from the medicine cabinet to the garage
a number of harmful substances can be
found in our home all of which can be
dangerous to our children if ingested hi
I’m Veronica with watchmojo.com and
today we’re speaking with dr. Dominic
sugar
doctor of emergency medicine and
toxicologist at the Montreal Children’s
Hospital about these harmful situations
and what we can do to avoid them what is
the most common source of poisoning that
you see in the emergency room material
or product we have at home so it could
be pharmaceuticals could be in your
cleaning agents all the different
product we store our own kid and their
exposure faces will tend to grab them
and something to put in their mouths
now is there a particular time in a
child’s life when this is most common I
will say preschoolers are especially
prone to let’s say put thing in their
mouth and presented the emergency with
possible intoxication during school age
they’re more kind of they don’t the
wrists either they’ve been told by the
parent so if they’ll learn about it and
so usually it’s more of it’s less secret
as a parent what can you do to avoid any
situations where a child can harm
themselves I think first of all we need
to keep all pharmaceutical in boxes
which are childproof also all the other
potential toxic substance that you store
underneath your sink in your garage or
in your shed shall be out of reach from
the children and eventually when they’re
old enough you know you need to teach
them exactly the risk of certain
substances I think one last thing is
that is that if you no longer need those
products please dispose of them safely
what are some symptoms that we can look
for if we do think that our child has
ingested some poison I’ll say the most
common occurrence is the kid has almost
no symptoms or you may have some adult
pain vomiting you may have a bit of
diarrhea I will say the best thing is
first of all called the Quebec poison
center they can be reached at 800 but
allure the container in your end so if
when you speak to the poison specialist
you’ll be able to identify the substance
tell them exactly what was ingested
don’t make the kid throw up used to be
used to say that
first thing to do is to produce MSS or
vomiting nowadays we tend to say don’t
induce vomiting at all and just wait for
the poison center they will give you a
clear instruction in a sense you may be
observing the kid at home you may be
requested to show up in emergency so
they will be able to provide you with
clear instructions as children grow
older and our teenagers they start to
experience with other substances can you
tell us more about these situations
teenagers are also exposed to also
street drugs or all those drugs
available they’re no longer kind of
exploring but often they experiencing
and fortunately for some of them it will
become and let’s say you know a Abitur
they will become dependent on the use of
those substance teenager would have to
be more careful because they tend to
over those more searcy if they do it’s
not necessarily accidental it called the
intended intentional and the way we
approach this type of popping is
completely different than from
preschooler as a parent what’s the best
way to address the situation with your
team I think the best thing is always to
have an open discussion with your team
not just regarding that but regarding
everything try not to judge em or try to
remain calm try to understand this point
or our point of view and always support
your team thank you very much this is
very helpful thank you pleasure
a number of harmful substances can be
found in our home all of which can be
dangerous to our children if ingested hi
I’m Veronica with watchmojo.com and
today we’re speaking with dr. Dominic
sugar
doctor of emergency medicine and
toxicologist at the Montreal Children’s
Hospital about these harmful situations
and what we can do to avoid them what is
the most common source of poisoning that
you see in the emergency room material
or product we have at home so it could
be pharmaceuticals could be in your
cleaning agents all the different
product we store our own kid and their
exposure faces will tend to grab them
and something to put in their mouths
now is there a particular time in a
child’s life when this is most common I
will say preschoolers are especially
prone to let’s say put thing in their
mouth and presented the emergency with
possible intoxication during school age
they’re more kind of they don’t the
wrists either they’ve been told by the
parent so if they’ll learn about it and
so usually it’s more of it’s less secret
as a parent what can you do to avoid any
situations where a child can harm
themselves I think first of all we need
to keep all pharmaceutical in boxes
which are childproof also all the other
potential toxic substance that you store
underneath your sink in your garage or
in your shed shall be out of reach from
the children and eventually when they’re
old enough you know you need to teach
them exactly the risk of certain
substances I think one last thing is
that is that if you no longer need those
products please dispose of them safely
what are some symptoms that we can look
for if we do think that our child has
ingested some poison I’ll say the most
common occurrence is the kid has almost
no symptoms or you may have some adult
pain vomiting you may have a bit of
diarrhea I will say the best thing is
first of all called the Quebec poison
center they can be reached at 800 but
allure the container in your end so if
when you speak to the poison specialist
you’ll be able to identify the substance
tell them exactly what was ingested
don’t make the kid throw up used to be
used to say that
first thing to do is to produce MSS or
vomiting nowadays we tend to say don’t
induce vomiting at all and just wait for
the poison center they will give you a
clear instruction in a sense you may be
observing the kid at home you may be
requested to show up in emergency so
they will be able to provide you with
clear instructions as children grow
older and our teenagers they start to
experience with other substances can you
tell us more about these situations
teenagers are also exposed to also
street drugs or all those drugs
available they’re no longer kind of
exploring but often they experiencing
and fortunately for some of them it will
become and let’s say you know a Abitur
they will become dependent on the use of
those substance teenager would have to
be more careful because they tend to
over those more searcy if they do it’s
not necessarily accidental it called the
intended intentional and the way we
approach this type of popping is
completely different than from
preschooler as a parent what’s the best
way to address the situation with your
team I think the best thing is always to
have an open discussion with your team
not just regarding that but regarding
everything try not to judge em or try to
remain calm try to understand this point
or our point of view and always support
your team thank you very much this is
very helpful thank you pleasure
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