First Aid for Poisoning

Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center
24-hour phone: 1-800-222-1222

If you are in Arizona with an out of state cell phone call (602) 253-3334 for the local poison center.

Has the person collapsed or stopped breathing?

• Start CPR and call 911

Poison in the eyes?

• Remove contact lenses (if worn)
• Rinse eyes with luke warm running water for 15 to 20 minutes from the inside out so that the chemical does not get into the other eye
• Call 1-800-222-1222

Poison on the skin?

• Take off any clothing that the poison touched.
• Rinse skin with running water for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Soap may help.
• Call 1-800-222-1222

Inhaled poison?

• Get to fresh air right away.
• Call 1-800-222-1222

Swallowed the wrong medicine or too much medicine?

• Call 1-800-222-1222

Swallowed something that is not food or medicine?
(Like a household cleaner or plant)

• Drink a small amount of milk or water.
• Call 1-800-222-1222

Bitten or stung by a poisonous scorpion, spider or snake?

• Call 1-800-222-1222