To begin with, we can say that carbon monoxide poisoning can occur quite often due to the fact that carbon monoxide itself is not uncommon, it is always formed and accumulates where carbon-containing substances burned. That is, we are talking about paper, wood materials, about coal and leather, fabrics and rubber, as well as about plastic and household chemical products. That is, the risk of accumulation and, accordingly, carbon monoxide poisoning can occur quite often.
How can you tell if your child has been poisoned with gas? Here are a few basic reasons to help you understand this:
1) the child is weakened, and this is very noticeable, he feels dizzy, sometimes there are loss of consciousness;
2) the head of the baby, poisoned with gas, hurts a special, throbbing pain;
3) breathing becomes a bit difficult, there is an uncommon baby earlier dyspnea;
4) checking the pulse, you understand that the child's heart beats more often than necessary, and the chest suffers severe pain;
5) the baby can vomit and vomit.
Emergency care that must accompany poisoning with carbon monoxide or any other gas is primarily that the affected child needs to be carried as soon as possible to the place where the effect of carbon monoxide is stopped - that is, on the street, on fresh and clean air. If, in a concrete situation, this is not possible, then create the conditions for fresh air to enter the room through windows and open doors.
Your next step should be the detection and neutralization of what exudes a life-threatening baby (however, yours, but to a lesser extent) carbon monoxide. Perhaps it will be a car that has been turned on (then you need to turn off the ignition), or a gas heater (which should be closed momentarily) and other devices.
Now examine the clothes of the child, it is desirable to try to weaken it (or altogether remove, if the situation permits) in the region of the chest and neck, so that oxygen freely enters the lungs of the child.
If, God forbid, your help is a little late, and a critical situation has come - we need to urgently take decisive measures - we are talking about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in case of cardiac arrest, which sometimes accompanies gas poisoning.
In the case if the consciousness has left the child, however, putting your hand to your chest, you still hear a heartbeat - then you need to put the child in a position lying on its side, while making it as stable as possible, and the child does not "fall" on the stomach or back .
There is one fundamentally important nuance: even if it seems to you that the gas poisoning was very, very small, and that the child is quite healthy and blooming - this is no reason to ignore the visit to the doctor. In any case, when poisoning with ANY gas, you should immediately seek medical help.
It is also necessary to know that gas poisoning can occur not only when something is burning - after all, gas can accumulate over time in those rooms that are not ventilated, or in sealed containers. Therefore, if you find a child in a pit or a well, in a tank or a tank, and it is unconscious - you can not go in there, because there is a big risk that you will also poison with the accumulated pairs. And in this case, as you know, waiting for help, maybe there will be no one from whom. It is better to call the rescue team immediately and wait for their arrival.
Of course, it's possible to poison not only carbon monoxide, however, all other types of gases, in most cases, have a number of characteristics that allow you to instantly detect the presence of too much gas in the room and determine that the poisoning did happen. So, all gases have a smell - sharp and not very pleasant, and they are able to irritate the mucous, resulting in suspicious symptoms like a burning sensation in the nose, eyes or throat, a cough arises, and breathing becomes difficult.
Regardless of which gas the child has poisoned, your first action should be to stop contact with a dangerous substance and take the affected child to fresh clean air.
In order to avoid such life-threatening situations, basic safety rules should be observed, such as:
1) regular and high-quality service of gas systems and heating systems;
2) install in the house indicators that detect gas leakage;
3) gas stove - not a means for heating premises;
4) the internal combustion engine should not be installed in a room without ventilation, windows, doors;
5) grills, stoves and those devices in which something burns as a result of work (for example, coal, alcohol, gasoline or something else) should not be used in a dwelling, garage or basement, near open windows;
6) the rooms should be regularly ventilated.
Naturally, poisoning by gases can occur and not because of the negligence of parents or relatives (or neighbors - in general, those who were nearby and violated safety rules). Given the ability of gases to accumulate in rooms and tanks that are not ventilated, it can be assumed that the child may be in such a room (capacity), for example, during any games. Or purely from the child's interest, they will get into some dangerous place. Therefore, your task is to immediately explain to the child that there are places not suitable for games, and these are mines, wells, garages - that is, enclosed spaces. Repeat this again and again, so as not to risk the health of the child!