first aid is different for different people.
I can tell you that if my family first aid kit did not have bandaids, Tylenol, aspirin, motion sickness pills, and a few other basic meds - I'd be as good as DEAD. My wife would probably just kill me. Which, I suppose, would leave more food for the remaining humans :-)
Those "little things" are big deals when families are involved.
Poisoning would be a tough situation in a real survival situation. I can't imagine a practical scenario where it would happen ... except perhaps kids eating the wrong type of mushrooms or toddlers eating something way out of line. But in a real survival scenario - it tends to imply that parental surpervision is 100%. Becuase the chances of dialing the Poison Control Center would be slim to none. I would try dilution, and possibly some ground up charcoal. The chances that my kids would have eaten strong acid or alakali is pretty much zero, and anything else I would want to get out of their system as fast as possible.
cheers,
Pete
I think this is very sound thinking if one cannot call for or otherwise get better advice. The problem with "don't make them vomit it up" is that it makes a lot of sense if you have the capability to call for help. If you are out in the middle of nowhere and your kid drinks drain cleaner, is it really worse to make them throw it up over just letting them die an excruciating death? If better care is readily available, waiting is a good option. If it is not available, waiting may be deadly.
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Bob
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