{"id":110234,"date":"2019-11-05T20:50:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/?p=110234"},"modified":"2024-11-12T18:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:47:11","slug":"poison-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/poison-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Poison Control Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>The Poison Control Center in New York City, offers instant help if the parent is worried a child has been exposed to a poison. If someone has been potentially exposed to a poison and is awake and alert, you should call the NYC Poison Control Center immediately, even if there are no symptoms of poisoning. Call (800) 222-1222 for immediate assistance.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor ingested poisons, do not try to make the person throw up. If the person is unconscious, convulsing, having seizures or having trouble breathing\u00a0<strong>call 911<\/strong>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Examples of chemical exposures that the Poison control can assist you with are the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>accidental ingestion of medications (prescription or over-the-counter).<\/li>\n<li>ingestion of household cleaning products.<\/li>\n<li>pesticides.<\/li>\n<li>plants.<\/li>\n<li>personal care items like soaps and lotions, batteries, fuels like gasoline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Poison Control Center job is to offer telephone consultations to everyone\u2014from the public to emergency medical teams, healthcare providers, and public health agencies. The line is available 24\/7 and has translation services in more than 150 languages. All calls are free and confidential.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/health\/health-topics\/poison-control.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/health\/health-topics\/poison-control.page<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Updated on October 24th, 2024<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Poison Control Center in New York City, offers instant help if the parent is worried a child has been exposed to a poison. If someone has been potentially exposed to a poison and is awake and alert, you should call the NYC Poison Control Center immediately, even if there are no symptoms of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,22,182,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consultation-services","category-environmental-health","category-home-emergencies","category-safety-home-emergencies-disasters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110234"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119368,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110234\/revisions\/119368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}