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How To Treat In A Case Of Consumption Of A Full Bottle Of Aspirin?

hi my girlfriend at a bottle of aspirin (100 pills). she is 20 and about 100 lbs. she refuses to go to a hospital. she is vomiting a brownish color and is nauseous. what can i do to help her? i have given her water, ginger ale and chicken noodle soup.
Fri, 16 May 2014
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Hai.u have not mentioned the dosage, whatever 100 tabs is too much, do not give any thing orally.keep her nill orally, take her to the emergency room as early as possiblefor an emergency stomach wash with cold saline, , checkout for vitals, bleeding tendency (gastrointestinal or rectal)haemogram, coagulation profile (pt, aptt, inr) )bleeding&clotting time.platelets.action of aspirin is normally for 7 days causing decreased platelets.tranfusion of fresh whole blood, fresh frozen plasma, or platlets, infusiom of pantoprazole, amino caproicacid will be of good help to stop the bleeding. This needs icu observationand she needs a good psychiatric counselling
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How To Treat In A Case Of Consumption Of A Full Bottle Of Aspirin?

Hai.u have not mentioned the dosage, whatever 100 tabs is too much, do not give any thing orally.keep her nill orally, take her to the emergency room as early as possiblefor an emergency stomach wash with cold saline, , checkout for vitals, bleeding tendency (gastrointestinal or rectal)haemogram, coagulation profile (pt, aptt, inr) )bleeding&clotting time.platelets.action of aspirin is normally for 7 days causing decreased platelets.tranfusion of fresh whole blood, fresh frozen plasma, or platlets, infusiom of pantoprazole, amino caproicacid will be of good help to stop the bleeding. This needs icu observationand she needs a good psychiatric counselling