When a person accidentally eats a kick, what may happen is symptoms such as abdominal pain, dizziness, vomiting and blood in the stool or urine. In this case, what you should do is call the SAMU (number 192) explaining where you are and how you are the person who touched or ingested the pellet.
If the victim is not breathing or if your heart is not beating, you should perform mouth-to-mouth or cardiac massage to maintain oxygenation of the blood and brain in order to save your life.
The pellet is a granular substance of dark gray color, which contains aldicarb and other insecticides. The pellet has no smell or flavor and is therefore often used as poison to kill rats, and although it may be illegally purchased, its use is prohibited in Brazil and in other countries because it is not safe as rat poison and has large possibilities of poisoning people.
When you suspect poisoning with a pellet
Signs and symptoms of pelvic poisoning take about 1 hour to manifest. But it is possible to suspect the contact or ingestion of pellet when its effects appear in the body:
- Clear signs in the hands or mouth that the person ate something with a stick because it contained traces;
- Breath different from usual;
- Common vomiting or vomiting with blood;
- Lips pale or purplish;
- Burning in the mouth, throat or stomach;
- Somnolence;
- Headache;
- Malaise;
- Diarrhea;
- Increased salivation;
- Excessive sweating;
- Dilation of the pupil of the eyes;
- Cold and pale skin;
- Mental confusion that manifests itself for example when the person can not say what he was doing;
- Hallucinations such as hearing voices;
- Delusions like thinking you're talking to someone;
- Difficulty breathing;
- Increased urge to urinate or urine completely absent;
- Convulsions;
- Blood in urine or stool;
- Paralysis of part of the body or complete impossibility to move;
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In case of suspicion you should take the victim to the hospital as soon as possible and call the Dial-Intoxication: 0800-722-600.
What to do in case of poisoning with pellet
In case of suspected or ingested pelt it is advisable to call SAMU by dialing the number 192 to call for help or to take the victim immediately to the hospital.
If the victim is not breathing - place your face too close to your face to check if you are breathing, and if not, mouth-to-mouth:
One should make a mouth-to-mouth breath, but first it must be observed if there are vestiges of poison within the mouth, and if it has, in this case, mouth-to-mouth respiration must always be done with a mask so as not to contaminate those who are providing relief . Artificial respiration consists of:
- Lay the victim on his or her belly up;
- Wipe your nose and mouth so the air can pass;
- Place one hand on the back of the head of the victim to support his head, slightly back to facilitate the passage of air;
- Cover the nose of the victim, covering with the other mother;
- Inspire deeply;
- Stick your mouth to the victim's mouth, covering it completely;
- Exhale all the air from your mouth, throwing it into the victim's mouth until your chest rises.
- Press a little the victim's stomach area so that the air inside the lungs goes out;
- Take a deep breath and continue throwing the exhaled breath into the victim's mouth as long as necessary, about 15 times a minute, or every 4 seconds.
Word of mouth is a great way to save the life of an unconscious person whose heart is still beating, but you do not have the strength to breathe on your own.
If the victim's heart is not beating - place your hand on the victim's chest to check if the heart rate is present and if not, do the cardiac massage:
- With the subject lying down, place the hands on the victim's chest between the nipples as shown in the image;
- With your arms outstretched, push your hands tightly, using your own body weight, counting at least 2 jerks per second until the arrival of the rescue service. It is important to let the patient's chest return to the normal position between each push.
- If you have more than one person to help, they must take turns every two minutes.
The victim may not wake up even when receiving mouth-to-mouth or cardiac massage correctly, but the rescuer should not give up until the arrival of the ambulance or firefighters to try to save the life of the victim.
In the hospital if pelvic poisoning is confirmed, medical staff can initiate the use of serum to eliminate the venom from the body faster, and remedies against bleeding, seizures and activated charcoal to prevent the absorption of toxic substances by the body.
What not to do
In case of suspected poisoning with pellets, it is not advisable to offer water, juice or any liquid or food to a person to ingest. Also do not try to induce vomiting by placing your finger on the victim's throat.
