@the.night.clinic: Episode 040: The Toddler Swallowed A Battery. Why Give Him Honey? 🎧 The buzz you hear in the audio represents the battery's current, and the sizzle is the burn. BURN DEPTH is an illustration; time is sped up. 1️⃣ Why it's an emergency: a coin or button battery stuck in a child's food pipe touches the wet lining. A current flows and makes an alkaline chemical (like lye, the harsh chemical in many drain cleaners) that can burn the wall badly in as little as 2 hours, even if the child seems fine at first (AAP; National Capital Poison Center). 2️⃣ What to do: go to the ER now or call 911, even if they seem fine. On the way, call the National Battery Ingestion Hotline (800-498-8666) or Poison Help (800-222-1222). If it's handy, bring the battery package or a matching battery so doctors know the type. 3️⃣ Honey: if the child is over 1, can swallow, and it happened within the last 12 hours, give 2 teaspoons (10 mL) of any store-bought honey every 10 minutes on the way, up to 6 times (CPSC; AAP). Never honey under age 1. Don't delay the trip to find honey. Driving alone? Call 911 and give honey while you wait. 4️⃣ Thick honey coats the battery and slowed the burn in studies in pigs. It doesn't stop it: doctors must take the battery out, usually with a camera tube (an endoscope). Damage can keep growing for days to weeks after, so keep every follow-up. 5️⃣ Nothing else to eat or drink, don't make them throw up, and stop the honey if they vomit. Trouble breathing or vomiting blood: call 911. Prevent it: keep loose and spare batteries locked away, and make sure battery doors on remotes and toys are screwed or taped shut (AAP; CPSC). If You Like This Content, Please Follow Me!! #toddler #firstaid #emergency #pixelart #Science

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