“Hospital emergencies rise 20% on average in Christmas”.

-the Vice President of Cross Red Bizkaia, Francisco Javier Oleaga Goya, has been in charge of giving the Conference

– during the talk, the Red Cross volunteers formed attendees to perform a maneuver of Heimlich (atragantamientos) and the first steps to implement a cardiopulmonary resuscitation

– the majority of emergencies concerning decompensation of chronic patients, gastrointestinal disorders, food poisoning, Burns (firearms or firecrackers), etc

-toilets, with derision, already referred to the ‘ syndrome of ham ’, by the number of cuts that occur in emergencies at Christmas

Bilbao, 2011-December Christmas is a time for reunion, celebration, joy, celebrations …, and sometimes urgent health care. To discuss how to prevent and address domestic accidents more frequent during this period and that they can be put at risk a few days so special, Francisco Javier Oleaga Goya, Cross Red Bizkaia Vice President and head of the emergency unit, Mutualia, delivered yesterday in Bilbao Bidebarrieta library (c / Bidebarrieta)(4) to 19: 00 hours, the Conference entitled ‘ domestic accidents at Christmas ’.
At the end of the Conference, Red Cross volunteers taught attendees to perform, with medical manikins, desatragantamiento maneuver or Heimlich maneuver. They also conducted a practical demonstration on how to perform the basic steps of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid basic chain.

As progress has been made the expert, in the Christmas season, it has been found that, on average, visits to emergency health services increase by 15 percent compared to the rest of the months of the year ”.

Among the main causes of this increase in emergencies, are, firstly, the decompensation of different types of chronically ill. The intake of large amounts of foods rich in fats and sweets is normal at this time. For this reason, patients suffering from, for example, diabetes, high blood pressure and even drop, suffer from acute episodes of their pathologies, due to an imbalance. Also, the intake of alcohol also tends to be relevant and responsible for numerous emergencies, either directly, by poisoning alcohol or indirect, arising out of circumstances due to intoxication ”.

Another group of characteristic er in the weeks of Christmas are gastrointestinal disturbances, with episodes of heartburn, diarrhea, nausea, etc. ”.

The expert has called the attention on the need to step up surveillance of the hygienic conditions of food is also often give food poisoning in these dates ”. The food groups which has most affected Francisco Javier Oleaga Goya are seafood, mayonnaise and fish.

It also warned about the danger of fire and pyrotechnic products. Although he has already appreciated a significant decrease of accidents with firecrackers, there are still cases where users of these explosives thumbnail or larger rockets, suffering from violent and unexpected detonations that sometimes involve relevant injury ”.

With regard to the cuts, the Biscay Cross Red Vice President and head of the emergency unit, Mutualia has admitted that you between the collective health, already begins to use the term in a self-assured manner, ‘ syndrome of ham ’ to refer to patients attending emergency services cut caused by a knife while cut ham.

Meetings with health is an activity organized jointly by the Academy of medical sciences of Bilbao, the Faculty of medicine and Dentistry of the University of the country Basque/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and agency specialized communication Docor.