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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — High fever with severe body ache, headache, pain behind eyes, or rash in mosquito season.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — High fever, severe muscle/joint pain, headache, rash.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Warning: severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, bleeding gums, restlessness.
Scene hazards: Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Platelet drop
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Paracetamol for fever per label. Record temperature twice daily.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Push fluids — watch urine colour.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Monitor for bleeding spots on skin, nosebleeds, black stools.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prevent mosquito bites — patient can infect mosquitoes.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 if vomiting blood, severe pain, cold clammy skin, or confusion.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Tell dispatcher suspected dengue with warning signs.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hospital monitors hematocrit and gives IV fluids in critical phase.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Early presentation to clinic helps baseline blood tests.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use ibuprofen, aspirin, or steroids — bleeding risk.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume recovery when fever drops — watch next 48 hours.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Papaya leaf juice alone cures dengue
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — No proven home cure replaces medical monitoring for plasma leakage and bleeding risk.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Delaying hospital care during critical phase.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dengue has febrile and critical phase — worst may start when fever falls.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Plasma leakage causes shock if missed.