Camphor

Home treatment:

Contact Poison Control or a local emergency number.

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. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. 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.

• Establish and maintain an airway.
• Use gastric lavage.
• Administer a cathartic (stool evacuant)
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

Survival past 24 hours usually indicates recovery will occur.