Yongzhou Central Hospital experts remind: cold weather frozen vigilance winter "invisible killer"

Red Net Moment December 31 (Correspondent Chen Lin Luo Xuelian) At 7:40 a.m. on December 31, a 50-year-old man surnamed Chen was rushed to the emergency room of the emergency department of Yongzhou Central Hospital, at that time, Chen mou had vomiting and suction, confusion, lips "cherry red" and other symptoms.

It turned out that due to the recent sharp drop in temperature, Chen moved the charcoal fire into the house at night when he slept, closed the doors and windows, and eventually led to carbon monoxide poisoning. After investigation, Chen's carboxyhemoglobin reached 30.1% (the standard value of carboxy-oxygen hemoglobin did not exceed 4.2%), which was moderate carbon monoxide poisoning, and after timely hyperbaric oxygen treatment, Chen recovered consciousness at 12:00 noon on the same day, was conscious, and his limbs were normally active.

Carbon monoxide is the product of incomplete combustion of carbonaceous substances, it is colorless, odorless, tasteless, a small amount of slow inhalation is not easy to perceive, after entering the human body, it is easy to combine with hemoglobin in the blood into carboxyhemoglobin, resulting in hypoxia of various tissues and organs of the human body, dizziness, fatigue, nausea and vomiting and a series of clinical symptoms, severe carbon monoxide poisoning may also cause serious complications such as myocardial damage, liver damage, persistent coma, local blisters, rhabdomyolysis syndrome, and even life-threatening.

Since the cooling down on December 25, the emergency department of Yongzhou Central Hospital has treated more than 20 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, all of which are caused by the use of charcoal to heat up and the closure of doors and windows.

Experts remind the general public that in winter, try not to burn briquettes and charcoal indoors, especially when heating, pay attention to ventilation, and do not close the doors and windows. Once there is dizziness, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, you should immediately open the doors and windows, leave the scene, go to the air circulation for deep breathing, and dial the 120 emergency telephone, and go to the nearest hospital with the ability to treat the hospital for standardized treatment to avoid serious consequences.