Clio To put it simply, acute poisoning itself is one of the most common types of accidental injuries. Poisoning first aid is the core subdivision module of the accident first aid system. The treatment logic follows the general principle of accidental first aid of “saving life first, dealing with it later, and sending it to the hospital quickly”, and also has exclusive treatment methods based on the characteristics of poisons.
Last week, we dispatched police to the community emergency station and met two young girls who were renting in an old community. One of them had hallucinations after eating wild mushrooms purchased online. The roommate was trying to force her to pour soapy water to induce vomiting. Fortunately, we arrived and stopped her in time - the girl was already groggy and unsteady. At this time, induced vomiting can easily cause the vomit to enter the trachea and cause suffocation, which will cause even bigger problems.
You usually hear "accidental first aid" mentioned in emergency science popularization. In fact, this category is very broad, ranging from car accidents and falling from buildings to as minor as fish bone stuck, heat stroke, and poisoning by eating bad things. Among them, acute poisoning has always been a key popularization section in accidental first aid because of its high incidence, strong concealment, and serious sequelae if treated incorrectly. To use an analogy, accident first aid is like a multifunctional toolbox kept at home. It contains iodophor gauze for treating bruises and bruises, and tweezers for dealing with stuck fish bones. First aid for poisoning is a set of fine soft brushes specially used to deal with foreign objects. The general principles of use must be followed, but there are also specialties in operation. To put it bluntly, if you master the general principles of accidental first aid, you will not make principled mistakes when dealing with poisoning. For example, no matter what the situation is, call 120 first, confirm the safety of the surrounding environment first, and do not give water or medicine to an unconscious person casually. These are all universal.
But poisoning is different from traumatic accidents after all, and there are many ways to deal with them. For example, in ordinary falls or car accidents, you would definitely not dare to move the injured casually for fear of injuring the spine. However, if it is inhalation poisoning, such as carbon monoxide poisoning or chlorine leakage for disinfection, your first reaction must be to quickly move the person to an open and ventilated area, otherwise the poison will continue to damage the respiratory system if the poison is left for one second longer. For another example, if you accidentally eat ordinary non-corrosive poisons, you can induce vomiting and detoxification when you are fully awake. However, if you drink highly corrosive things such as toilet cleaners and pipe unblockers, the induced vomiting will cause acid and alkali to repeatedly burn the esophagus and throat. At this time, the patient should drink a small amount of cold milk or egg white to protect the gastric mucosa and seek medical attention immediately.
Nowadays, many people on the Internet say that if you are poisoned, you should induce vomiting, drink mung bean soup, and pour egg whites. In fact, academic circles have always had different opinions on these folk disposal methods. Those who support it believe that ordinary people do not have the ability to make professional judgments. Inducing vomiting can at least reduce the absorption of some poisons first, which is better than waiting.； Those who oppose it feel that many people simply cannot judge what kind of poison they are eating and whether the person concerned is in a suitable state to induce vomiting. Blind operation is more likely to cause secondary harm. Our front-line police officers actually prefer the latter. When ordinary people encounter poisoning, the safest way is to call 120 first, explain clearly what they ate, how much they ate, whether they are comatose and vomiting now, and follow the dispatcher's instructions, which is much more reliable than blindly trying home remedies on their own.
Oh, by the way, last month, a parent came to the emergency department with his child who accidentally took antihypertensive medication. He was so panicked that he even brought the remaining half bottle of medication with the medicine box. The doctor knew what antagonist to use as soon as he saw the ingredients, and the child recovered within half an hour. If the parents panic and throw away the medicine, the doctor will have to spend time investigating the cause of the poisoning, which will delay treatment. This kind of small detail is actually what makes first aid for poisoning different from other accidents. In other accidents, you don’t have to bring the injured thing. It’s better to keep the remaining poison, packaging and even vomitus, which can save the doctor a lot of time in making judgments.
To put it bluntly, poisoning first aid is the most down-to-earth part of accident first aid. If you pay more attention to the two key points, you can avoid many detours when you encounter an accident.
