Table 4.

Prior experience with near or actual ingestions (n=1,457).

	n (%)
Has this child ever put a pill in his/her mouth (not one that the child was intentionally given)?
No	1,378 (95.1)
Yes, a prescription pill	38 (2.6)
Yes, an over-the-counter medication	31 (2.1)
Yes, both a prescription and an over-the-counter medication	1 (0.1)
Unsure	8 (0.5)
Were you ever worried that your child may have accidentally swallowed pills or a medication (but you were not sure or did not witness it)?
No worries that my child swallowed a pill by accident	1,375 (94.4)
Yes, a prescription pill	33 (2.3)
Yes, an over-the-counter pill	38 (2.6)
Yes, worried about both prescription pill and an over-the-counter pill	9 (0.6)
Unsure	2 (0.1)
If you were concerned, what did you do?	(n=80)
Emergency department visit	29 (36.3)
Called poison control	18 (22.5)
Observed child at home (without medical guidance)	10 (12.5)
Called pediatrician	6 (7.5)
Did not do anything	4 (5.0)
Pediatrician visit	1 (1.3)
Called poison control for any possible ingestion for anyone?	212 (14.6)