On February 10, the Office of the Municipal Work Safety Committee and the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau issued an important reminder: during the Spring Festival, citizens returning to their hometowns to visit relatives, dinner parties, trips and other gathering activities have increased significantly, and heating carbon monoxide poisoning incidents in winter are very likely to occur, and serious cases can lead to death, and Spring Festival gatherings need to be vigilant against carbon monoxide poisoning.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning.
It is understood that carbon monoxide poisoning, also known as "gas poisoning", is a disease caused by the inhalation of high concentrations of carbon monoxide gas by the human body, resulting in poisoning and hypoxia caused by varying degrees of damage to the nervous system. Carbon monoxide poisoning is characterized by a violent onset, rapid onset and high mortality.
What are the conditions in life that are prone to carbon monoxide poisoning?
Citizens living in the city can develop carbon monoxide poisoning in the following situations:
In a relatively closed room, the doors and windows are closed and the gas is used to cook without turning on the ventilation fan, or the natural gas stove fire is extinguished by water and the alarm fails, resulting in gas leakage;
The overdue use of the gas stove or the use of shoddy stoves leads to incomplete combustion of the gas during combustion, and this exhaust gas contains carbon monoxide, and the lack of air circulation will also lead to poisoning;
Eat clay hot pot, eat barbecue, and make tea around the stove in a closed room;
If the flue gas is directly discharged indoors, or if the flue gas does not lead directly to the outside, a large amount of carbon monoxide will be produced indoors.
When someone takes a bath, it is easy to cause carbon monoxide poisoning;
The use of pipeline gas, if the pipeline leaks and the switch is not tight, it can cause a large amount of gas to overflow, causing poisoning.
Citizens living in rural areas can develop carbon monoxide poisoning in the following situations:
Using coal stoves for heating and cooking, and the coal is not fully burned during the combustion process to produce carbon monoxide;
If the doors and windows are closed and no air circulation is formed, and there are no ventilation measures, the air duct is not installed or installed incorrectly, which can easily lead to gas poisoning;
Placing inadequately burned briquettes indoors; Warm the enclosed room with a charcoal brazier.
What to do about carbon monoxide poisoning?
The relevant person of the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau suggested that once the public has carbon monoxide poisoning and finds that they are unwell, such as dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea and other early symptoms of poisoning, they should leave the scene of the poison area immediately while they are still conscious, and seek medical attention.
If the poisoning is too severe to leave immediately, shout or make a sound with a percussion device for help. At the same time, we must do our best to climb outside the "poison zone" and wait for rescue.
In addition, carbon monoxide poisoning causes paralyzing damage to the cerebral cortex, which governs human movement, and prevents people from moving on their own. As a result, people with carbon monoxide poisoning are often unable to effectively help themselves. When carbon monoxide poisoning is found in another person, the following principles should be followed when rescuing people: the rescuer should enter the scene prostrately, quickly open the doors and windows for ventilation, move the patient to a ventilated and warm place to lie down, and untie the collar and belt to facilitate smooth breathing.
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Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning Learn this knowledge quickly!
It's cold and you want to have a hot pot or burn charcoal to keep warm? Then this knowledge must be mastered. Recently, there have been many carbon monoxide poisoning incidents in our city, and Chongqing Fire reminds everyone that we must beware of carbon monoxide poisoning in winter heating.
On January 30, a man camped on the edge of the Jialing River in Yuelai, Yubei, and brought a charcoal stove into a tent due to the cold weather. I was poisoned by carbon monoxide and fell unconscious. Fortunately, the Yubei Fire Department and 120 rescued him in time, and the man was finally out of danger.
According to the firefighters, incomplete combustion occurs when charcoal is burned, and a large amount of carbon monoxide will be discharged with the smoke, and if the room is closed and the ventilation is not smooth at this time, carbon monoxide poisoning is prone to occur.
Mild carbon monoxide poisoning is manifested as: headache, dizziness, palpitations, nausea, vomiting, weakness of limbs, and even transient syncope.
If the above symptoms are supplemented by excessive sweating, irritability, arrhythmias, collapse, or coma, moderate carbon monoxide poisoning may be present.
On the basis of poisoning, if there is deep coma, incontinence, blood pressure drop, shortness of breath, etc., it may be severe carbon monoxide poisoning, and severe carbon monoxide poisoning can even lead to death.
To this end, firefighters remind the general public, it is best not to use charcoal fire in a closed room for heating, eat hot pot, etc., if you must use charcoal fire, you must keep the space ventilated, and do people go out of the fire, gas water heater should be installed outside the bathroom, a well-ventilated environment, to replace the old gas water heater at home in time, the bathroom is best to install an exhaust fan, and use an exhaust fan to exhaust air when bathing, in order to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
Reporter: Cui Yao, Zhou Song.
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