[NRSKarenRN]

MEDICATIONS WHICH CAN KILL A TODDLER WITH ONE TABLET OR TEASPOONFUL

[traumaRUs]

My pet peeve is that a cigarette butt (only one mind you) can also kill an infant. Saw this while I worked in the ER. Very tragic but very stupid parents.

[Emmanuel Goldstein]

Thank you. I'm sending this link to my daughter.

[earle58]

Originally Posted by traumaRUs

My pet peeve is that a cigarette butt (only one mind you) can also kill an infant. Saw this while I worked in the ER. Very tragic but very stupid parents.

this info is invaluable.
a cigarette butt ingested and killed a baby?
(i'm thinking s/he must have been a toddler, or old enough to put things in the mouth).
incredible...

leslie

[Noryn]

Originally Posted by traumaRUs

My pet peeve is that a cigarette butt (only one mind you) can also kill an infant. Saw this while I worked in the ER. Very tragic but very stupid parents.

I would love to see a research article or case study on this. I guess I need to know the definition of infant. I would not expect 1 cigarette butt to contain enough nicotine to kill a child. Perhaps a newborn BUT a newborn would not be able to put this in their mouth. If I had an older 5-6 months + age child that "died" because of ingestion of 1 cigarette butt I would be EXTREMELY skeptical and would be calling a toxicologist.

Most of the nicotine is burned and the remaining nicotine in the butt would not be asborbed well. Now if we are talking more than 1 butt sure, but a child dying from 1 cigarette butt, that would not be typical.