By Robert Maloney
In addition to firefighting, municipal water supply was a prominent topic in the editorial and advertising pages ofFire & Water Engineering, the predecessor to188金宝搏是正规吗. The then weekly publication’s editorial page noted the reduction in typhoid deaths in Cincinnati, Ohio, since the opening of that city’s water filtration plant; the impact of a dry spell on thewildfirehazard in the western United States forests; and water pollution in New York’s Hudson River.Fire & Waterregularly featured articles on waterworks construction nationwide.
Mike McEvoy,Fire Engineering’sEMS技术编辑说，水纯化和抗生素实际上消除了伤寒：1910年伤寒的死亡率为90％；现在不到百分之一。尽管今天的水往往更加干净，但一些消防员仍然没有完全理解暴露于被污染的水的潜在致命健康后果。例如，麦克维伊说，考虑到消防警察船长约翰·布伦克尔（John Brenckle）的失事死亡。他于2004年9月23日死于坏死性诊断（吃肉葡萄球菌），他在9月17日至19日之间暴露于该炎。他的腿上有一个开放的，未发现的伤口。http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/detail?fatalityId=3088
McEvoy emphasizes that any open wound must always be covered while on duty–no exceptions. A firefighter with an open wound cannot wade, swim, or submerge the wounded extremity in any floodwaters (including basement floods), river water, stream water, or any other body of water that could potentially be contaminated. The risks are too great. Although prevention is the best post-exposure treatment, should a firefighter with bandaged wound tumble into a body of water, he should immediately remove the bandage, wash the wound with soap and (clean) water, and then rebandage it. The risks ofinfectionare extremely high. Any redness, swelling, or fever should prompt an immediate visit to a hospital emergency department or an urgent care center.
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