Informative.Awareness
Activated charcoal, aka medicinal charcoal, is a very effective universal antidote for many poisonous ingestions. It is best when given shortly (<1hr) after a large ingestion. However, activated charcoal is …
Read MoreObtain medical help immediately. Do not make the person vomit unLess told to do so by health care provider; Immediately give a glass of cold milk or water, if able …
Read MoreWanjiku, Jerop and Nanjala don’t have to give lots of glucose to a person who has poisoned with diazol insecticide after misinterpreting the general body weakness to be hunger!! They …
Read MoreAll things are poison-including water and oxygen- and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison…(Paracelsus, Father of Toxicology) #Thursdaybit
Read MoreSo that the doctor may choose appropriate method of intervention. Multiple dose activated charcoal or gastric lavage may be used for delayed release several hours after swallowing So that the …
Read MoreSome herbicides are extremely dangerous. Paraquat which trades as Herbikill or Chramoxone is potentially lethal at two table spoonfuls (>20mls). Keep it very very safe!! It is not an organophosphate. …
Read MoreUnlike cardiac arrests due to heart disease where there is poor success after 30 min of resuscitation, cardiac arrests due to poisoned heart may totally recover after prolonged CPR (beyond …
Read MoreIt’s important to be acutely aware that some poisons are prodrugs, they have to be activated in vivo before toxic effects are manifested. An initially stable victim should not rule …
Read MoreCO is formed when organic compounds burn. You can’t see, smell, or taste CO; but It can kill you if present in sufficient concentration in the breathed air. The symptoms …
Read MoreSnake bites may be provoked or unprovoked. It may be poisonous, dry (up to 50% of the time)or non-poisonous. Should you be bitten by a snake, Do NOT do any …
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