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Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
INTRODUCTION: Oleoresin capsicum (OC) or pepper spray, and tear gas (CS) are used by police and the military and produce severe discomfort. Some have proposed that washing with baby shampoo helps reduce this discomfort. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled study to determine i...
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560057 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.12.36307 |
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author | Stopyra, Jason P. Winslow, James E. Johnson, James C. Hill, Keith D. Bozeman, William P. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Oleoresin capsicum (OC) or pepper spray, and tear gas (CS) are used by police and the military and produce severe discomfort. Some have proposed that washing with baby shampoo helps reduce this discomfort. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled study to determine if baby shampoo is effective in reducing the severity and duration of these effects. Study subjects included volunteers undergoing OC or CS exposure as part of their police or military training. After standardized exposure to OC or CS all subjects were allowed to irrigate their eyes and skin ad lib with water. Those randomized to the intervention group were provided with baby shampoo for application to their head, neck, and face. Participants rated their subjective discomfort in two domains on a scale of 0–10 at 0, 3, 5, 10, and 15 minutes. We performed statistical analysis using a two-tailed Mann-Whitney Test. RESULTS: There were 58 participants. Of 40 subjects in the OC arm of the study, there were no significant differences in the ocular or respiratory discomfort at any of the time points between control (n=19) and intervention (n=21) groups. Of 18 subjects in the CS arm, there were no significant differences in the ocular or skin discomfort at any of the time points between control (n=8) and intervention (n=10) groups. CONCLUSION: Irrigation with water and baby shampoo provides no better relief from OC- or CS-induced discomfort than irrigation with water alone. |
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spelling | pubmed-58515022018-03-20 Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial Stopyra, Jason P. Winslow, James E. Johnson, James C. Hill, Keith D. Bozeman, William P. West J Emerg Med Disaster Preparedness and Management INTRODUCTION: Oleoresin capsicum (OC) or pepper spray, and tear gas (CS) are used by police and the military and produce severe discomfort. Some have proposed that washing with baby shampoo helps reduce this discomfort. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled study to determine if baby shampoo is effective in reducing the severity and duration of these effects. Study subjects included volunteers undergoing OC or CS exposure as part of their police or military training. After standardized exposure to OC or CS all subjects were allowed to irrigate their eyes and skin ad lib with water. Those randomized to the intervention group were provided with baby shampoo for application to their head, neck, and face. Participants rated their subjective discomfort in two domains on a scale of 0–10 at 0, 3, 5, 10, and 15 minutes. We performed statistical analysis using a two-tailed Mann-Whitney Test. RESULTS: There were 58 participants. Of 40 subjects in the OC arm of the study, there were no significant differences in the ocular or respiratory discomfort at any of the time points between control (n=19) and intervention (n=21) groups. Of 18 subjects in the CS arm, there were no significant differences in the ocular or skin discomfort at any of the time points between control (n=8) and intervention (n=10) groups. CONCLUSION: Irrigation with water and baby shampoo provides no better relief from OC- or CS-induced discomfort than irrigation with water alone. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2018-03 2018-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5851502/ /pubmed/29560057 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.12.36307 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Stopyra et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Disaster Preparedness and Management Stopyra, Jason P. Winslow, James E. Johnson, James C. Hill, Keith D. Bozeman, William P. Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title | Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full | Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_short | Baby Shampoo to Relieve the Discomfort of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_sort | baby shampoo to relieve the discomfort of tear gas and pepper spray exposure: a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Disaster Preparedness and Management |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560057 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.12.36307 |
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