Carpet backing

Home treatment:

Contact Poison Control or an 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. Bring a sample 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.
• Give a cathartic (stool evacuator).
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

If the obstruction can be cleared, recovery is very likely.