Recently, the dispatching command center of Beijing Emergency Center received a call for help. The caller claimed that "carbon monoxide poisoning" happened to her family due to improper use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment. In the early hours of the morning, a woman felt a strange smell in her home, and called her family member next to her to check the situation immediately. After checking, she found that her family was weak and unable to move. She dialed 120 for help at once. After that, the emergency team arrived at the scene and sent the patient to a nearby hospital for further treatment. In recent days, the temperature has dropped sharply. Some people still use coal-burning stoves for heating at home. It is necessary to check whether the air ducts are closed and beware of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Here are some health tips from 120. When encountering carbon monoxide poisoning, how to conduct first aid in the first place? When using electrical appliances such as coal stoves or water heaters with liquefied petroleum gas, it is necessary to check the switches. If there are symptoms of mild carbon monoxide poisoning such as headache, dizziness, heart palpitations, nausea, vomiting, etc., you should leave the poisoning site immediately, breathe fresh air, and call others for help. If carbon monoxide poisoning happens, you should immediately open the window for ventilation and move the patient away from the site for fresh air, loosen the clothes buttons, and keep the patient’s respiratory tract open. If vomiting occurs, you could tilt the patient's head to one side and promptly clear the secretions in the mouth and nose. If there is suffocation, you should perform artificial respiration and chest compressions immediately, and dial the emergency call in time.