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Gather every detail a poison centre asks for, get route-specific first aid, and build a ready-to-read call script.
The Poisoning Information Checklist collects, in one place, the details every poison information centre asks for: who was exposed including age and weight, the exact product name and active ingredients, the largest possible amount, the route, the time it happened, current symptoms, and anything already given. It flags the red-flag signs that mean you should call an ambulance instead of a poison line, gives the first aid specific to the route of exposure, and builds a script you can read down the phone. It is an information aid, not treatment.
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Unresponsiveness, breathing trouble, seizure or deliberate ingestion route you straight to emergency services.
Swallowed, eye, skin, inhaled, injected and bite each get their own correct steps.
The answers assemble into the order a poison centre asks for them, with the gaps listed.
Who — the person's age, weight, pregnancy and medical conditions; what — the exact product name and active ingredients from the label; how much — the largest amount that could have been taken; how — swallowed, inhaled, on the skin, in the eye, injected or a bite; when it happened; the symptoms now; and what has already been given or done. They will also want your location and a callback number.
No. Inducing vomiting is no longer recommended, and syrup of ipecac has been withdrawn from paediatric guidance. Vomiting a corrosive burns the throat a second time, and vomiting a petroleum product risks it going into the lungs. Call a poison centre and follow their instructions instead.
Fifteen to twenty minutes of lukewarm running water, for both eyes and skin, and keep rinsing while you make the call. For the eye, irrigate from the inner corner outwards with the lid held open, and take contact lenses out once irrigation has started. Do not use neutralising solutions.
Immediately, if the person is unresponsive or hard to rouse, is not breathing normally, is fitting, has collapsed, has burns in the mouth or throat, has chest pain or a racing irregular pulse, or if the substance was taken deliberately. In those situations do not spend time on a checklist.