title: Responding to pediatric poisoning.
abstract: Make sure you know how to act quickly if a child ingests a toxic substance and what to teach parents to prevent accidental poisonings.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Madden
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004639:Emetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D007486:Ipecac / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012151:Resuscitation; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D004639:Emetics; D002606:Charcoal; D007486:Ipecac