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Ethanol is toxic active ingredients contained in all alcoholic drinks. Ethanol can weaken and suppress activity of the central nervous system (brain and the spinal cord) that functions to control psychomotor skills such as coordination and reaction of body movement.
Another reaction is disturbing activities of members of the body such as speaking, reduced hearing and eye movements. Alcohol can also reduce the level of awareness and self-control behavior.
Consuming alcohol will raises feeling of pleasure which pseudo. Alcohol can react such as stimulant or stimulant the body, but actually alcohol is the cause of depression (depressant).
According to Stanley M. Zildo as quoted from her book 'First Aid, true ways first aid and Handling of Emergency', alcohol overdose symptoms such as decreased coordination, raved talk, breathing is not normal, tend not aware, red eyes and there is the possibility of coma.
If you find any of these symptoms, immediately do the things following:
1. If the victim was asleep with a pulse and breathing that normal, wake with the way wiggle the body or calling him. For cases such as this, the victim did not require emergency handling.
2. Place the victim in a safe place in order not to injure themselves while continuing to monitored of his situation.
3. If the victim is unconscious or can not be awakened and his breathing looks do not normal or victim in a coma, maintain in order to the lane of his breathing keep smoothly.
4. Immediately bring the victim to the hospital.
If a person heart or breathing stops, then he should be provided with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment, if a person knows how to do this treatment then he can easily rescue him. It is mandatory that everyone should know to do First Aid.
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