• Make sure you wash all clothes and shoes with hot water and a strong soap. Also, bathe pets who have come in contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac. The sap can stay on pets for many days.
  
  
• Keep your hands away from your eyes, mouth and face.
  
  
• Do not scratch or rub the rash.
  
  
• Apply any of these to the skin rash:
  
  

  • Calamine (not Caladryl) lotion
    
    
  • Zinc oxide ointment
    
    
  • Paste made with baking soda - mix 3 teaspoons of baking soda with 1 teaspoon of water
    
    
  • Take a bath with lukewarm water and an over-the-counter product called Aveeno colloidal oatmeal
    
    
  • Take an over-the-counter antihistamine such as Benadryl, as stated on the label

If self-care/first aid measures don't bring relief, call your doctor.