Paediatricscommon
A mother telephones her general practice mid-morning. Her two-year-old daughter has been found in the laundry sitting beside an open bottle of a garden product, with liquid on her clothes and around her mouth. The child is alert, is not coughing or drooling, and is behaving normally. The mother cannot pronounce the product name but is holding the bottle. She wants to know what to do while she gets the car out. Which one of the following should you advise her to do first?