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COMMON POISONS

Aspirin
First-Aid :

  • Induce vomiting
  • Sodium bicarbonate : drink (One table spoonful to a tumbler of water) 
  • Strong coffee / tea
Arsenic (Rat poisons)
First-Aid :

  • Induce vomiting
Carbon Monoxide
First-Aid :

  • Artificial respiration
  • Oxygen inhalation
Sleeping tablets
First-Aid:

  • Induce vomiting (Give Mag. Sulph. 2 tea spoonfuls in a glass of water
  • Hot coffee / tea 
  • Keep him awake
Mercury ( From Teething Powder Of Mercury Itself )
First-Aid:

  • White of egg in water
  • Then milk
  • Then induce vomiting
Lead (From hair dyes)
First-Aid:

  •  Induce vomiting then Mag . Sulph . in water. 
Opium and Morphia
First-Aid:

  • Potassium permangante with water : drinking
  • Hot coffee / tea.
  • Keep the patient awake.
Phosphorous ( Match stick head and rat poisons)
First-Aid :

  • Induce vomiting.
  • Large quantity of water
  • Tender coconut 
  • Do not give oils as they dissolve phosphorous
Prussic Acid (Used in photography and tender bamboo seeds)
First-Aid

  • An emergency 
  • Start artificial respiration
  • Induce vomiting
Follidol
First-Aid :

  • Induce vomiting
  • Water or tender coconut drink 
  • Artificial respiration
Insecticides
First-Aid:

  • Vomiting
  • Artificial respiration 
Acid 
First-Aid

  • Do not induce vomiting
  • Water or sodi. bicarb to drink 
Alkalies
First-Aid

  • No vomiting 
  • Water or tender coconut drinks or orange juice 
Dettol & Phenol and other disinfectants
First-Aid

  • Do not induce vomiting
  • Mag. sulph . : 4 tsf in a litre of water.

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