Poisons and Overdose Story Board
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- Mmm candy?
- Why is my heart beating so fast? I feel like I need to throw up, oh no, was that candy expired?
- Why would he eat "candy" that's in the BATHROOM???
- Mom, I'm scared. I ate the candy from the bathroom container, and I feel like I'm dying. What is happening to me?
- THOSE WERE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, NO!
- This is Bob, he's 5 years old and at his mom's friend's house. He went to use the bathroom but finds a container with spilled pills on the counter. He thinks that it's candy since it looks a lot like it, but it's actually someone in that household's anti-depressants. 
- Bob is suffering symptoms of ingested substance poisoning. He doesn't know this yet, still thinking it was something wrong with the "candy". He has tachycardia, which is when the heart beats at an abnormally fast rate, and also has nausea. 
- Bob goes to the living room where his mom and friend are and tells them that he doesn't feel okay. His mother's friend is immediately frightened as she knows that her daughter's anti-depressants are in that bathroom and was in a rush out so she didn't have time to put it back into the drawer, and must have knocked it over by accident. She quickly calls poison control for help. 
- Patricia, Bob's mom's friend, tells the person who picks up that anti-depressants were involved, exposure occurred around 3 minutes ago, he's never taken any medication like this and it was accidental, and that a couple of tablets were ingested. (according to Bob), and nothing has been done to help since they didn't know what to do. She also says that he's 80 pounds with the effects that were shown before.
- The professional that comes to the house sees if there are any life-threatening problems, performs secondary assessment, assessed baseline vital signs, and consults medical direction that needs to be performed and reassessment is done. The patient, Bob, is transported and is now being wheeled into a hospital for extra tests to make sure he's okay and there are no other problems that can arise.
- A few months later, a lesson on poisoning is given at Bob's school after hearing about the incident of why he couldn't come to school. They believe and realize that it's never too early to start educating people about these things. This is especially useful for the older students wanting to pursue a medical career. 
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