What to do if car battery acid inhaled?

Answer 1

Acid can be broken down by water, so maybe a nebuliser of some sort may work.

Nebulisers pump purified evaporated water and oxygen into the body. But, consult a doctor anyway.

THIS IS A TRUE EMERGENCY SITUATION!By the time this question has come to my attention, it's usually too late to be of much help to the asker if the acid actually was "inhaled" at the time of the question. But, for the benefit of anyone else who should have this happen to them in the future, here's the right answer.

• Almost all automotive Lead-Acid batteries use SULFURIC ACID as the liquid electrolyte. Sulfuric Acid is HIGHLY ACIDIC AND VERY CORROSIVE TO LIVING TISSUE [IT BURNS/EATS IT UP, as well as clothing].
• NO ONE should be "snorting" Sulfuric Acid, but if somehow it happens, the the first thing to do is to IMMEDIATELY "blow" your nose [both nostrils] as hard as possible to get as much of the acid out as possible.
• Then, IMMEDIATELY and vigorously WASH the nostrils with lots of fresh running water, AND also wash the eyes, mouth and throat IF any acid got/gets there.
• While doing that have someone [or if alone, do it yourself] call your LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, and tell them what happened. Due to the severe corrosive effect of Sulfuric Acid on living tissue, this is a true emergency situation.
• CONTINUE to vigorously 'FLUSH' / wash any tissue the acid has contacted, UNTIL the Emergency Medical Technicians arrive and take over. They are trained to handle this type of emergency.

I hope this question is merely hypothetical, and hasn't really happened, and never does happen, because that is a very serious situation.

AND, IF the asker meant inhaled the VAPORS from battery acid, rather than the liquid acid itself, then that is just as serious and also needs emergency medical treatment.