How to provide first aid to people who have drug shock

Bach Mai Hospital has received many cases of new generation drug poisoning, causing coma, severe unconsciousness, to die.

According to the master, Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen - In charge of the anti-poison center, Bach Mai Hospital previously made players suffering from psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia .

But today, the new generation of stone drugs in addition to the above problems, new drugs make patients manifest poisoning, convulsions, uncontrollable stimulation, which can affect the heart, The poison will attack directly on the heart, causing damage to the heart, kidney failure .

"In particular, these drugs are also likely to cause neurotoxicity, cardiogenic shock, arrhythmia, kidney failure and if not promptly emergency lead to rapid death. The common neurological condition is that the patient falls into a state of drowsiness, paranoid psychosis, hallucinations, acts of dangerous ideas for himself and others , " Nguyen said.

Dr. Nguyen added: "When drug users are paranoid, it is very dangerous for themselves and the community. In fact, even doctors are attacked by petty patients when they are in emergency". .

New drugs for patients with symptoms of poisoning, seizures, uncontrollable stimulation.

When you see people fainting because of overdose, you should not leave the person who fainted alone because the person may be choking or the heart stops beating. It is necessary to provide emergency assistance to the fainting person and call the support person to give first aid and invite the nearest medical staff or emergency unit.

How often does overdose use drugs?

An overdose occurs when the amount of narcotics exceeds the body's tolerance or there are many impurities mixed into the drug. Expression:

1. Faint, lethargic.
2. The skin is pale, sweating.
3. Slow breathing, irregular heartbeat.
4. Hypothermia.

Emergency care for people who have fainted due to overdose

When you see people fainting because of overdose, you should not leave the person who fainted alone because the person may be choking or the heart stops beating. It is necessary to provide emergency assistance to the fainting person and call the support person to give first aid and invite the nearest medical staff or emergency unit.

1. Detecting fainting people : People who have just finished injecting drugs are drowsy, dull and fall in love, faint.
2. Watch if the person is breathing : by looking at his or her chest and abdomen moving up and down or not, or placing his or her hands on his or her abdomen and chest to see if it is moving. In addition, you can put your ear to your heart or leave a small pin of hair (if it is best still a little afraid of cotton) near the nostrils to see if the pinch of hair is shaken or not. If he does not move, he means he is no longer breathing.
3. Catch the pulse : Catch the pulse of the wrist, groin, carotid (in the neck) to see if the pulse is still present.

There are 3 situations to handle

Scenario 1: If the person faints while breathing, the circuit, handled as follows:

1. Set on your side to avoid the vomit coming into the airway.
2. Clearing the airway: back to the back of the head, lifting the jaw slightly, if you have vomiting, use your finger to hook the vomit into the airway.

Situation 2: If breathing stops but the pulse, handle the following:

1. Step 1: Clear the airway.
2. Step 2: Do artificial respiration: squeeze the 2 nostrils of the fainting person, take a deep breath, then press your lips against that person's mouth and blow in the air for the chest of the person to bulge, then let go to let the person breathe. Out, blow like that about 12 times / 1 minute.

Stop checking every 3-5 minutes to see if the person can breathe on their own. If breathing on your own, switch to situation 1. In case of deterioration, loss of pulse must be handled according to situation 3.

Scenario 3: If the circuit is lost, handle the following:

1. Step 1: Clear the airway
2. Step 2: Make artificial respiration and squeeze the heart out of the chest: Place one hand on the center of the breastbone, the other hand on the perpendicular hand first, press down with the force of the body causing the chest to recede about 5cm, do so 70-90 times / 1 minute.
3. If there are two people in the same emergency : the order this person blew once, the other person squeezes five times.
4. If there is only one emergency person : the order blows twice and squeezes 15 times.

Note : Every minute check if the person breathes and has a pulse.

Continue processing in three ways, depending on the person's situation.

Special note : From the time of detecting the fainting person, it is necessary to provide first aid and call for additional support and invite the nearest medical staff or unit.