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Poison Prevention. Northern New England Poison Center . Poisons can make you sick or kill you. Poison labels may have the words Caution Warning Danger. Poisons. Poisons. Drugs or medicine Wrong dose Wrong person Cleaning products or chemicals. Poisons.
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Poison Prevention Northern New England Poison Center
Poisons can make you sick or kill you. Poison labels may have the words Caution Warning Danger Poisons
Poisons • Drugs or medicine • Wrong dose • Wrong person • Cleaning products or chemicals
Poisons • Gases you can or cannot see (carbon monoxide) • Fuels or oils (lighter fluid, lamp oil)
Poisons • Pest control (bug spray, rat poison) • Wild plants or mushrooms
Poisons • Car products (windshield washer fluid, gasoline)
Poisons • Old lead-based paint (chips and dust)
How do poisons enter the body? • Mouth • Nose • Eyes • Skin
Where are poisons? Everywhere
Poisons / Toxic Plants Paint Wild Berries Cleaning Products
Safe Fruit Stamps Pizza Bananas
Safe or Poison Medicine
Look-a-likes Juice Cleaner
Your Poison Center 1-800-222-1222 Northern New England Poison Center
Poison Center People at the Poison Center know about poisons. • Put the Poison Center number on or near the phone. • Call the Poison Center first if someone is poisoned.
Day and night (24 hours a day) It is always open.
Language interpretation • Dial 1-800-222-1222. • State your language, for example “I speak French.” • You will be placed on hold, do not hang up. • Someone who speaks your language will come on the phone.
Secret Don’t be afraid to call. Only the people who help you will know your name.
Prevent poisonings • Keep the tops of medicines on tightly. • Do not let little kids see you take medicine. They like to act grown up. • Call medicine – medicine, not candy.
Prevent poisonings • Keep products in their original containers. • Keep poisons locked and up high so children can not see or reach them.
Wear goggles Wear gloves
Eat or drink poison? • You took too much or the wrong medicine? • Your child drank a chemical?
Drink a little water. • Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222. First Aid
Poison in your eye? • You sprayed cleaning product in your eye? • You sprayed bug spray in your eye?
Rinse eye with water. • Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222. First Aid 15 minutes
Poison on your skin? • You spilled cleaning product on your skin? • You spilled gasoline on your skin?
Rinse skin with water and soap. • Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222 First Aid 15 minutes
Breathed in a poison? • You breathed in a poisonous gas? • You breathed in a cleaning product?
Go outside and get clean air. • Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222. First Aid
Call 911. First Aid
Northern New England Poison Center • 1-800-222-1222 • www.nnepc.org