Accidents happen at the most inconvenient times
When my youngest daughter was a teenager I got her a chemistry kit with strict instructions that it was not to be used while I was away. But, children will be children and while I was away she got the chemistry kit out and ingested one of the substances in the kit. She got scared and did not tell me. That night either her conscious, nerves, or the flu got the best of her and she got sick enough to relay to me the events of the previous day. This was at 4 AM. I tried inquiring as to which substance she ingested but by that time she was in panic mode. I spent hours tracking down poison control and attempting to find out the mystery ingredient. Eventually, after many hours we discovered that it was just plain old salt. But it taught us a valuable lesson to be on guard for poisonings and accidents.
- Dust in eyes, avoid rubbing, dash water into them, remove cinders and such with the rounded end of a lead-pencil.
- Remove insects from ear with tepid water, never put hard instruments into your ear.
- If an artery is cut compress above the wound, if a vein is cut, compress below wound. Cayenne pepper is valuable in both cases.
- If choking and alone get on all fours and cough vigorously.
- For light burns, put in cold water; if the skin is destroyed cover it with second skin or aloe and vitamin E.
- Smother fire with carpets if they are not synthetics which put off gas.
- Before passing through smoke take a deep breath, and then stoop low.
- Suck poisoned wounds, unless your mouth is sore. Enlarge wound, or better, cut out the part without delay. Hold the wounded part as long as can be born with a hot coal or the end of a cigar.
- In case of poisoning, excite vomiting by tickling the throat, or by warm water, or mustard and water, or salt and water, always warm if possible.
- For acid poisons give alkalines.
- For opium (narcotic) poisonings give coffee and keep moving.
- If you fall in the water float on your back, with nose and mouth projecting.
- For apoplexy raise head and body, for fainting lay the person flat.
Resource:
Dr. Chase’s Last Complete Work
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