First aid for poison ivy

Good question.  Also, it's not just poison ivy you have to worry about.  There's alos poison oak and poison sumac.  (Yikes, lots of poison out there, I know.)

As far as identifying poison ivy and oak: Poison ivy and poison oak both have 3 leaflets per stem. Here is an easy way to remember that:

 Leaflets three, let them be.

Treatment:

• Get into a cold shower, place the area of the rash into the cold water, or splash cold water all over it. Use lots of soap when you take the shower.
• To relieve the itching, take an OTC antihistamine, like Benadryl. Follow the directions carefully.
• Wash all of the exposed clothes  with very hot water and strong, soapy detergent.  (Put on rubber hand gloves when you perform these steps.)
• Keep your hands away from your face, eyes and mouth.
• Do not rub or scratch the rash.
• Apply any of these to the skin rash:
  Calamine (not Caladryl) lotion; OTC hydrocortisone cream. Follow the instructions on the label!
• A paste of 3 teaspoons of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of water.
• Take baths with warm to lukewarm water. Add an OTC product called Aveeno colloidal oatmeal.

Good luck!

i am looking for ideas  for my nanny and myself on how to keep any poisons out of reach of my 3 yr old i did find one page that was alot of help http://www.howtofindananny.com/poison-control-dangerous-look-a-likes/

but would like more help and ideas thank u