Potassium permanganate

Home treatment:

DO NOT INDUCE EMESIS (VOMITING). Wash the lips and the mouth with plenty of water. Give evaporated milk.

Before calling emergency:

Determine the following information:

• the patient's age, weight, and condition
• the name of the product (ingredients and strengths 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:

• Use gastric lavage.
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

Deaths have occurred as late as a month after the potassium permanganate was ingested.