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The 9th edition of Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured says on page 522,
They mean, of course, potassium. Phosphorus must be stored under water to prevent spontanaeous combustion with atmospheric oxygen.
The workbook compounds the error on page 175 with question 24 which suggests applying a dry dressing. Great, now the patient has thermal burns from a flaming 4x4. The error repeats on workbook pages 177 and 179.
But what do I know. I'm just a lowly EMT-B student with a postgraduate science degree :glare:. I played with phosphorus in high school B). I have a scar to prove it :blush:.
(Emphasis added.)The only time you should not irrigate the contact area with water is when a poison reacts violently with water, such as contamination with phosphorus or elemental sodium.
They mean, of course, potassium. Phosphorus must be stored under water to prevent spontanaeous combustion with atmospheric oxygen.
The workbook compounds the error on page 175 with question 24 which suggests applying a dry dressing. Great, now the patient has thermal burns from a flaming 4x4. The error repeats on workbook pages 177 and 179.
But what do I know. I'm just a lowly EMT-B student with a postgraduate science degree :glare:. I played with phosphorus in high school B). I have a scar to prove it :blush:.