The webPOISONCONTROL® mobile app provides expert help for a possible poisoning. It helps users determine if an exposure is dangerous and requires medical attention.
Did the baby eat a berry, a flower or a cigarette? Did you take the dog’s medicine? Did your toddler eat pills from grandma’s purse? Did you swallow something that might be poisonous? Did you splash a product in your eye or on your skin? Are you coughing from irritating fumes? Were you bitten by a spider? Did you take a double dose of your medicine? Don’t guess what you should do. Get accurate answers prepared by poison experts.
Use the webPOISONCONTROL app to find out if you need to call your poison center or go to an ER, or what to do if it’s safe to stay home. This free, confidential app will guide you. Just enter the age, substance, amount taken (if swallowed), weight, and time since the exposure to get an immediate recommendation. A barcode reader allows you to scan the product instead of typing or searching for the product name. Next tell us whether you have symptoms, and if so, the app will check to see if they are common, expected symptoms, or more serious. Often, it’s safe to stay home, but the app will tell you what symptoms to expect and when to call your poison center or go to an ER.
Help is available for swallowed poisons, skin, eye, inhalation and injection exposures, and bites and stings. Users can get immediate guidance for medications taken in double dose or too close together. The app was developed by poison experts and has been safely used by more than one million people seeking help for a poison emergency.
We had a huge scare with my 5 year old while we were overseas. Communication was difficult with the local poison control phone line and this app was extremely helpful. While my wife was on the phone I was with my son and filling in the questions on this app. I got the result on the app saying no ER visit was necessary but expect a list of side effects. Eventually my wife got the same exact info from a doctor on the phone. Having both perspectives was so reassuring. A day later and our son is fine, just as the app (and Dr) said. Thank you for this amazing service/support when you really need of.
Amazing resource!
cammim09
I left a review on the online site saying I needed an app for this and turns out... There is one! I use the webpoison control site all the time. My son is 10 months old and has gotten into some questionable things. I love having the Poison Control resource right there to check whether I should freak out or not. Pretty sure using the Poison Control resource has legit saved me thousands of dollars in emergency room/urgent care bills.
Thanks
88marcos
Thank you for this. very easy to use in a high stress situation. put it on my phone hoping i never would need it and unfortunately one day i did. it helped so much as my grandmother had to use it and has limited knowledge about using the internet, and was able to use it easily. thank you
MUST HAVE APP FOR PARENTS
K&M Rosenberry
When your 16 month old takes a nibble of a dishwasher tablet & you are sure he will be fine but NEED that reassurance! You can look up the information without having to make a phone call!! Truly a life saver! Share this app with friends & family!
Version 4.0 of the webPOISONCONTROL® app provides a faster, more user-friendly design, enhanced symptom entry enabling more precise triage, a robust landing page, context-sensitive help tools, greater visibility into how recommendations were determined, fewer obstacles to case completion, substance search filters, product error reporting, more amount entry options, and access to a poison center hotline on each page. Substance, barcode, image and algorithm databases are greatly expanded.
Version 4.0.4
The developer, Poison Control Centers, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Location
Contact Info
Search History
Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
National Capital Poison Center, Inc
Size
8.2 MB
Category
Medical
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
