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I have to say that in recent years, the thermometer can be called one of the medical devices with the highest usage rate in every household.
As we all know, there are two kinds of thermometers for general household use, one is an electronic thermometer, and the other is a mercury thermometer.
But for many older generations, they prefer to use mercury thermometers, because generally speaking, mercury thermometers have less error and are relatively accurate in measurement.
But having said that, although the mercury thermometer has the advantage of accuracy in measuring body temperature, if it is accidentally bitten or broken by the child when using it on the child, it will be accompanied by a certain sudden danger.
So if you are using a mercury thermometer at home and don't know how to deal with this "medical emergency", I recommend that you take a closer look at today's content.
01.The 3-year-old daughter bit through the mercury thermometer, and the father was praised for the quick processing.
Two days ago, a mother in the parenting group shared a "thrilling moment" that happened to her 3-year-old daughter Beibei, but fortunately, the child's father handled it properly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
It turned out that during the Spring Festival in his hometown, one day, Beibei's father found that his daughter was starless and slumped on the sofa, and reached out to touch her forehead, feeling slightly hot, so he found a mercury thermometer to measure her temperature.
After the measurement, the body temperature was 375, some fever, Bei Bei's father went to his parents' medicine cabinet to rummage for cold medicine, during this period, Bei Bei or out of curiosity and naughtiness, actually bit the thermometer. The thermometer was still shouting in his mouth, and the mercury in it was gone.
Sensing that the situation was wrong, Beibei's father informed the family to call the hospital **, while unscrewing a bottle of mineral water, pouring out a part, and asking Beibei to spit out the mercury in his mouth into the mineral water bottle.
Immediately afterwards, she turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone and noticed that there seemed to be mercury residue in her mouth, but fortunately she did not cut her mouth, and then while dealing with the residual mercury, she asked her grandmother to go to the kitchen to beat 2 egg whites and force her daughter to drink it.
After this operation, the family was ready to go and hurriedly sent the child to the hospital.
Through the examination of the radiograph, it was found that there was indeed a small amount of mercury deposition in the child's stomach and intestines, but fortunately, there was no toxic reaction.
After the examination, the doctor told Beibei's father to drink more milk or egg whites and eat more crude fiber foods, such as long leeks, to promote the more complete excretion of mercury from the body.
At the same time, in view of Beibei's father's emergency treatment, the doctor did not forget to praise Beibei's father's two "quick treatments" to do it right.
The first treatment: After the child is found to have bitten off the thermometer, quickly clean the mouth and let the child drink the egg white.
The second treatment: the mercury was collected correctly, and after the mouth was treated, it was sent to the hospital as soon as possible.
With these two emergency treatments, the probability of child poisoning will drop a lot, and it will also provide sufficient time for the child to further **.
02.The mercury thermometer was broken, and the lethality should not be underestimated.
Although Bei Bei accidentally ingested the thermometer, there was no danger in the end, but as a parent, he really can't underestimate the lethality brought by the broken mercury thermometer.
According to relevant investigations, after breaking the mercury thermometer in a closed bedroom, the mercury in it evaporated and drifted into the air, and the mercury concentration test was carried out at this time, and the mercury concentration in the bedroom was found to be much higher than the national air mercury concentration value.
According to the data, if two mercury thermometers were broken in a bedroom, the mercury concentration would be 1,000 times higher than that in the outdoor air.
In general, the mercury content of mercury thermometers used in households is 05g, but even if it is such a small number, once it enters the human body through the respiratory tract, it may cause dizziness, coughing, nasal mucosal damage, etc., and may cause chest tightness and shortness of breath, trembling hands and feet, and even life-threatening.
Judging from the relevant data, people who are chronically poisoned and injured due to breaking the thermometer abound every year.
Therefore, in view of this lethality, we must keep in mind some correct ways and emergency methods that children need to do after biting through the mercury thermometer.
03.The child bites through the thermometer, and the correct method should be remembered.
Although the probability and frequency of using electronic thermometers have increased, because many older generations are accustomed to using mercury thermometers, coupled with factors such as children themselves being playful and curious, it is necessary for everyone to understand some emergency treatment methods when children bite through mercury thermometers.
First of all, from the child's point of view.
When the child bites through the mercury thermometer, parents should first check the child's mouth, patiently guide the child to spit out the mercury in the mouth, preferably in a bottle with water, on the one hand, it is convenient for parents to observe, and on the other hand, it can also reduce the volatilization of mercury.
Then, check the child's mouth again, stimulate the child's throat to "induce vomiting", if the child is young or really can't vomit, give the child milk or egg white, which can delay the body's absorption of mercury and protect the child's gastric mucosa from harm to the greatest extent.
Of course, after doing this, for the sake of the child's health, it is still necessary to send the child to the hospital in time for further treatment and ** to avoid delaying the best ** time.
Secondly, from other perspectives.
If the child breaks the mercury thermometer, it will cause mercury to volatilize, so we should open the windows for ventilation as soon as possible, and if it is winter, we should turn off the air conditioning and heating to reduce the rate of mercury volatilization.
Then, people at home should wear masks, gloves, and use small tweezers, cotton swabs or cardboard and other tools to pick up the mercury that fell on the ground and place it in the water.
In the process of collecting mercury, we should remember to avoid contact with mercury when cleaning, if there is accidental contact, you should use clean water as soon as possible, and the whole collection process should be as fast as possible.
The collected mercury should not be discarded at will, and it is best to hand it over to someone from the environmental protection department for disposal, so as to avoid secondary harm to others during the treatment process.
In general, when a child breaks or bites a mercury thermometer, we must pay attention to it and provide professional and scientific emergency measures as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary harm to the child.
Of course, parents are also reminded here that if it is generally not necessary, after using the mercury thermometer, it should be placed out of the reach of the child as much as possible, and when using it for the child, it should always be by the child's side to avoid emergencies.
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