How to Get Rid of Poison Oak Rash

Video Transcript

"Hi, My name is Sunshine and I'm with Sunshine Safety. We are located in Snellville, Georgia. I have been involved in the health and safety field for approximately fifteen years. I was a lifeguard at age fifteen and became a certified instructor in 2004. I opened up my own business in 2006. Today, we are going to talk about how to get rid of poison oak rash. The first thing you want to do is make sure that you always get consent from your victim before providing care. Once consent has been received you always want to protect yourself from disease transmission. The way we do that is we always wear a gloves. Once we've placed our gloves, you can use something as simple as Calamine lotion on the victim's skin to help relieve itching. Now, if the poison oak rash is in specific areas, they are going to want to seek medical treatment. Those specific areas are on the face, the nose, the mouth, hands, feet or genitals. To place Calamine lotion, simply get a cotton ball, place the Calamine lotion directly on the cotton ball and then you place the Calamine lotion directly on the rash. If more ointment is needed you always want to get a new cotton ball before putting it up to the Calamine lotion bottle. You may apply Calamine lotion several times a day to help relieve itching. If you do not receive an improvement within a day or two, you do want the victim to go seek medical treatment."