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Table 4.5.1: Artesunate Amodiaquine Treatment Regimen Number of tablets to be taken by person according to weight or age Weight (Kg) Age (Years) Home Management of Minor Ailments Artesunate 50 mg tablets Amodiaquine 150 mg base tablets Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 5 – 10 < 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 11 – 24 1-6 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 – 50 7-13 2 2 2 2 2 2 50 + 14+ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Artesunate-Amodiaquine should be given with paracetamol or aspirin to reduce the temperature of the person. Do not give Aspirin or Aspirin-containing pain killers to children who are below 14 years, pregnant women, breast feeding mothers and patients with asthma and ulcers. A child may experience high temperature (fever) as a result of malaria or other infectious disease. Also a child with high temperature can have fits or convulsion if immediate action is not taken. Infact, a child who has fits may die or get brain damage. The new Ghana malaria drug policy permits the dispensing of Artesunate-Amodiaquine at the community level. CHVs are required to administer Artesunate-Amodiaquine to community members with malaria. Please refer to the home based manual for malaria, diarrhoea and ARI. The volunteer should educate caregivers on how to bring down the temperature of their children with fever. You will be able to detect high temperature by placing the back of your hand over the child’s forehead. You will notice that it is hotter than your own body. Then you can assist the caregiver to sponge the child. Box 4.5.3 gives the steps and your facilitator will demonstrate it for you with Exercise 4.5.1. 215
Module 4 The work of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers 216 Exercise 4.5.1 Demonstration Objective 1. To demonstrate how to properly sponge a child Time: 10 minutes Questions 1. When and why do we sponge a child? 2. What is the proper procedure for sponging a child? Box 4.5.3: How to sponge a child • • • • • • • Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Demonstrate how to sponge a child to participants using a doll. 2. Let individuals do it in turns. 3. Let the rest observe 4. Use procedure in Box 4.5.3 as guide. Use water from the borehole or tap Remove child’s clothing Soak a towel in the water and dab the child. Work from the feet towards the head Leave the water on the skin to dry Dress the child in light clothes Put a wet towel under the armpit and over the forehead Give Paracetamol syrup after sponging. Topic 2 Treatment of Diarrhoea Children are the most vulnerable groups of people in our communities. Many diseases can kill them if not properly treated. Diarrhoea is one of these diseases. A person has diarrhoea if he or she passes watery stools three or more times a day. Diarrhoea drains the body of its fluids and this dehydrates the person. Fortunately, there is a very simple way of managing diarrhoea. This is done by giving oral rehydration salt (ORS). See Box 4.5.4. Exercise 4.5.2 Demonstration Objective 1. To demonstrate how to prepare a sachet of ORS. Time: 10 minutes Questions 1. How do you prepare a sachet of ORS for a child with diarrhoea? 2. How do you serve a child with diarrhoea? Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Demonstrate how to prepare ORS to participants. 2. Let individuals do it in turns. 3. Let the rest observe 4. Use SHOWED to process. 5. Use procedure in Box 4.5.4 as guide.
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Preface iv The Community-based Heal
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