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.