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Definition:
Poison is a substance which, when entered in the body in certain amounts can cause unwanted body reactions can even cause death.
In everyday circumstances there are some substances that are often classified as a poison but in fact this material is corrosive, which can cause burns on the body in when entering into the body. Management of patients in these cases is usually equated with poisoning.
The way the occurrence of poisoning in humans:
A. Deliberately committed suicide
By taking drugs / chemicals in excessive amounts of insect toxins such as drinking, excessive sleeping pills. Often ends with death, unless the discovery of these poisoning cases quickly and directly get help.
Poison is a substance which, when entered in the body in certain amounts can cause unwanted body reactions can even cause death.
In everyday circumstances there are some substances that are often classified as a poison but in fact this material is corrosive, which can cause burns on the body in when entering into the body. Management of patients in these cases is usually equated with poisoning.
The way the occurrence of poisoning in humans:
A. Deliberately committed suicide
By taking drugs / chemicals in excessive amounts of insect toxins such as drinking, excessive sleeping pills. Often ends with death, unless the discovery of these poisoning cases quickly and directly get help.
B. Unintentional poisoning
For example:
a. Eating foods / beverages that have been contaminated by the germ or certain chemicals.
b. One drink that usually occurs in older anak-anak/orang senile dog flea medication such as suspected milk and so forth.
c. Eating cassava containing high levels of cyanide.
d. The polluted air of toxic gases.
Path entry of toxins in the human body
1. Through the mouth / digestive tools.
a. Drugs, especially sleeping pill / tranquilizer, usually in large numbers or taken with other substances so that the poisoning reaction
b. Foods that contain toxins such as: cassava, jengkol, tempeh bongkrekic, Oncom, which expired canned food.
c. Baygon, kerosene, other insect killer substances.
d. Foods or beverages containing alcohol (beer, liquor)
a. Consider some patients may find clues about the cause poisoned, for example, medicine bottles, wrappers, food scraps, waste of vomit.
2. Through respiration.
a. Inhaling toxic gas / air toxic (eg gas cars in a closed vehicle).
b. Industrial gas leakage.
3. Or absorption through the skin (contact)
Chemicals / toxic plants that are exposed through the skin surface and can seep into the skin.
This poisoning can also occur due to animals that have touched poison on the skin or other body parts.
4. By injection or bites
a. Bite / sting of venomous animals (snakes, scorpions, etc..).
b. Marine animal bites (abur jellyfish, anemones, sea cucumbers, octopus, oysters etc).
c. Injecting drug
Symptoms and signs of general toxicity
Symptoms and signs of poisoning are usually in accordance with the typical entry point into the body of toxins. When entering through the digestive tract, the main disruption will occur in the digestive tract. When you enter through the airway so that breathing and when disturbed is through the local skin reaction will occur first. Symptoms continued to occur normally in accordance with the nature of these toxic substances to the body.
Symptoms and signs of general toxicity:
a. History relating to the poisoning process
b. Decrease in response
c. Respiratory Disorders
d. Headache, dizziness, visual impairment
e. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
f. Weakness, paralysis, tingling
g. Pallor or cyanosis
h. Seizures
i. Disorders of the skin
j. Injection, bite, prick
k. Shock
l. Cardiac rhythm disorders and blood circulation in certain substances.
The management of poisoning in general:
1. Security around, especially when dealing with animal bites.
2. Securing patient and helpful, especially when positioned in an area with poisonous gas.
3. Remove patient from hazardous areas whenever possible.
4. Early assessment, if necessary to do CPR.
5. When toxins enter through the contact point, then open the remaining clothes and clean the patient when there are toxic materials
6. When toxins enter through the gastrointestinal tract, uapayakan dilute the poison.
7. Monitor the airway, especially when the response decreases or the patient vomit.
8. If poisoning occurs contact flush the affected area with water.
9. If there are instructions such as wrappers, vomit and so the rest should be secured for identification.
10. Management of shock in case
11. Monitor vital signs regularly.
12. Bring to a health facility
By: Subchan (PMI Cab Sidoarjo)
