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Admin		#1 Posted : 05 February 2007 12:10:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Jason911 Can anyone remember why you should not always induce vomiting if some particular chemicals are swallowed? I did know but cannot remember now for the life of me. Thanks, Jay
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Admin		#2 Posted : 05 February 2007 12:15:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Blaise Jason The reason for not inducing vomiting for chemicals is that if the swallowed chemical was a corrosive substance, the act of swallowing would causes initial burns, the act of vomiting would cause a second set of burns as the chemicals came back. Blaise
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Admin		#3 Posted : 05 February 2007 12:24:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Martin Mulholland there may also be a risk of aspiration into the lungs
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Admin		#4 Posted : 05 February 2007 12:45:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Kate Graham Inducing vomiting is no longer taught to first aiders even for non-corrosive substances and most safety data sheets now tend to say "give milk or water to drink". Kate
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Admin		#5 Posted : 05 February 2007 16:33:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By steven bentham It is not only swallowing chemicals that you may wish to induce vomiting - some of the postings do that to me make me feel that way
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Admin		#6 Posted : 06 February 2007 13:42:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Frank Cooper If you look at the First Aid information on the MSDS's for most chemicals it will say for ingestion "Do not induce vomitting. Give water to drink".
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Admin		#7 Posted : 06 February 2007 13:45:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Jason911 I sincerely hope you are not referring to my post Steven! Jay
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