Contents:
- Medical Video: Beware carbon monoxide poisoning during cold spells
- Overview of carbon monoxide poisoning
- What are the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning?
- Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning when caught in a fire
- If you have been poisoned, what should be done?
Medical Video: Beware carbon monoxide poisoning during cold spells
Carbon monoxide poisoning has taken many casualties. This poisoning can be caused by various things, one of which is from fire. Carbon monoxide gas contained in smoke during a fire can cause death if inhaled too much. Impressed very creepy indeed. However, there are ways to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning when you are caught in a fire. See the information below, yes.
Overview of carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning is poisoning caused by inhaling too much carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas that is colorless and odorless, but is very dangerous if it settles too much in the body.
Compared to oxygen, carbon monoxide is available in small amounts in your body. However, if the carbon monoxide content increases in the body, the body can cause poisoning because carbon monoxide easily binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells which then causes the body's tissues to become deprived of oxygen.
What are the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning?
Be vigilant when you or people around you show symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, namely:
- Nausea
- Dizzy
- Hard to breathe
- Chest pain
- Stomach ache
- Limp
When carbon monoxide levels have reached acute levels in the body, poisoning of these substances can cause death.
Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning when caught in a fire
As explained earlier, carbon monoxide poisoning can occur when your body breathes too much fire smoke.
When a fire occurs, you must be very panicked so you tend to act rashly to seek help. Know what you must first do to protect yourself.
Cover your nose with your hands or wet cloth as a way to filter the air and gas that enters your lungs. The possibility of carbon monoxide going into your respiratory tract will still be there, except that by doing this screening it is expected that the incoming levels will not be too much.
Next, find an open place to get fresh air. When caught in a fire, you may realize that too much carbon monoxide fills the area to make it difficult for you to breathe. Being in an open place that provides a source of oxygen can reduce the distress caused by too much inhaling carbon monoxide.
If you have been poisoned, what should be done?
If after a fire someone is found in a state of fainting, convulsions, difficulty in breathing or breathing problems, and is indicated to experience other signs of carbon monoxide poisoning, immediately do first aid by:
- Call an emergency telephone number in your area. Poison Information Center (Siker) can be contacted at 021-4250767 or 021-4227875.
- Immediately run to the nearest health service to get further treatment.
- Perform cardiac resuscitation as an aid if someone looks breathing and not moving.
