PoisoningThe first steps, and the two things never to do.Body & healthEducational reference. Call your poisons centre or emergency servicesimmediately.1Make the area safeFumes and chemicals affect rescuers too. Ventilate or move away.2Call for advice immediatelyEmergency services or a poisons information line.3Identify what and how muchKeep the container or plant. Note the time.4Do not induce vomitingIt can cause more damage on the way back up.5Recovery position if unconsciousBreathing normally, monitored continuously.NEVERNever induce vomitingNever give milk or salt waterNever assume a small amount is safeEducational reference. Take the packaging to hospital — identifying thesubstance changes the treatment.Poisoninglearnposters.com
Poisoning — printable health wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Poisoning, step by step

Educational reference. Call your poisons centre or emergency services immediately.

  1. Make the area safeFumes and chemicals affect rescuers too. Ventilate or move away.
  2. Call for advice immediatelyEmergency services or a poisons information line.
  3. Identify what and how muchKeep the container or plant. Note the time.
  4. Do not induce vomitingIt can cause more damage on the way back up.
  5. Recovery position if unconsciousBreathing normally, monitored continuously.

Never

  • Never induce vomiting
  • Never give milk or salt water
  • Never assume a small amount is safe

Educational reference. Take the packaging to hospital — identifying the substance changes the treatment.

Questions about the Poisoning poster

What’s on the Poisoning poster?
5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Educational reference. Call your poisons centre or emergency services immediately. Make the area safe — Fumes and chemicals affect rescuers too. Ventilate or move away.; Call for advice immediately — Emergency services or a poisons information line.; Identify what and how much — Keep the container or plant. Note the time.; Do not induce vomiting — It can cause more damage on the way back up.; Recovery position if unconscious — Breathing normally, monitored continuously.. Educational reference. Take the packaging to hospital — identifying the substance changes the treatment.
Who is the Poisoning poster for?
Poisoning belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning first aid can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Poisoning poster?
Do not make them vomit. Do not give anything to drink until told to. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Poisoning belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Poisoning?
Anaphylaxis, Bleeding & Burns and Burn Depth sit alongside Poisoning in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AnaphylaxisBleeding & BurnsBurn Depth
Is the Poisoning poster free to download and print?
Yes. Poisoning downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Poisoning poster print at?
Poisoning is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Poisoning loses nothing.Printing guide

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