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If you suspect a poisoning, it's important to act fast and act smart! First, call the Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention's emergency hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
Chemical poisons like cleaners, on the skin, should be rinsed or washed off with lots of tap water immediately to avoid irritation and burns.
For inhalation of poisonous fumes, get the child outside into fresh air as quickly as possible. If there is any question about her ability to breathe, call 911 first and then the poison center.
When eye exposures occur, rinsing with low pressure, lukewarm water for 15 minutes is advised. With young children, use water from the sink or an adult can carry them into the shower and encourage them to blink in the water. There is no need to force the eye open.
Finally, if poison is ingested do not administer syrup of ipecac or home activated charcoal. These can cause injury if administered improperly.
For further information please call the Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention, serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island at 1-800-222-1222 or visit www.MARIpoisoncenter.org.
Contact:
Rachel Pugh
617-355-6420
rachel.pugh@childrens.harvard.edu
Children's Hospital Boston is the nation's leading pediatric medical center, offering a complete range of health services for patients from birth through age 21. It is home to the world's premier pediatric research facility and is the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Children's physicians provide specialty care at Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham and sites throughout Eastern Massachusetts, including outpatient care at Children's specialty care centers in Peabody and Lexington, Caritas Norwood Hospital, and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, and inpatient, outpatient and emergency services at Beverly Hospital, MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, and Winchester Hospital. For more information about the hospital visit: www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom.
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