Until the member is identified nobody knows if it was his or her project storage spot that has a card with their name on it or if they just sat it down in a place out of laziness or as a way to not have to deal with disposal.
You seem to be the one arguing from ignorance and many in the thread are arguing from a hysterical point of view on this situation.
You are claiming if any medical professional educated a patient on the actual scientific nature of sulfuric acid, they would lose their licence? Maybe, you should look into informed patient standards of your career. I’m a fan of your’s Kee, but your arguments are based on emotion rather than fact. There are others also piling on in the thread making similar emotional arguments that don’t stand to support based on the facts.
Example:
These absurd emotional arguments may make people feel safer, but they don’t actually make us safer. We don’t wear gloves or long sleeves when using rotary tools, because it is more dangerous for those items to be caught in the machine and pull the user in, than it is to suffer minor abrasion, cuts or burns from handling the materials with out the protective equipment.
If my facts are incorrect, please cite better facts I want and am willing to learn. But, yelling down factual arguments with Irrational Emotion, Red Herring Arguments , and Ad Hominem attacks does our group a disservice and is damaging.
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I’m generally in agreement with you about the (lack of) safety of battery acid, but this is just a silly thing to say. Would you freak out over 1 drop of battery acid in a swimming pool?
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Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) A 1
Reviewed: 2012
Code: E015-004
Information and recommendations
for first responders
• Patients whose clothing or skin is contaminated with liquid sulfuric acid can cause secondary
contamination of rescue and medical personnel by direct contact. Patients exposed only to sulfuric
acid mists do not pose a significant risk of secondary contamination.
• Sulfuric acid is rapidly corrosive to all tissues. Eye contact causes severe burns and loss of vision.
Contact with the skin causes severe burns, which may be delayed. Mists are irritating to the skin,
eyes, and respiratory tract and causing irritation, coughing, chest pain and dyspnea. Swelling of the
throat and accumulation of fluid in the lungs (shortness of breath, cyanosis, expectoration, cough)
may occur.
• There is no antidote to be administered to counteract the effects of sulfuric acid. Treatment consists
of supportive measures.
- Substance information Sulfuric acid (H2SO4), CAS 7664-93-9
Synonyms: oil of vitriol, battery acid.
Sulfuric acid is a clear, colorless nonflammable oily liquid with a choking
odor when hot. Its brownish color may be due to organic impurities,
which have been charred by the high affinity for water.
Inhalation Exposures may occur by inhalation of mists. Sulfuric acid’s odor and
upper respiratory tract irritant properties generally provide adequate
warning of hazardous concentrations.
Skin/eye contact Most exposures occur by direct contact of the skin and the eyes
with liquid sulfuric acid. Contact with the skin and the eyes causes
severe burns which may be delayed in onset.
Ingestion Ingestion causes severe corrosive injury of the mucous membranes of
the throat and esophagus. - Acute health effects
Respiratory Exposure to sulfuric acid mists usually causes sore throat and
coughing. Rapid development of respiratory distress with chest pain,
dyspnea, laryngospasm, and accumulation of fluid in the lungs
(shortness of breath, cyanosis, expectoration, cough) may occur. Lung
injury may progress over several hours. Sulfuric acid exposure may
cause respiratory failure.
Skin Deep burns of the skin and mucous membranes are caused by direct
contact with liquid sulfuric acid; disfiguring scars may result. Contact with
sulfuric acid mists can cause burning pain, redness, inflammation, and
blisters.
Eye Eye contact with liquid sulfuric acid causes severe burns and loss of
vision. Contact with mists cause burning discomfort, spasmodic blinking
or involuntary closing of the eyelids, redness, and tearing. - Actions
Rescuer self-protection If the zone that has to be entered by the rescuer is suspected of
containing sulfuric acid, pressure-demand, self-contained breathing
apparatus and chemical-protective clothing shall be worn.
Patients exposed only to sulfuric acid mists do not pose a significant risk
of secondary contamination. Patients whose clothing or skin is
contaminated with liquid sulfuric acid may secondarily contaminate
rescue and medical personnel by direct contact.
Patient recovery Patients should be removed from the contaminated zone immediately. If
patients can walk, they should walk. Patients who are unable to walk
may be removed on backboards or stretchers; if these are not available,
carefully carry or drag patients to safety.
Immediate priorities must follow the "A, B, C’s” of resuscitation:
Airway (make sure the airway is not blocked by the tongue or a foreign
body)
Breathing (check to see if the patient is breathing, provide ventilation
with use of appropriate barrier devices, e.g. with a pocket facemask, if
breathing is absent)
Circulation (check for a pulse, initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation if
pulse is absent)
Decontamination Patients exposed only to sulfuric acid mists who have no evidence of
skin or eye irritation do not need decontamination. All others require
decontamination.
Patients who are able and cooperative may assist with their own
decontamination. If the exposure involved liquid sulfuric acid and if
clothing is contaminated, remove and double-bag the clothing.
Irrigate exposed or irritated eyes with plain water or saline for at
least 20 minutes. Remove contact lenses if present and easily
removable without additional trauma to the eye. Continue other basic
care during flushing.
Flush exposed skin and hair with plain water for at least 15 minutes.
Protect eyes during flushing of skin and hair. Continue other basic care
during flushing.
Further actions Each potentially exposed person should seek immediate medical
advice and treatment