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Inhalation injuries happens when casualty inhales hot steam or hot air, smoke or poisonous chemicals and carbon monoxide (most common in fire emergencies).
First aid for an inhalation injury
• ESM (scene survey), make sure you can give first aid safely without putting yourself in danger.
Do a scene and primary survey, give first aid for the ABC’s. Make sure the casualty is breathing effectively and has fresh air.
Try to make the casualty’s breathing as easy as possible. Change their positioning to semi-sitting and loosen clothing, but making sure to keep them warm.
Monitor their breathing. Give assisted breathing if breathing is ineffective and if that doesn’t work and breathing stops, give AR.
Give first aid for shock.
Keep giving care until medical help arrives.
Illness related breathing emergencies - when casualty has trouble breathing and there is no reason to suspect an injury or poisoning, then it is probably a result of illness. Such illnesses leading to this are: asthma, allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, pneumonia etc. The basic first aid for all these mentioned above is the same.
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