Question

June’s 3-year-old son gets into the cabinet under the sink. When June finds him, he has vomited and is unresponsive. There are several open bottles of chemicals. June knows that putting a finger down a child’s throat will make the child vomit, so she does this to help her son vomit out all the poison. June then calls 911. What mistake did June make?

a/ June should have smelled the child’s breath first.
b/ June should have made the child vomit sooner.
c/ June should not have called 911.
d/ June should not have made the child vomit.

Answer 1

d

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Answer 2

Hi!

The correct option is A. June should have smelled the child's breath first.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first thing that needs to be done when a person ingests a harmful (toxic) substance is to illicit a vomit so that the substance is expelled from the body. Considering June's case, the child had already vomited, and there was no need for June to try to induce further vomiting. What June should have done was to smell the child's breath to know which chemical the child had ingested so that June would be able to clearly explain to the doctors the cause of the child's response, and the treatment could be done accordingly.

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