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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cyclical fever, chills, sweating, and headache after travel or living in malaria area without prophylaxis.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Repeated fever with chills and sweats, headache, body ache.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — In severe case: confusion, yellow eyes, dark urine, extreme weakness.
Scene hazards: Cerebral malaria, Anemia
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Go to clinic or hospital for rapid diagnostic test today.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Keep warm during chills then cool during fever.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Document fever pattern times for clinician.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Start prescribed antimalarial exactly as directed when available.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 if seizures, coma, or severe anemia signs.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pregnant women with fever in malaria area need urgent care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Correct antimalarial choice depends on species and resistance — medical decision.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Severe malaria needs IV artesunate in hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT rely on single blood smear negative if symptoms persist — retest.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use leftover partial courses of antimalarial tablets alone.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If fever comes every third day it must be malaria
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Many illnesses mimic malaria. Rapid test or microscopy confirms before treatment.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wrong treatment for typhoid or dengue while assuming malaria.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Malaria parasites destroy red blood cells — anemia and organ failure follow.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Falciparum malaria can kill within days if untreated.