Alcohol poisoning, which leads to blindness or death, most often occurs due to ignorance of how to distinguish methyl alcohol from ethyl. In 2012, mass poisoning with counterfeit alcohol occurred in the Czech Republic. The event received great publicity due to the number of victims: 38 people died (the youngest was 16 years old), more than 50 received serious health problems, of which 7 became blind, and three had a significantly disrupted nervous system. The tragedy repeated itself in Russia in new year's eve 2016: employees of one of the fish processing plants, having discovered an ownerless container with liquid, decided to drink it. As a result, three people died immediately, the remaining 8 people were hospitalized in serious condition.

Methanol and its action

The culprit of fatal poisoning and disability - (or industrial alcohol, methanol). Poisonous liquid is practically no different from food product, they can be easily confused.

Methyl alcohol is used in industry:

• To obtain formaldehyde;
• In the paint and varnish industry for the production of solvents;
• As a component of windscreen cleaning fluid for cars;
• As an additive in engine fuel.

Also, racing cars and motorcycles are filled with methyl alcohol.

It is almost impossible to distinguish ethyl (food) alcohol from its technical counterpart. Both liquids belong to the group of monohydric alcohols. The color and taste are the same, there is a slight difference in the smell: in methyl it is slightly less pronounced.

But it is unlikely that someone who is not a specialist can "smell" the difference. Therefore, fatal errors occur so often when drinking alcohol.

However, there are cases of conscious use of methyl. In some people, due to the resistance of the body, drinking poisonous alcohol passes without a trace, which is the source of false rumors about the alleged harmlessness of methanol.

In fact, methyl is the strongest poison that can, at best, make you crippled, and at worst, lead to death. After entering the gastrointestinal tract, industrial alcohol begins to have a toxic effect after an hour: the victim receives a narcotic effect that has nothing to do with ordinary intoxication. A particular danger when taking methanol lies in its slow decomposition process compared to food alcohol: the rate is 5-6 times lower.

First, methanol decomposes to formaldehyde, which then transforms into formic acid. Part of it reacts with proteins, disrupting the biochemical processes in the retina. As a result, the person becomes blind. Formic acid, being in the body for a long time, is the cause of severe acidosis. And undecomposed methanol neutralizes many vital processes: it affects hemoglobin and cell components. As a result, the supply of tissues with oxygen stops, hypoxia occurs.

Signs of poisoning and measures of assistance

The decay products of methyl alcohol remain in the body for 3-4 days, are excreted very slowly: 60% is excreted during breathing and only approximately 10% in the urine. The kidneys remove methanol on average within three days, formic acid - even longer - about a week.

The severity of the consequences of poisoning depends on the dose taken and the strength of the body. To get poisoned, it is not necessary only to drink adulterated alcohol. It is enough to inhale vapors or allow close contact with the skin. Symptoms of intoxication appear 7-12 hours after drinking. The main symptom is visual impairment: a veil, flickering flies. If you do not take action in time, the person will go blind.

Poisoning can be recognized by:

• Weakness, nausea and vomiting;
• Blueness of the skin and mucous membranes;
• Difficulty breathing;
• severe headache;
• convulsions;
• Tachycardia.

To prevent drinking from turning into a tragedy, you must remember:

• Do not drink suspicious liquid;
• Do not drink in the company of strangers;
• Buy alcohol only in licensed stores.

If, nevertheless, an accident has occurred, it is necessary to call an ambulance as soon as possible, and also take independent measures:

• Induce vomiting, do gastric lavage;
• Give activated charcoal.

The antidote of methyl alcohol is food grade. Therefore, it is recommended to drink the victim with ethyl alcohol or inject it intravenously.

But this should be done only with absolute certainty that the cause of the ailment is methanol poisoning. Otherwise, confusing the state with the usual intoxication with vodka, you can aggravate the situation of the victim.

How to test methyl alcohol

Due to the almost one hundred percent similarity of the two liquids, it is very difficult to determine by eye which of them is poisonous. Especially if you do it at home.

However, there are several ways to identify poison:

1. With copper wire. It is necessary to twist a thin copper rod into a spiral and heat it white on fire. Then lower it into a bowl with the liquid being tested, and, taking it out, sniff the fumes, making forward movements with your hand towards your nose. Methyl alcohol will give itself out as an unpleasant, pungent smell of formaldehyde. A slight smell of rotten apples will come from ethyl.
2. You can determine methyl alcohol at home by boiling point. Pour the liquid into a metal vessel and heat it over a fire. As soon as it starts to boil, lower the special thermometer and check the readings. The boiling point of methanol is almost 65 °, more precisely - 64.7 ° C. Ethyl alcohol has a higher boiling point - 78.4 ° C.
3. It is easy to recognize methyl alcohol by the flame - what color it will burn. Pour liquid into two metal bowls and set on fire. Poisonous methyl alcohol burns greenish, while ethyl alcohol will be bluish.
4. If you are afraid of experience with fire, it is possible to test the liquid with the help of potatoes. Immerse a piece of peeled root crop for several hours in the test liquid. Changed color and became pinkish - in front of you is methyl alcohol, remained unchanged - in a bowl of food.

However, it should be remembered that all such experiments are possible only for concentrated pure liquids. It is impossible to determine the presence of methanol in the mixture. There is only one proven method for this: if the origin of the liquid that smells of alcohol is unclear, it should never be drunk.

Everything happens mainly due to inattention or carelessness. Only a few can risk playing Russian roulette with him. If you want to keep your eyesight and stay alive, remember that you can't drink everything that burns. It is necessary to check the origin of the drink by conducting simple experiments. If they do not help, throw away the bottle without regret. Remember about health!

26.12.2016 23:23

Tragedies in Norilsk..75 deaths..
From this .. pack of "baboon" idlers, who call themselves government officials, preoccupied with their rank swarms, spitting on the life of the population, from collecting tribute from which they live, there is only one reaction - to ban the sale of alcohol-containing substances. For a month. Expected reaction.
By type - how to do something to do nothing.

I give practical advice:
And best of all - do not drink alcohol!
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How to distinguish ethyl alcohol from methyl
Finding low-quality alcohol in a container and drinking it is not so bad. It is much more terrible to use methyl alcohol instead of ethyl alcohol. It is very difficult to distinguish them by eye, which leads to frequent poisoning. Methanol is the strongest poison that adversely affects the nervous and vascular systems, as well as vision. If a person survives, he often remains blind. Taking methyl alcohol causes lethargy, headache, general malaise, pain in the lower back and abdomen. Possible loss of consciousness. Ingestion of 30 to 100 ml of methanol is fatal.

Ethyl and methyl alcohol are exactly the same in taste, smell and color, so distinguish common man they will be hard enough. There are several methods to determine what is in front of you - ethanol and methanol. To determine the quality of alcohol, you can try lighting the liquid.

1. Follow the color of the fire. If alcohol burns with a blue flame, then most likely you have ethanol in front of you. Methyl alcohol blazes green.

2. The folk method includes a sample using potatoes. Peel raw potatoes and toss a small wedge into a bowl. After a few hours, it may change its color. If it turns pink, the alcohol being tested is methanol. In ethyl alcohol, potatoes practically do not change color.

3. One of the most reliable ways to check the chemical identity of alcohol is a formaldehyde test. Take a copper wire and heat it up on a fire. Then dip it into the liquid. Methanol will give off a strong, unpleasant odor of formaldehyde.
Ethanol in such cases is practically odorless or smells of a faint aroma of apples.
Similar verification methods are also used. Moisten a cotton ball with alcohol, set it on fire and put it out sharply. You can also add potassium permanganate to the liquid and set it on fire. Based on the above outgoing odors, determine if the alcohol belongs to the ethanol or methanol group.

How to distinguish methanol from ethanol
Externally, methanol (technical alcohol) is very similar to ethyl alcohol. It has approximately the same density and refractive index (the ability to refract the sun's rays). It has the same smell and color. In laboratory conditions, distinguishing methanol from ethanol will not be much there. At home, this is more difficult to do. However, there are several ways to distinguish ethyl alcohol from methyl alcohol without sophisticated equipment.

You will need
- metal container (mug, Turk, etc.),
- copper wire,
- gas burner (suitable household gas stove),
- thermometer,
- transparent dishes (glass),
- potassium permanganate.
Instruction

First way.
1. Place a metal container with the test liquid on a burning gas burner (stove).
2. Measure with a thermometer the temperature at which the liquid begins to boil. Methanol boils at about 64°C, ethanol at about 78°C.

The second way.
1. Twist a small spiral from copper wire. This is necessary to increase the contact surface of copper and the test liquid.
2. Heat the copper wire white, and preferably black: this is the degree of heat when copper oxide begins to form on the surface of the wire.
3. Dip the hot wire into the prepared container with the liquid to be tested.
4. Smell: if the aroma of rotten apples appears, this is ethanol. If there is a sharp, unpleasant and irritating odor to the mucous membrane, this is methanol.

The third way.
1.Pour the liquid to be tested into a transparent container.
2. Add a little potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) to the test liquid.
3. If gas bubbles appear in the liquid, this is methanol. If there are no bubbles and it smells like vinegar, it's ethanol.

Helpful advice
Ethanol can also be distinguished from methanol using the iodoform reaction: when iodine, alkali (sodium hydroxide), ethyl alcohol and water heated to 50 ° C are mixed, a yellow precipitate forms - iodoform. Methanol does not give such a reaction.

The bubbles released during the interaction of methanol with potassium permanganate are carbon dioxide. And when ethanol is oxidized with potassium permanganate, there are no gas emissions - acetic acid is formed. This is used in the purification of ethanol from methyl alcohol impurities.

How to distinguish ethyl alcohol from methyl?

A terrible dilemma, indeed. More precisely, it is very scary to make a mistake in the end. After all, methanol is a terrible poison, a lethal dose is considered from 30 to 100 ml. Otherwise, a person can survive, but at the same time lose his sight.

Therefore, take the following information seriously:

Ethanol burns blue when ignited, methanol a green flame.

If you throw a piece of potato into a glass of alcohol, then after a few hours it can either turn pink - then it's methanol, or remain the same color - respectively, you have ethanol in front of you.

For amateur chemists: take a copper wire, heat it up, lower it into a glass of alcohol. If you have methanol, the smell will be extremely unpleasant, but if you have ethanol, then there will either be no smell, or you will feel a slight aroma of apples.

In taste, color, smell, methyl alcohol is similar to ethyl alcohol, but

distinguish ethyl alcohol from methyl alcohol

improvised ways

• set fire to alcohol, the one that burns with a blue flame is most likely ethanol, since methanol burns green.
• test with potatoes. A piece of raw potato must be placed in alcohol. If it turns pink after a few hours, it's methanol. Potatoes do not change color in ethanol.
• Can soak a cotton swab in both liquids and set fire to in turn. The smell of formaldehyde will indicate methanol.

But the most reliable way is to heat a copper wire on fire, lowering it into a vessel with liquid. From methyl alcohol there will be a sharp unpleasant smell of formaldehyde. If there is ethanol in the vessel, there will be no odors.

most efficient and fast way distinguish methyl alcohol from ethyl alcohol. Pour the test liquid into a glass, take a small piece of copper wire, 0.5-1 mm. Heat this wire in the flame of a candle or gas burner, and quickly lower it into a glass. Reacting with alcohol, red-hot copper will release a certain gas from alcohol. Its composition is not important to us. Its smell matters.

If the vapor from the glass has a sour (acidic) smell, then it was ethyl alcohol. And if the smell of formaldehyde, that is, the frank smell of a mortuary, then there was methyl alcohol in the glass. This method has been tested personally, so I recommend it. Especially now, when the shelves of even branded stores are filled with fake alcohol.

If you drink low-quality ethyl alcohol, then the poisoning can be severe, but if you use methanol, then there is very little chance of surviving after that.

First of all, ethyl alcohol differs from methyl alcohol in taste, ethyl alcohol, I think everyone has tried alcohol as alcohol, but methyl alcohol has the taste of a chemical solution, the taste is very sharp and almost medicinal, but I would not advise you to try it is harmful to the liver, better smell both ethyl solutions alcohol smells like alcohol, but methyl chemistry is very strong.

To identify the type of alcohol, the first thing you should do is set fire to a small amount of alcohol. Methanol has a green tint when burned, while ethanol has Blue colour flame.

It is also fashionable to use a piece of ordinary white to distinguish onion, which, after lying in methyl alcohol for an hour, will take on a split shade.

Methyl alcohol is almost impossible to distinguish from ethyl alcohol at home. The method with heated wire and the smell of formaldehyde is good for connoisseurs of chemistry. Ethyl alcohol with this method will emit the smell of acetone, while not very different from formaldehyde.

A more effective way is to set fire to paper soaked in alcohol and watch the color of the flame. Pure ethyl alcohol will burn in the first seconds with a blue flame, methanol will burn green.

By ordinary ignition in a spoon. Ethyl (drinking) alcohol burns with a hay-blue flame. Methanol burns with a greenish flame.

By immersion in an unknown environment of peeled plastic potatoes. After an hour in methanol, the potato will turn pink, and ethyl alcohol will remain the same color.

By formaldehyde test. A piece of copper wire is heated on fire and released into alcohol. If it smells like apples, you can drink it. If it smells like a morgue (formaldehyde) - you can not drink.

The most correct thing is to take a sample for chemical analysis, if possible. In any case, do not use internally if there is any doubt.

There is a test with potatoes - a potato wedge left for several hours acquires a pink tint in methyl alcohol, but does not change in ethyl alcohol ...

You can also heat the copper wire on fire, lower it into the sample. Ethyl alcohol does not give a new smell, and methyl gives a sharp unpleasant odor.

Ethyl alcohol can be distinguished from methyl alcohol by smell. Methyl alcohol has a pronounced unpleasant odor. and ethyl, just smells like alcohol. Only, in order to be able to distinguish like that, you need to not drink alcohol at all. If you drink alcohol, then it will be difficult to distinguish.

Still, to distinguish ethyl alcohol from methyl, it is enough to put in a piece of onion. If the onion turns green after half an hour, then it is methyl alcohol.

In mid-December 2016, the largest methyl hydrate poisoning in post-Soviet history occurred in the Irkutsk region. More than 70 people became victims of the tragedy, and the event itself produced a major international resonance. In connection with the incident, interest has greatly increased in how to distinguish methyl alcohol from ethyl alcohol under normal conditions.

Where does methanol come from in alcohol?

Almost all alcoholic beverages with a large "degree" contain not only drinking ethyl alcohol C2H5OH , but also the so-called woody - CH 3 OH :

• Its share does not exceed 10% for each liter of quality drink. It chemically binds to ethanol and does not lead to any health hazard. However, in artisanal conditions, the production technology can be violated, and the proportion of “non-drinkable” liquid can be many times exceeded;
• The reason for the appearance may be not only a violation of the distillation process. Cunning counterfeiters add cheaper toxic substances to increase the strength of the final product;
• It is not possible to determine the content of toxic fractions by taste and smell. Sometimes "singed" vodka is different more cloudy consistency. But with colored drinks, everything is much more complicated, so a series of tests will have to be carried out.

How to determine methyl alcohol at home?

TO folk methods definitions of the quality of alcohol-containing products include:

1. Use of potato wedges. Only freshly peeled fruit is suitable for the test. When lowering a vegetable into a poisonous methyl hydrate it takes on a reddish tint. If high-quality alcohol is poured into the container, but fit for drinking, then the color of the potato will hardly change;
2. Find a short piece of copper wire and heat it for a minute over low heat. If you lower the wire into methanol, then a sharp, sharp and suffocating smell of gas will rush into your nose. methanal;
3. Add a small amount of potassium permanganate to a glass, pour alcohol and set it on fire. If there is CH 3 OH in the container, then the result will be the same caustic gas as in the previous experiment;
4. Generously moisten a piece of cotton wool in the liquid, bring it to a burning match and put it out immediately. A small but discernible volume of the same gas, methanal, will be released.

In this video, technologist Arkady Pilotov will show the reaction of methyl alcohol to manganese crystals, what will happen:

How does methyl alcohol burn?

One of the most popular ways to calculate methyl alcohol is combustion reaction:

• During combustion, methanol combines in proportions of 2 to 3 with an oxygen molecule. The result of the transformation is carbon dioxide and water (moreover, the second substance is formed twice as much);
• A rather large amount of heat is generated: the specific heat of combustion is 22.7 MJ / kg (only 2 times less than that of gasoline);
• To carry out the test, it is not necessary to set fire to glasses filled to the brim. An ordinary piece of paper soaked in liquid is enough;
• The flame will have a greenish tint. For comparison, in ethanol, the color of the flames will be exclusively blue;
• However, the color of the flame cannot be used as reliable evidence: technical fluid additives can change color beyond recognition. So, selenium, lead and arsenic give a blue tint. Therefore, to identify the poison, it is better to use several methods at once.

How to determine methyl alcohol in alcohol?

The risk of poisoning with low-quality alcohol arises not only when buying moonshine from unfamiliar personalities. You need to be on the alert even when purchasing an expensive branded drink in a large retail chain. It is not uncommon for swill made in artisanal conditions to be found on the shelves of ordinary stores under an expensive label.

Methanol in such a product is rarely contained in its pure form. It is usually mixed with ethanol in different proportions, so the task of detecting toxins becomes much more difficult:

• The combustion test no longer gives accurate data and can even be misleading;
• The method using potassium permanganate is much more reliable: even a pinch of this substance added to methanol will cause a violent reaction with the release of gas bubbles;
• The boiling point is also an indicator: with the addition of even a small amount of industrial alcohol, it will be about 65 degrees (almost 20 degrees lower than that of high-quality alcohol).

None of these tests are completely accurate. Blends and additives to expensive counterfeit products can be quite sophisticated. That's why reliable information can only be obtained in the laboratory.

To protect your health from low-quality liquor, you need to be careful already in the process of acquiring it:

• Any substance to be ingested should be purchased exclusively in reliable and trustworthy points of sale, large network super and hypermarkets. As such, there can be both serious federal chains and branded stores of local alcoholic beverage producers;
• The cork on the container should not show signs of opening. You need to make sure that the tightness is not violated;
• It is obligatory to have excise stamps with protection against forgery;
• On the reverse side, information about the manufacturer and importer is indicated;
• The price should correspond to the average market. Too low cost of a famous foreign brand can serve as an indirect confirmation of counterfeit;
• Most manufacturers take additional security measures: seal the cork in a plastic "cocoon", make unique and hard-to-reproduce labels, etc. Pay attention to this.

Symptoms of methanol poisoning

Even if the drink was bought in the right place and passed all the tests for the content of toxic substances, the danger of poisoning remains.

The first signs of intoxication can make themselves felt 12 hours after drinking:

• Strong headache;
• breathing problems;
• Feeling of fatigue and loss of strength, apathy;
• Pain in the region of the stomach and lower back;
• Nausea and vomiting.

At first, these symptoms are similar to an overdose of an ordinary quality product. But in the case of methyl hydrate, the visual and nervous systems are very quickly affected.

When particularly painful and pronounced symptoms are detected a visit to the doctor is mandatory. Severe intoxication occurs with the use of 10 milliliters of poison, and a dose three times greater is enough for a lethal outcome.

It is not worth pouring out a dangerous substance: it will be useful both for doctors to identify poisonous substances and for law enforcement agencies.

Every year, with unenviable regularity, Russia is shaken by shocking news about mass deaths from low-quality liquor. Even if they start teaching at school how to distinguish methyl alcohol from ethyl alcohol, this will not change the situation. Only with an increase in the culture of consumption of strong drinks can we hope to resolve this problem.

Experiment: the difference between methyl and ethyl alcohol

In this video, technologist, chemist Vladimir Barinov will talk about all the known methods for determining methyl alcohol at home:

Drinking alcohol comes with many dangers. Ethyl intoxication is the least of the troubles. The feast can end with a funeral if there is alcohol mixed with methanol on the table.

No less dangerous is the use of alcohol obtained in a roundabout way from production. Often, workers carry alcohol of unknown origin out of the factory and sell it, reassuring the buyer that the product is safe. In such a situation, it is extremely important to resist the temptation and pre-test the liquid for the presence of deadly methanol.

In the article:

Previously, methanol was obtained in the form of hydrolytic alcohol from sawdust, for which it received its second name - wood alcohol. Currently, methyl alcohol is obtained from methane.

Methyl or “technical” alcohol is deadly to humans when used internally and externally, even in small doses.

Methyl alcohol has been widely used in industry, which earned it the name "technical". The specific properties of methanol have been used in various industries:

• In light industry, methanol is used in the production of silk.
• Methanol is used as a solvent in the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
• Methanol increases the octane number of the fuel. This property is widely used by racers and biofuel manufacturers.
• In the gas industry, methanol is used to neutralize hydrates in pipes and wellbores.
• Methanol is used in the production of formalin, formaldehyde, acetic acid, ether, isoprene.
• Methyl alcohol cleans printing boards, contacts.
• Methanol is part of antifreeze due to its low freezing point.

Vapors of methyl alcohol detonate at +8°C.

At first glance, ethyl and methyl alcohols are very similar. It is extremely difficult to determine the presence of methanol by organoleptic means, especially if the liquid contains two types of alcohol.

Methyl alcohol is a mobile liquid that does not have a characteristic odor. Determination of methanol in solutions with a concentration of less than 50% is very difficult. Testing for methanol is carried out using auxiliary chemical, organic preparations or by heating.

(Video: “How to determine methyl alcohol at home“)

Methanol can be unmistakably recognized only when examining concentrated alcohol.

It is important to apply more than one or two methods, since a single experiment does not always lead to the correct result. There are eight available ways to test alcohol for methanol at home:

• Pharmacy iodine dissolves in methyl alcohol without residue, while in ethanol a yellow flake precipitates to the bottom of the container.
• Baking soda also successfully dissolves in methyl alcohol. In food or medical alcohol, soda causes the liquid to become cloudy.
• Starch or raw potatoes turns pink or bluish when reacted with methanol. Ethyl alcohol does not cause discoloration of potato starch.
• Potassium permanganate or potassium permanganate reacts with methanol, causing gas evolution. Simply put, the liquid begins to sizzle and release bubbles like lemonade. Ethyl alcohol dissolves potassium permanganate without hissing. Subsequently, a precipitate in the form of brown flakes falls to the bottom of the container.
• copper wire , heated white on fire, is dipped in the alcohol under study for one to two seconds. Having taken the wire out of the liquid, they study the smell of evaporation. The sharp chemical smell of formalin indicates the decay of toxic methanol.
• Boiling temperature methanol is much lower than the boiling point of ethanol and is only 65°C.
• The smell of industrial alcohol not as sharp as its food counterpart. Ethanol enhances the aroma of fragrances and food additives, while methanol does not have this property.
• Ignition method alcohol can warn of mortal danger. Concentrated methanol burns with a greenish flame, while the flame of burning ethanol has a blue color. The ignition method is not 100% guaranteed. The color of the ethanol flame will change to green if boric acid is added.

(Video: “How to distinguish methyl alcohol from ethyl“)

In the same way, an erroneous result will be obtained if there is an insignificant proportion of methyl alcohol in the surrogate alcohol.

Ethanol masks the presence of methanol, resulting in high mortality among chronic alcoholics.

The toxin easily enters the body by inhalation of toxic fumes. Also, the toxic substance is absorbed by the skin. The most dangerous internal use of technical alcohol.

methanol- it is a nerve and vascular poison that causes collapse, oxygen starvation, acidosis.

The toxin selectively affects the retina of the fundus and the optic nerve, leading to blindness at doses greater than 5 ml. Death occurs at the use of 30 ml. The poison is quickly absorbed, accumulated and excreted for a very long time.

The maximum amount of toxin accumulates in the brain, fatty tissues, eyes, and lungs. The main danger is that the symptoms of poisoning appear 8-12 hours after the poison enters the body.

A person manages to take a lethal dose of methanol long before the first signs of poisoning appear, when saving a life is extremely difficult.

The first sign is a violation of the functions of vision, pain in the eyes, black-and-white vision. Other symptoms of poisoning are expressed in:

Gagging, nausea;

Pain all over the body;

Dizziness;

Difficulty breathing.

It is extremely important, given the high danger to life, to seek emergency help at the first sign of intoxication.

Methyl alcohol decomposes into formic acid and formaldehyde. Both chemical compounds have a deadly effect on the body. Formalin is excreted from the body for more than eight to ten hours, and formic acid - up to a week.

Human systems and internal organs are not adapted to neutralize and remove dangerous toxin and its decay products. The release of the body from the deadly poison is carried out in the following proportions:

1. Lungs - 70%;
2. Kidneys - 10%;
3. Liver - 10%.

Measures to assist the victim are to neutralize the toxin and maintain vital functions.

Independent recovery after poisoning is impossible. Self-treatment, like procrastination, is deadly.

The most effective methanol antidote is ethyl alcohol, which is administered by intravenous drip. Carrying out this procedure on its own is prohibited, since it is important to correctly calculate the dosage and rate of administration. In some cases, the use of ethyl alcohol can worsen the condition of the victim.

It is important to carry out a number of activities before the arrival of the resuscitation team:

• Thoroughly wash the stomach;
• Do a bowel cleanse
• Take activated charcoal.

Poisoning always has serious consequences. Saving a life does not mean a complete recovery. Most often, the victims lose their sight, suffer from vegetovascular and nervous dysfunctions.