2009 Poison Prevention Week March 15-21 "Children Act Fast, So Do Poisons!"
2009 Poison Prevention Week
March 15-21
"Children Act Fast, So Do Poisons!"
Anyone facing a poison emergency can get help by calling a toll-free national hotline that links callers from anywhere in the country to medical experts at local poison control centers.
The number: 1-800-222-1222. Calls will be routed to the closest poison control center based on a caller’s area code.
More than three-quarters of poison exposures can be treated over the phone with help from poison experts. They also can call an ambulance in an emergency.
Poison experts at the nation’s 65 local centers can help in emergencies and answer questions about medicines, insect bites, household products and other potentially dangerous substances. The centers handle more than 6,000 calls each day. More than two million poison exposures were reported in 2000.
Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter has proclaimed the week of March 15-21 as Poison Provention Week. Click here to read the proclamation.
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