But if you can't talk to a poison control center then consider this information available on the same cite Kappa cited:
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:**********
- Activated charcoal
- Breathing assistance (artificial respiration) if necessary
- Laxative
- Methods to cause vomiting
- Tube through the mouth or nose into the stomach to wash out the stomach (gastric lavage)" from link cited in previous post
(of course, if the patient is not conscious then you can't induce vomiting or give them activated charcoal or anything else by mouth. but, in general, as long as the poison isn't a corosive or an acid, then drink 10 or 20 ml of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting, then swallow several handfuls of activated charcoal--or an entire bottle or two or three--up to 3 ounces for an adult, or over 150 capsules (at 500 mg per capsule)--and then make your way to the hospital. If you had to choose between vomiting and charcoal--choose the charcoal.
Sometimes you have to deal with a poisoning situation yourself rather than waste precious minutes or hours trying to find a doctor, which, even if you do, you don't know they will institute the appropriate treatment. I'm still waiting to hear if the doctor who visited the young women in the Downtown Inn gave them activated charcoal. It sounds like all he did was give them an IV drip, which is better than nothing and can be lifesaving in the right circumstances. But activated charcoal can never hurt, and only help, and can be essential to absorb poisons in stomach. Don't wasted time: induce vomiting if possible, but definitely eat activated charcoal, go to a good hospital.)