"Inhalation injury" hurts fire prevention

In an instinctive reaction to sudden explosions and fires, many people panic and call for survival. However, due to the large number of unburned smoke, charcoal particles, and irritating chemicals at the scene of the fire, if blindly and repeatedly calling for help, these harmful substances will enter the respiratory tract more, resulting in "inhalation injury."

According to statistics, the people who were smoked and dying by the smoke during the fire were four or five times the number of people who had burned them. This is the most important cause of deaths in the fire. This is because many people who are burned are actually the first After being suffocated by smoke, losing ability to move, or suffocating, he died after being burned. A study also shows that the final cause of death for about 60% of burn patients is not the burn itself but the inhalation of smoke: Inhalation injury causes the injured person to develop pulmonary edema within a few hours to one week after the injury. Difficulties in breathing, fallout of airway necrotic tissue cause obstruction, failure of organs due to lack of oxygen, systemic infection, shock, etc., eventually leading to death. “We have even encountered some wounded people who seem to have no injuries or only very mild burns. The symptoms are only some breathing difficulties, continuous coughing, and blackening of sputum. However, the ultimate damage is worse than Others are much more serious,” said Hu Bo, the squadron leader of the Jiaxing Xiuzhou Fire Squadron.

Therefore, the fire department reminded the general public that in the fire, smoke is more terrible than the fire! To prevent inhalation injury, do not blindly cry when encountering a fire. Be sure to avoid the smoke entering the mouth. Since the smoke will mostly float on the upper floors, it should be lowered as far as possible during the escape. Wet the towels and stack them to cover the nose and mouth, reduce the oxygen consumption of breathing and minimize the inhalation of harmful substances. When passing through the smoke area, even if we feel the breath Difficulty, it is not possible to remove the towel. In addition, in order to attract rescue workers, you can also take the following measures to get rescue:

First of all, to attract attention: during the day can be bright clothes, towels, etc., at night can be lit lighted items, flashlights and other light, to send a distress signal;

Second, the production of noise: You can use throwing pots, water bottles and other loud or noticeable things to knock down some items that can produce louder sound, etc., causing rescue workers to pay attention.

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