What is the relationship between poisoning and accidental first aid?

In essence, poisoning is one of the core high-risk scenarios covered by accidental first aid. The two are subordinate to the "typical treatment category" and the "first aid system". However, due to the rapid progression of pathology, hidden inducements, and special treatment logic, poisoning has in turn forced the continuous iterative optimization of accidental first aid processes and training.

I have been working at a community first aid station for almost five years. The most dangerous encounter I had was last summer when a family of three ate homemade braised edamame that had been refrigerated for three days. At first, they suffered from vomiting and diarrhea and thought it was ordinary gastroenteritis. When we called 120, they didn’t say how serious it was. When we arrived at the scene, we saw that all three of them had vision problems. For symptoms of numbness and numbness in fingertips, activated carbon was adsorbed on the spot according to the food poisoning process. On the way, I contacted a designated hospital to open a green channel for poisoning. When I arrived, I was just in time for the onset of toxicity and signs of shock. If the treatment pace of ordinary gastrointestinal accidents had been delayed by ten minutes, the consequences would be really disastrous.

In fact, there are still different opinions on the boundary between the two in the industry. Many colleagues who go to the hospital all the time believe that poisoning should be treated as a separate first aid system. After all, it is far different from the logic of handling ordinary accidents such as car accidents, burns, and foreign objects stuck in the airway. The special antidotes for many special poisons are only reserved in designated hospitals. A slight difference in pre-hospital treatment will aggravate the injury.； However, some public health experts believe that poisoning itself is a common type of daily accidents. If it is separated from the general first aid system, it will easily make ordinary people confused about how to seek help. If they encounter an emergency, they will panic and not know who to call.

I can find evidence for both of these statements when I go to the police every day. Last month, I met a young man who drank half a bottle of diquat during an argument with his family. In desperation, his family members poured half a basin of soapy water to induce vomiting, which in turn caused more severe burns to the digestive tract. In the case of swallowing foreign objects, inducing vomiting is actually a routine operation, but when it comes to poisoning with strong pesticides, it becomes a disservice. This is why when we go to the community to do first aid science popularization, we always specifically single out the key points of poisoning and talk for ten minutes.

If emergency first aid is compared to a home first aid box that is always on hand, then poisoning treatment is the red emergency bag locked at the innermost part of the box. There are not many things in it, but the usage and dosage of each item are strictly controlled. If you take it wrongly or use it late, problems may occur. In fact, ordinary people don’t need to make such detailed classifications. If you encounter a suspected poisoning situation, call 120 as soon as possible to clarify what poison the patient has been exposed to, how long he has been exposed to, and what the reaction is now. Don’t feed water, induce vomiting, or give medicine without permission. Just wait for the emergency personnel to arrive and deal with it according to the regulations. It is safer than anything else.