Oh! i am the first NO VOMITING anon! aiii thank you, OP, for understanding: I felt so bad butting in with, like, the "in real life monkeys don't fly," thing, but in this case I worry about this stuff. the fic was...sad in that way that i'm clutching my chest going "MY TINY PERFECT FICTIONAL SONS, I WILL PROTECT YOU," so you did a wonderful job. :D
*winces* sorry to start drama on your prompt.
Vomiting up poison burns the esophagus, totally, but the problem with vomiting is that your body is designed in a really awful, inefficient way. The tube going to your lungs intersects with the tube going to your stomach, and that's - where we have problems, because your lungs are delicate.
First aid/wilderness first responder here, anyone with training more extensive than mine is WELCOME to chime in, but: every time you induce vomiting, you are running a very good chance of asphyxiation - where the vomit blocks the victim's airway and they suffocate - or aspiration, where a drugged-up Not Okay person vomits, gasps for air, sucks vomit/bile/particulate matter into their lungs, develops pneumonia, dies. (or the particulate matter/bile burns the lung tissue, or causes fluid buildup so that the person drowns, or - like. SO MANY EXCITING ways that things can go wrong.)
I think current procedure is a) IMMEDIATELY CALL 911 and/or Poison Control, b) attempt to keep victim awake and talking, or if b) is not an option, c) put victim in recovery position and wait for medical professionals.
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*winces* sorry to start drama on your prompt.
Vomiting up poison burns the esophagus, totally, but the problem with vomiting is that your body is designed in a really awful, inefficient way. The tube going to your lungs intersects with the tube going to your stomach, and that's - where we have problems, because your lungs are delicate.
First aid/wilderness first responder here, anyone with training more extensive than mine is WELCOME to chime in, but: every time you induce vomiting, you are running a very good chance of asphyxiation - where the vomit blocks the victim's airway and they suffocate - or aspiration, where a drugged-up Not Okay person vomits, gasps for air, sucks vomit/bile/particulate matter into their lungs, develops pneumonia, dies. (or the particulate matter/bile burns the lung tissue, or causes fluid buildup so that the person drowns, or - like. SO MANY EXCITING ways that things can go wrong.)
I think current procedure is a) IMMEDIATELY CALL 911 and/or Poison Control, b) attempt to keep victim awake and talking, or if b) is not an option, c) put victim in recovery position and wait for medical professionals.