No, not “poisoned” with the love bug as these 3 young fellas were when they stole our musical hearts for life with this popular 90’s single….
Not by your opportunistic spouse either…
Have you ever been poisoned or thought you or a loved one was poisoned for real for real?
I get calls on a regular about overdoses or multiple doses of medications &/or food poisonings.
Chances are you’ve been falsely alarmed or with good reason. In the US, more than 2 million people suffer some type of poisoning each year! Yesterday started National Poison Prevention Week. The purpose is to raise awareness of the dangers of unintentional poisonings and to take such preventive measures as the danger warrants.
This will be a very short post today because there is 1 thing I want everyone who is a PFL reader to remember today in honor of this week.
Remember the golden ages, before cell phones….
If you offer these high priced phones to a house full of teenagers, they will be wondering why you gave them space age phones.
Cell phones have spoiled us!!!
The days where we had to memorize numbers are long gone!
THROWBACK ON A MONDAY
Let’s reminisce, shall we…
I have a very important number for you to remember or bring awareness to if you’ve already got this number locked and loaded.
Note the pattern of 2’s. This should be very easy to remember!
This is the number to the U.S. poison center that’s open 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
ALWAYS call the poison center first when you suspect poison. They have trained experts and an enormous database that journals the history of poison incidences. They will instruct whether you can handle your issue at home or if you need to go to the hospital.
They may instruct you to use ipecac syrup or activated charcoal. This should be used ONLY if instructed.
First Aid Tips form the American Association of Poison Control Centers
Collapsed or stopped breathing
Call 911
Swallowed the wrong medicine or too much medicine
Call 1.800.222.1222…..Not the pharmacy 😉
Inhaled Poison?
Get to fresh air
Call 1.800.222.1222
Poison on the skin?
Take off any clothing that the poison touched.
Rinse skin with running water for 15 to 20 minutes.
Call 1.800.222.1222
Poison in the eyes?
Rinse eyes with running water for 15 to 20 minutes.
Call 1.800.222.1222
REMINDERS
- Print the graphic of the number and place it on the refrigerator for your family to have easy access.
- If you didn’t remember the number from our little exercise above, please pause right now and place the number into your contacts in your cell phone.
- If you want to go a step further for National Poison Prevention Week, share the contact info with other mothers, friends, and or family members of yours.
You can read more in depth about Poisoning and the treatment here.
Yours in Healthy, Active, & Prosperous Lifestyles,
Rx Fitness Lady wants to know…
- What experience have you had with any type of poison situations?
- Do you memorize numbers still or do you rely on your cell phone?
- Please humor me and type the US Poison Emergency Center phone number from memory to show your support &/or gained awareness.
Rx Fitness Lady
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wow! This is so good, I always come here and you are always teaching me something so important! Being poisoned (me or my family) is a fear that is wayy deep in the brain somewhere. I have taken the number down — this is a post everyone should read!
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Thank you so much for that Nellie. My Health Monday’s are always a challenge to me to try not to make it a snooze, lol. Glad you approve 🙂
Joi
Hey Joi! I love humoring people…let’s see, 800-222-1222. Did I get it right? Lol! Thanks for the valuable information. You’re so right, cell phones have spoiled us. I don’t know anyone’s # by heart, with the exception of my husband’s(I don’t even know my kids’) Sad…IKR!!! Thanks for sharing…have a wonderful week! BTW…”New Edition” was my boy band, lol!!!!
LOL, thanks for humoring me 😉 Not even the kids Michell, lol!
Thank you so much for this! I have to admit that I had not put that number into memory. I know I had seen it before. But I have on lockdown now. And those tips are great.
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I”m glad to know that the post was truly beneficial today.
Joi
Okay…you help me reminisce with BBD, make me laugh with the “thank goodness you’re not my husband” graphic, helped me think back to a simpler time when we had to remember telephone numbers….then hit me with some FANTASTIC and LIVE SAVING information on what to do in various poisoning situations.
You totally win the internet today!!! –Lisa
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Sweet on the hubs graphic, lol. You are such a sweetheart Lisa!!!
Joi
I’ve been food poisioned before and it was the WORST experience of my life. It was at the county fair and many others were sick too. Awful! Thanks for these tips and link though! Hopefully, I won’t need them in the future!
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I am always leery of the fair food…that never stops me from eating it though, lol.
That picture of the would be husband and wife is HILARIOUS!!!! What’s not so funny is how I felt after being food poisoned Chili’s. Yikes!
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Yikes, that is not funny at all! Sorry, now you know where to call if it happens again.
Great reminders! Especially as a mom with two kids… I needed this reminder.
I gotta say, I was secretly hoping you were going to be talking about BBD. I mean, that was a serious throwback!
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They are classic!!! Glad to serve as a reminder to a Mother of two.
Hi Joi, I’ll have to look up that number for Australia:) It is good to know especially if you have kids. I have had a few cases of food poisoning – one serious case after eating chicken at Denver airport after visiting my sister in the States, I was as sick as a dog all the way back to Sydney and for weeks after I couldn’t eat without severe bloating.
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Wow, that’s awful. You can pass this on to your sister if she is still here. Thanks for sharing Robyn.
Very good Joi, and I have added it to my cell phone. I know my home and husband’s numbers. I don’t even know my daughter’s cell numbers. I remember when phone numbers began with WA1-2345, that’s real old school!
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I see not knowing the kiddos numbers is the consensus, lol. I think my Mother knows mine but she knows most numbers still. She also is not connected to her cell phone like the rest of the world.
Now you got me signing the song. Great numbers I need to keep this around just in case. The only number I memorize is my hubs and 2 of my friends everyone else I don’t know their number sometimes I even forget my own number cause I don’t call myself to often……*side eye* Let’s see if I can do the challenge 1800-222-1222 I didn’t even scroll back up I hope my memory was good.
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Your memory was great Kita, thanks for playing on Rx Fitness Lady 🙂
I’ll keep that phone number handy. Thanks so much for creating this awareness. I once “poisoned” my husband with a nasty bowl of homemade lentil soup. Can you say “Immodium”? I felt so bad about it. sheesh.
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LOL, you didn’t feel bad at all!
Just put the number in my phone. Will be posting on the refrigerator. Great post. Remembered the song Motownphilly back again….boys to Men ABC BBD…east coast family… of course all the BBD songs are coming in my head.lol
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Yes they were the truth for a short time 🙂
i don’t think i ever knew this phone number, but i do remember the skull warning on all of the poisonous cleaning chemicals and stuff. thanks for the throwback, and as always, for giving out such good and valuable info!
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Thanks for the nice comment Donna! I’m glad everyone is actually finding the post helpful.
I think it’s easier to accidentally poison yourself than you may think. That’s been my experience with some patients I have had over the years 🙂
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I know it is for taking medications. That’s why I always counsel to use the pill reminder with the days of the week on them and or set a daily alarm for taking meds at the same time so they won’t get confused wether they’ve taken them or not.
I seriously just heard poison on the radio on my way home from work! lol These tips and the phone number are so important to have on hand. I’ll definitely print it and post it on the fridge! I have a dog and nephew, so I needed this!
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I don’t even know my hubby’s cell phone by heart. lol I’ll put it in there.
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LOL, I know immediate family and a couple, but beyond that, I’m lost!
Never been poisoned thank God…although my dear mother(RIP) told me a story about the wicked step mother…lol, not so sure it was true. Mom had a story for everything. I have grandchildren that visit e often, and I need to post the phone number in plain view, all though my home is pretty much baby proof, you never know what they will find. This is a great post.
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Thanks Margret! I’m sure you knew it but you never know who is in the home and may need the number!
I got the number in my head and I am going to put it in my phone as soon as I finish this post. I really like this blog of yours my precious first born. Keep blessing America with all of your health and fitness knowledge. You are truly a blessing, my. darling!!!
Thank you Mother! I love you and see you are busy catching up on the blog today 🙂
I’ve called the Poison Control Center several times over the years. They have always been helpful and knowledgeable.
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Awesome, thanks for the testimony Carli. I think you were the first.
Thanks for the tips! Luckily, we have never had this happen at our house, but I did just put the number in my phone just in case!
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Wonderful, Thanks Jamie! I keep saying, I’m overjoyed that this post went to good use!
Great information! I never thought about drug poisoning before until recently. I take a couple of meds, and last year my daughter started taking meds for juvenille arthritis. There was never a mixup with either because we read the bottle first… and each med looks different. Well the husband recently had oral surgery and dropped his meds into our little basket. I accidently gave my daughter his pain meds for one of hers before going to therapy. After a light freak out, we learned it wouldn’t harm her. That one incident prompted me to be extra careful and come up with a plan. Accidental poisoning through taking the wrong meds is too common! It won’t happen again here!
Hi LaTonya! Thank you for sharing that. I get similar phone calls more often than people would imagine. It’s important to be extremely cautious as you’ve stated when taking and administering medications. I’m glad your incident resulted in minimum disarray.
Joi