Medicaion
Who is the best person in your house to give you your medicine?
An adult
Do all poisonous snakes have rattles?
NO! Coral snakes, copperheads, moccasins and cobras do not have rattles but are still poisonus.
Is it okay to eat berries that you find growing on bushes outside?
NO! They could be poisonous
What does the word caution mean?
What should you do if you see the word caution on a medication bottle or cleaning container?
The word Caution is a warning and to be careful.
You should ask an adult before using the product, or taking the medication
Name 2 nice-smelling products that could hurt you if you drank them by accident.
Perfume
Air fresheners
Lemon scented polish or cleaners
A vitamin A day is good for you, but can you get sick if you eat to many?
Yes! You can get a bad stomachache, vomiting and have diarrhea.
Name a type of poisonous spider
Black Widow
Brown Recluse
Which berries are safer to eat:
Ones growing on a bush outside
or
Berries from your refrigerator
Berries from your refrigerator
If someone swallowed a Fatal poison, what would happen? What does fatal mean?
They would die. Fatal means causing death.
If you don't know the number for the poison center, and you have an emergency, what do you dial?
911
Is it okay to give your dog pills for people?
No, they could be too strong for a dog.
Is it okay to step on a dead jellyfish on the beach?
No! You could still get stung by a dead jellyfish.
If your friend dared you to eat some mushrooms growing in other years, would you be able to teel by looking which kind were poisonus?
NO! it is very difficult to identify wild mushrooms. Only eat mushrooms from the store
What does the word Toxin mean
Toxin means a harmful substance
Name 3 outside poisons
Snakes, Spiders, Insects, toads, caterpillars, plants, berries, mushrooms, toxic gases, stingrays, catfirsh, jellyfish, man-o-wars
If the medication bottle has someone elses name on it, is it okay for you to still take it?
NO! That medication is prescribed to someone else and could potentially harm you.
What venomous snake lives in New Hampshire
Timber Rattlesnack
What is the best way to thaw frozen food?
You should plan ahead and thaw it in the refrigerator, so it will always remain at a safe, constant temperature.
What is Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Monoxide is colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that can be very dangerous because people can breathe it in without noticing.
If you are babysitting your little brother and you find him with an open bottle of aspirin, what could you do?
Find an adult, Take the aspirin away from him, Call the Poison Center. Check his mouth for aspirin.
Your grandmother is coming to visit. She takes medicine and keeps them in her purse. Your baby sister likes to get into purses. What could you do to keep your sister from eating grandma's pills.
Put the purse inside a locked cabinet or suitcase.
Put the purse in a high cabinet.
Name 2 poisonus animals in the ocean that can sting you
Stingray
Catfish
jellyfish
man-o-war
If food is contaminated with a poison and someone eats it, what type of exposure has occurred, and why can this be dangerous?”
Type of exposure- Ingestion
Why is it dangerous?- It can affect your stomach, intestines, blood, and organs.
Some poisons can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, organ damage, or even death
Exposure means when you come into contact with harmful substances in a way it can enter the body and cause harm
Name two other ways you can be poisoned besides tasting a poison
Inhale it
Inject it
Through your eye