What to do if you get pepper-sprayed
Pepper spray is an aerosolized chemical that rapidly disables someone by damaging the surface of the eyeball.
The best thing to do is to avoid rubbing, which forces the chemicals deeper into your eyes, and instead irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, a physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and The Washington Post’s Ask a Doctor columnist.
