How to Help a Person Who Has Ingested Poison
- 1). Identify the source of the poison: Was it a petroleum or corrosive chemical product (camping stove fuel, bleach?)? Was it a plant, food or drug?
- 2). Induce vomiting immediately if the following conditions are true: The poisoned person is fully conscious and coherent; you determine that the poison was not from a petroleum or corrosive chemical product. Vomiting may be induced by having the person drink a mixture of 2 tbsp. of syrup of ipecac with a half liter of water.
- 3). Administer another dose of syrup of ipecac and water after 20 minutes if the person had not yet vomited.
- 4). Mix 5 tbsp. of activated charcoal with a small amount of water after the vomiting has ceased. This mixture will absorb what is left in the stomach.
- 5). Drink copious amounts of water after vomiting to dilute the poison.
- 6). Save a sample of the ingested substance for identification.
- 7). Evacuate to a hospital immediately.
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