Household Hazardous Materials – Poison Under The Kitchen Sink (Updated 2023)
When you think of hazardous materials, you think of chemicals like sulfuric acid, gasoline, propane, ammonia, and chlorine. You probably do not consider nail polish, hair spray, drain cleaner, and mothballs a hazardous material. During this session we will discuss the most common products that are kept “Under the Kitchen Sink”.
This session is designed to inform First Responders, EMT’, Paramedics, Nurses, and Physicians of the dangers of Household Hazmat. During this session we will take look at how people get injured while using common household products that are stored under the kitchen sink.We will also discuss how small children often play under the sink, and get exposed by accident.
During this session we will discuss products like drain cleaner, bleach, ammonia, medicines, alcohol, hair spray, nail polish, mothballs, insect spray, shoe polish, deodorant, paint thinner, and super glue.
We will discuss both BLS and ALS treatment of exposure to “Everything Under the Kitchen Sink”.