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If someone needs immediate help with kerosene ingestion, use emergency mode.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A person swallowed kerosene, petrol, lamp oil, or another petroleum product — often mistaken for water or stored in unlabeled bottles.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Call 112 and Poison Control. NEVER vomit. Watch breathing. Save bottle.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Strong fuel smell on breath; burning mouth; coughing after swallowing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Drowsiness, vomiting, trouble breathing, wheezing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Unlabeled bottle or kerosene tin nearby.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Petroleum products are easily inhaled into lungs during vomiting, causing chemical pneumonia.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Even small amounts can be harmful — especially in children.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 and Poison Control. Say hydrocarbon/kerosene ingestion.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT make them vomit under any circumstance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Keep upright sitting position if alert — reduces aspiration if they cough.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If breathing worsens — call back immediately; may need oxygen.
When and how to get professional help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Identify what was taken, call Poison Control and emergency services, and follow their instructions. Do not guess treatments.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 and Poison Control. Specify kerosene/petrol and amount.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hospital observation required — lung damage may develop over hours.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NEVER induce vomiting for petroleum products.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT give charcoal or milk unless Poison Control instructs.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Vomiting helps after swallowing kerosene
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Vomiting greatly increases risk of petroleum entering the lungs, which can be fatal.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Severe chemical pneumonitis from aspiration.
Other scenarios in the same family.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A person who drank heavily is unconscious, vomiting, breathing slowly, or cannot be woken — beyond normal drunkenness.
Adult swallowed poison
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — An adult has swallowed an unknown or known toxic substance — household chemical, medicine, or other poison.
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