How to give first aid to carbon monoxide poisoning?

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Carbon monoxide poisoning, also known as gas poisoning, refers to the neurotoxic symptoms caused by insufficient coal combustion and excessive carbon monoxide gas, which is inhaled by people in this environment. Carbon monoxide enters the blood circulation and combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin. At this time, oxyhemoglobin is less, resulting in hypoxia in various tissues and organs of the human body. The central nervous system is extremely sensitive to hypoxia. When hypoxia occurs, it will cause coma, unconsciousness, severe asphyxia, and death after a long time. Timely rescue is necessary.

How to give first aid to carbon monoxide poisoning?

First: after learning that someone is poisoned by carbon monoxide, immediately remove the person from the poisoning environment, go to the outdoor fresh air, untie the neckline, untie the trouser belt, so as not to hinder the patient's breathing, keep the patient's breathing unobstructed, keep warm at the same time, do not let the patient get cold, and immediately dial 120 for help.

Second: if you know how to perform artificial respiration, you can perform mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration on the patient. Before doing artificial respiration, check whether the patient's respiratory tract is unobstructed, and see if there are secretions and vomits in the mouth and nose. For those with superficial breathing, or apnea, immediately perform artificial respiration until the patient has spontaneous breathing.

Third: for comatose patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, you can use your fingertips to pinch the person and the Shixuan acupoint on your hand to wake up the patient's consciousness. For moderate patients who are still conscious, let them drink coffee or strong tea, which is conducive to the rescue of patients with carbon monoxide.

matters needing attention

In order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, the doors and windows of the stove should not be too closed in winter. It's better to open the windows for ventilation. When there is a residual fire in the stove, don't go to bed immediately, wait for the residual fire to burn through, or put out the residual fire before going to bed. The importance of carbon monoxide poisoning is to prevent it at ordinary times. We should pay attention to it and not ignore it.