Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Ways to Kill a Toothache In a Minute
- What is ethyl chloride?
- How to use ethyl chloride to overcome foot injuries when playing soccer
- Are there any side effects from ethyl chloride?
Medical Video: 10 Ways to Kill a Toothache In a Minute
Injuries can be said to be everyday food for soccer players, whether it's amateur to professional ones. One of the first aids for feet that are injured due to miscalculations of opposing players is with ethyl chloride. You may have watched it on TV when the medical team entered the green field to spray a drug on the body of the injured player.Curious about what ethyl chloride is, how to use it, and how it works so that players who have moaned in pain can get up and fight again?
What is ethyl chloride?
Ethyl chloride or ethyl chloride is a drug commonly used to prevent pain caused by injections or minor surgical operations. Ethyl chloride is also commonly used as a lightning solution to treat minor wounds and relieve muscle pain from sprains or dislocations due to exercise.
This effect can be achieved because ethyl chloride is a chemical that cools and causes numbing effects so that the injury does not hurt for a while.
Ethyl chloride is available in bottles and cans. But what is commonly used by soccer medical teams is in the form of spray cans (aerosols). Ethyl chloride is available in doses as follows:
- Fine Stream Spray - 3.5 oz
- Medium Stream Spray - 3.5
- Mist Spray - 3.5 oz
- Medium Stream Spray - 3.5 oz
How to use ethyl chloride to overcome foot injuries when playing soccer
Ethyl chloride can only be used on the skin. However, this drug should not be sprayed on deep open wounds or parts of mucous membranes such as the nose or mouth. You also should not breathe the steam.
Although it seems easy to just spray here and there, its use must be really accurate and should not be arbitrary. Therefore spraying the drug must be done by a professional medical team. The procedure will be done very quickly because the effect lasts only a few seconds to 1 minute.
To use it in minor injuries, first clean the injury area with an antiseptic. If you use bottled ethyl chloride, position the bottle upside down and spray it into the injured area for 3-7 seconds. If using an aerosol can version, position it upright and spray it on the area for 4-10 seconds. Spray until the skin starts to turn white, and stops before the skin freezes.
To relieve more severe muscle pain, give a spray distance of 30-46 centimeters of muscle, then spray with sweeping movements at a speed of 10.2 centimeters per second until the entire muscle is closed from the trigger point to the area of pain. Muscles will be stretched slowly during this process until full movement returns and the pain subsides.
Are there any side effects from ethyl chloride?
Ethyl chloride generally does not have serious side effects. You can continue playing after the injury is sprayed with medication, but usually there will be further treatment after the match to check the condition of their injury.
But spraying ethyl chloride might cause allergic reactions, such as dizziness, skin discoloration, painful skin, rashes, itching, swelling (especially on the face, tongue or throat), infections in parts that have been sprayed, wounds that do not heal, until it's hard to breathe. Even so, not everyone will experience the following side effects. The medical team sees the benefits that remain greater than this risk, so usage will continue if it is deemed necessary.
