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Home treatment:

DO NOT INDUCE EMESIS (VOMITING)!

Before calling emergency:

Determine the following information:

• the patient's age, weight, and condition
• the name of the product
• 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. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Bring a product sample with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room:

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• Induce emesis. (This should be done only under a health care provider's supervision, as one needs to prevent anything from getting into the lungs while the patient is vomiting).
• Administer activated charcoal.
• Use gastric lavage.
• Administer a cathartic (bowel evacuator).
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

If the patient survives the first 24 hours, the amount of lung damage dictates the length of recovery time.