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NNEPC, 2007
Poison Prevention
Northern New England Poison Center
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Poisons
• Poisons can make you sick or kill you.
• Poison labels may have the words– Caution– Warning – Danger
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Poisons
• Drugs or medicine• Wrong dose• Wrong person
• Cleaning products or chemicals
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Poisons
• Gases you can or cannot see (carbon monoxide)
• Fuels or oils (lighter fluid, lamp oil)
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Poisons
• Pest control (bug spray, rat poison)
• Wild plants or mushrooms
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Poisons
• Car products (windshield washer fluid, gasoline)
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Poisons
• Old lead-based paint (chips and dust)
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How do poisons enter the body?
• Mouth
• Nose
• Eyes
• Skin
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Where are poisons?
Everywhere
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What is a poison?
What is safe?
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Poisons / Toxic
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Paint
Wild Berries Cleaning Products
Plants
Poisons / Toxic
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Safe
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Fruit
Pizza
Stamps
Bananas
Safe
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Medicine
Safe or Poison
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Juice
Look-a-likes
Cleaner
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1-800-222-1222Northern New England Poison Center
Your Poison Center
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Poison Center
• Put the Poison Center number on or near the phone.
• Call the Poison Center first if someone is poisoned.
People at the Poison Center know about poisons.
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Free
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Day and night (24 hours a day)It is always open.
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Language interpretation
1. Dial 1-800-222-1222.
2. State your language, for example “I speak French.”
3. You will be placed on hold, do not hang up.
4. Someone who speaks your language will come on the phone.
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SecretDon’t be afraid to call.
Only the people who help you will know your name.
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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.
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Prevent poisonings
• Keep products in their original containers.
• Keep poisons locked and up high so children can not see or reach them.
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Wear a safety mask
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Wear gloves Wear goggles
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First Aid
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Eat or drink poison?
• You took too much or the wrong medicine?
• Your child drank a chemical?
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First Aid
1.Drink a little water.
2.Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222.
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Poison in your eye?
• You sprayed cleaning product in your eye?
• You sprayed bug spray in your eye?
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First Aid
1.Rinse eye with water.
2.Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222.
15 minutes
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Poison on your skin?
• You spilled cleaning product on your skin?
• You spilled gasoline on your skin?
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First Aid
1.Rinse skin with water and soap.
2.Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222
15 minutes
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Breathed in a poison?
• You breathed in a poisonous gas?
• You breathed in a cleaning product?
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First Aid
1.Go outside and get clean air.
2.Call the Poison Center, 1-800-222-1222.
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Someone passed out oris not breathing
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First Aid
1.Call 911.
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Northern New England Poison Center
• 1-800-222-1222
• www.nnepc.org
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