66 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
EMERGENCIES WHEN IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE INJECTIONS
In case of the following sicknesses, get medical help as fast as you can. If there will
be any delay in getting help or in taking the sick person to a health center, inject the
appropriate medicine as soon as possible. For details of the doses, consult the pages
listed below. Before injecting, know the possible side effects and take the needed
precautions (see the Green Pages).
For these sicknesses
Inject these medicines
Severe pneumonia (p. 171)
Gangrene (p. 213)
Infections after childbirth (p. 276)
Tetanus (p. 182)
Appendicitis (p. 93-94)
P eritonitis (p. 93-94) and bullet wound
or other puncture wound in the belly
Poisonous snakebite (p. 105)
Scorpion sting (in children, p. 106)
Meningitis (p. 185) when you
do not suspect tuberculosis
Meningitis (p. 185)
when you suspect tuberculosis
Vomiting (p. 161) when it
cannot be controlled
Severe allergic reaction and
allergic shock (p. 70)
penicillin in high doses (p. 351)
ampicillin (p. 352)
and gentamicin (p.358) taken with
metronidazole by mouth (p. 368).
penicillin (p. 351)
and tetanus antitoxin (p. 388)
ampicillin in high doses (p. 352) or
penicillin (p. 352)
antitoxins and antivenom (p. 387)
ampicillin (p. 352 and 353)
ampicillin together with
streptomycin (p. 353) and,
if possible, other TB
medicines (p. 359)
antihistamines, for example,
promethazine (p. 385)
epinephrine (Adrenalin, p. 385)
and, if possible, diphenhydramine
(Benadryl, p. 386).
The following chronic illnesses may require injections, but they are rarely
emergencies. It is best to consult a health worker for treatment.
Tuberculosis (p. 179 and 180)
Syphilis (p. 237)
Gonorrhea (p. 236)
streptomycin (p. 361) together
with other TB medicines (p. 359)
benzathine penicillin in very high
doses (p. 238 and 352)
ceftriaxone (p. 359)
spectinomycin (p. 359)