4pm-5pm (15 calls)

1. A mother called because her 18 year old son was dared to drink a bottle of hot sauce.  He developed significant vomiting and diarrhea.
2. A 1 year old licked his father’s deodorant stick.
3. A 37 year old male inadvertently took two of his daughter’s Depakote tablets, thinking they were Tylenol. Read more »

3pm-4pm (14 calls)

1. A caller was trying to unclog a stubborn drain and poured drain cleaner and bleach into the sink at the same time.   He immediately began having nose and eye burning and coughing.  (bleach and an acid drain cleaner mixed together create chlorine gas which is a very strong respiratory irritant). Read more »

2pm-3pm (15 calls)

1. A 2 year old ingested a mouthful of hand sanitizer.
2. A 3 year old child ingested a swallow of calamine lotion.
3. A 2 year old got into grandmother’s pill box and may have ingested up to one each of lisinopril, prednisone and atorvastatin. Read more »

11am-12pm (15 calls)

1. A 1 year old child scraped some soap off a bar of soap with her teeth.
2. An elderly man called because a drain opener splashed into his eyes when he poured it into a clogged drain.
3. A 3 year old child was playing with nail polish, and put it on her lips like lipstick. Read more »

10am-11am (13 calls)

1. An ER called for assistance with an adult male who was pulled unconscious from a tank he had been cleaning at his worksite.
2. A 3 year old child has eaten several granules in a silica gel packet. Read more »

9am-10am (10 calls)

1. A 3 year old child ingested an entire roll of Rolaids.®
2. An 18 month old child was found sucking on the wick of a oil-based plug-in air freshener. Read more »

8am-9am (6 calls)

1. A 14 month old child took a bite out of his mother’s deodorant stick.  Mom was able to remove most of the material from his mouth but he swallowed some.
2. A 2 year old child ingested an unknown amount of gummy vitamins. Read more »

7am-8am (6 calls)

1. An 11 month old child was playing with the tube of Desitin® diaper cream while his father changed his diaper.  He bit into the tube and ingested a mouthful of the cream.
2. A mom called because she accidentally gave her 2 month old her other child’s heart medication. Read more »

Midnight-7am (35 calls)

Midnight to 7am

1. A 3 year old woke up in the middle of the night and went to play in a closet while his parents were asleep.  He tipped mango scented laundry soap up to mouth , ingested some and spilled it on his face.
2. A 20 year old woman was depressed and took a handful of ibuprofen.
3. An emergency room called requesting advice Read more »