In recent years, as new Chinese-style tea drinks have become increasingly popular, a new form of tea drinking, making tea by the stove, has emerged among young people. People uses charcoal fire as the heat source and puts the teapot on the stove on the small table to boil while baking fruits, nuts and other snacks. On a winter afternoon, several friends sit around the table, chatting while sipping tea, and enjoy leisure time in the unique and warm aroma of tea and fruit. However, it might be interrupted by danger.

At midnight on December 6, the Beijing 120 dispatch and command center received a call. A man said that his girlfriend was unconscious and incontinent. It might be carbon monoxide poisoning. The dispatcher immediately sent the nearest ambulance to the scene and told the caller to immediately open the window for ventilation and remove the patient from the poisoning environment. When the ambulance arrived at the scene, it was found that the female patient was in a coma and had fecal incontinence, and the male patient also had symptoms such as dizziness. The doctor initially determined that the two young people made tea with charcoal indoors. Due to insufficient coal combustion, a large amount of carbon monoxide was produced. The weather was cold and the two failed to ventilate in time, resulting in varying degrees of carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms in the confined space. The ambulance crew sent the two patients to the hospital immediately for further diagnosis and treatment. After a follow-up visit, it was learned that the two patients had excessive carboxyhemoglobin values in the hospital tests and were clearly diagnosed as carbon monoxide poisoning.

Beijing 120 reminds you that it is necessary to pay attention to safety issues when making tea around the stove. Especially when doing it indoors, you need to open windows for ventilation to maintain indoor air circulation and avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. After making tea, you should make sure that the charcoal fire is completely extinguished. For safety, you can also choose to use induction cookers, electric ceramic stoves, and other tools instead of burning charcoal to make fire. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to fire source safety when baking snacks, and do not leave during the baking process to avoid fire accidents. When carbon monoxide poisoning occurs, the patient should be moved to a well-ventilated area immediately to breathe fresh air. If symptoms are severe, you should immediately call the 120 emergency center to seek medical assistance.