough to consult your doctor if
the condition doesn't make the progress you normally expect
to see or have experienced in the past. |
| Perceptions From The Observation
Of Shock |
The study of shock is an interesting observation
and learning experience with respect to normal and protective
body operations and their mechanisms.
Also it is interesting to see how the conscious mind and unconscious
mind interact together in balance and in situations where they
produce conflicts (Voluntary Vs Involuntary Responses).
One of the prime directives of the unconscious mind is to run
and manage all body functions. As an example, when you
go to sleep your unconscious mind keeps your heart beating and
your lungs breathing (involuntary responses). Also, your
unconscious mind runs and manages the Shock protective program,
as well as all normal operating body programs. The conflicts
come when the conscious mind (your free will & belief system)
decides to do something that goes against the unconscious mind’s
programs. You conscious free will and/or belief system
are so powerful that they can and do over ride your unconscious
mind’s programs to the point of self-destruction.
The level of activated self-destruction can vary or range from
very mild all the way up to very severe where you could witness
the individual’s will to die immediately.
Somewhere in this mix of conscious and unconscious mind control
we find the chronic un-cycled shock programs that are still
running and adversely influencing the normal wellness programs
towards a state of illness, sickness, and disease (a self-destruction
mechanism). It is interesting to see how a protective
program can be influenced or changed into a destructive one
through the conscious will and over ride this system to do something
it wants rather than allowing the protective program to first
stabilized and control the body.
Another thing I routinely witness when the un-cycled shock reaction
is allowed to complete its cycle by the adjunctive used of applied
Wholistic and natural therapies is that the individual relives
the insulting experience. Their comments imply that the
relived emotional experience is just as if it was happening
all over again. This releasing process seems to be very
similar to replaying a record, video, or DVD or any other product
that possess memory. However, in the case of shock releasement
the feelings and emotions are leaving the individual.
It is interesting to learn theories from the field of quantum
mechanics. Their explanation takes you way beyond that
of the usual physical world and its explanation of atoms, electrons,
neutrons, and protons. Quantum mechanics reduces all forms
of matter to their lowest state of creation. That is to
say quantum mechanics reduces all forms of mater to their lowest
and simplest state and so it can be expressed in the combination
of energy and information. The creating process of all
matter (thought to form = manifestation) by the combination
of energy and information is very similar to that seen in the
process used by a computer and in making record and CD.
But noteworthy here is that they all possess or have expressions
of memory. So, the emotional experience felt by the individual
as the shock cycle is unlocked and released from him or her
can also be viewed as a form of memory being released from their
body.
We are all supposed to be advancing in our knowledge and applications
we create from that knowledge but we’re not. We
do research on many wonderful therapies and when bury the information
when they work; such is the case with a therapy called “Diapulse”.
I believe that when more individuals in the healing arts start
looking for natural and Wholistic answers and solution for bettering
our state or quality of health and wellness we will be getting
back to the ways God intended us to be.
One of the answers or solutions is to allow a state of harmony
to be created and exist between the conscious and unconscious
minds so they can work together in a high successfully symbiotic
relationship.
What is necessary to accomplish this is the development of quality
educational programs that teach the individual the responsibility
of learning how their body’s works and how to care for
it, and not just at a physical level. Learning how the
spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional interact together
to create their state of sickness or wellness. They should
learn how their conscious mind works to go against or to help
and assist their unconscious mind with its health and wellness
programs. With top quality educational programs being presented
at the grade school and high school levels we would find a great
reduction in our nations health care programs. Once the
individual learns through quality educational programs and life’s
teaching experiences that the doctor who truly takes care for
them is found within them the health care status of the country
completely changes. That is to say that once the individual
takes responsibility for himself or herself the need for outside
health care providers, centers, and institutions would literally
vanish. It all still goes back to the individual and the
responsibility they accept for themselves.
When you start thinking about how true the above statements
are your mind will look at own health care services in a much
different way. And perhaps you will see or recognize that
our present medical health care profession services only manages
and watch over your sickness rather than direct you in a state
of health and wellness. It is sad to see this but it is
exactly what is going on. In my opinion medicine is a
business that makes its living off of your illness, sickness,
and disease.
I will leave you with this final thought. Your state of
health and wellness is your responsibility. The choices
you make in sickness or wellness will dictate the quality of
life you lead. To your own heart be true. |
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