Oxalic acid

Home treatment:

Call Poison Control. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. Give milk immediately.

Before calling emergency:

Determine the following information:

• the patient's age, weight, and condition
• name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
• the time it was swallowed
• the amount swallowed

Poison Control, or a local emergency number:

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room:

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• Give an antidote.
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

Recovery is likely if an antidote can be given shortly after the acid is swallowed. Death can occur rapidly.