Chapter
The Role of Poison Control Centers in Emergencies
42:29 - 51:23 (08:53)
Poison control centers are responsible for managing emergency situations and logging information into the national poison database. Recorded information is uploaded to the CDC every eight minutes for toxo surveillance by a team of toxicologists.
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Poison control centers in the U.S. gather information on poisonings and upload the data to the CDC for toxo surveillance, which helps detect disease and unusual drug use patterns, and they can guide callers through emergency situations and log their data into a national poison database.
42:29 - 47:06 (04:36)
Summary
Poison control centers in the U.S. gather information on poisonings and upload the data to the CDC for toxo surveillance, which helps detect disease and unusual drug use patterns, and they can guide callers through emergency situations and log their data into a national poison database.
ChapterThe Role of Poison Control Centers in Emergencies
EpisodePoison Control Centers: A Good Thing
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Poison Centers play a vital role in monitoring public health threats such as post 9/11 attacks or tide pod poisonings.
47:06 - 48:59 (01:53)
Summary
Poison Centers play a vital role in monitoring public health threats such as post 9/11 attacks or tide pod poisonings. However, issues with sharing information and a few missed cases highlight the system's imperfections.
ChapterThe Role of Poison Control Centers in Emergencies
EpisodePoison Control Centers: A Good Thing
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Poison control centers see a spike in self-harm cases as kids enter their teenage years, with girls leading the statistics for self-harm related calls.
48:59 - 51:23 (02:24)
Summary
Poison control centers see a spike in self-harm cases as kids enter their teenage years, with girls leading the statistics for self-harm related calls. These centers also provide information on toxic substances ingested by animals from households.