Please print these instructions (use the link at the bottom) and post them inside your medicine cabinet.  You may also want to keep another copy with your emergency phone numbers or in your Safe Baby Kit.  Be sure to find your local Poison Control Center phone number and write it in the list below.

IF YOU THINK YOUR CHILD TOOK MEDICINE OR POISON, do the following BEFORE calling the Poison Center:

• Take a few breaths to calm down -- Almost all poisons take a while to have any effect, so you can take that much time - and you will do a better job for your child.
• Do NOT induce vomiting unless instructed by a poison specialist.
• If it is a drug overdose and/or there is inadequate breathing-Call 911 or emergency medical services and start rescue breathing and CPR if needed.
• If it is a chemical in the eye--Run lukewarm water into the affected eye for fifteen minutes, THEN proceed to the emergency room
• If it is a skin exposure--Wash the area thoroughly with lukewarm water, THEN call poison control
• Call your local poison control center - if you do not know the number please call 1-800-222-1222