|
2002 Service at a Glance |
|
Incoming Calls |
48,169 |
|
Follow-up Calls |
35,935 |
|
Total Case-Related Calls |
84,104 |
|
Poison Exposures |
25,465 |
|
Information Calls |
21,219 |
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home |
91% |
|
Unintentional Exposures |
82% |
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six |
49% |
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility |
70% |
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures |
25,465 |
|
Animal Exposures |
1,379 |
|
Drug Information |
1,963 |
|
Drug Identification |
16,449 |
|
Poison Information |
828 |
|
Other Information |
1,979 |
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls |
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
5,114 |
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
4,826 |
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
3,428 |
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
3,545 |
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
4,876 |
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
3,536 |
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,773 |
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
1,815 |
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
3,716 |
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
2,503 |
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
3,705 |
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
3,010 |
| Extended BRPC Region* |
3,200 |
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence |
90.4% |
|
Other residence |
1.7% |
|
Workplace |
2.5% |
|
Health Care Facility |
.8% |
|
School |
1.7% |
|
Public area |
0.7% |
| Other/Unknown |
0.7% |
|
| Time of Call |
|
|
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General |
16,130 |
63.1% |
|
Environmental |
495 |
1.9% |
|
Occupational |
499 |
2.0% |
|
Therapeutic error |
2,417 |
9.5% |
|
Misuse |
400 |
1.6% |
|
Bite/Sting |
749 |
2.9% |
|
Food Poisoning |
344 |
1.4% |
| Unknown |
30 |
0.1% |
| Total Unintentional |
21,064 |
82.4% |
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal |
2,637 |
10.3% |
|
Misuse |
372 |
1.5% |
|
Abuse |
420 |
1.6% |
|
Unknown |
135 |
.5% |
| Total Intentional |
3,564 |
14.0% |
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering |
63 |
0.3% |
|
Malicious |
105 |
0.4% |
| Total Other |
168 |
0.7% |
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug |
539 |
2.1% |
|
Food |
19 |
0.1% |
|
Other |
91 |
0.4% |
| Total Adverse Reaction |
649 |
2.5% |
| Unknown |
103 |
0.4% |
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number |
Percent |
| 0-2 |
9,437 |
36.7% |
| 3-5 |
3,082 |
12.1% |
| 6-12 |
1,696 |
6.6% |
| Unknown Child |
96 |
.4% |
| 13-19 |
2,052 |
8.0% |
| 20-29 |
2,322 |
9.1% |
| 30-59 |
4,901 |
19.2% |
| 60+ |
1,259 |
4.9% |
| Unknown Adult |
695 |
2.7% |
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number |
Percent |
| Ingestion |
20,967 |
79.1% |
| Inhalation |
1,742 |
6.6% |
| Aspiration |
28 |
0.1% |
| Ocular |
1,293 |
4.9% |
| Dermal |
1,478 |
5.6% |
| Bite/Sting |
749 |
2.8% |
| Parenteral |
113 |
0.4% |
| Other/Unknown |
66 |
0.3% |
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2001 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison |
Number |
Percent |
| Analgesics |
240,757 |
10.6% |
| Cleaning substances |
216,102 |
9.5% |
| Cosmetics and personal care |
208,171 |
9.2% |
| Foreign bodies |
115,320 |
5.1% |
| Plants |
105,560 |
4.7% |
| Sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics |
100,141 |
4.4% |
| Cough and Cold preparations |
97,710 |
4.3% |
| Topicals |
95,854 |
4.2% |
| Bites/envenomations |
93,821 |
4.1% |
| Antidepressants |
92,675 |
4.1% |
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
18,817 |
69.8% |
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
6,464 |
24.0% |
|
Treated and released |
3,538 |
13.1% |
|
Admitted to critical care |
1,227 |
4.6% |
|
Admitted to noncritical |
581 |
2.2% |
|
Admitted to psychiatry |
549 |
2.0% |
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
566 |
2.1% |
| Refused referral |
785 |
2.9% |
| Unknown/Other |
409 |
1.5% |
|
|
Therapy Provided |
 |
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
8,536 |
33.5% |
| Minor effect |
5,091 |
20.0% |
| Moderate effect |
1,377 |
5.4% |
| Major effect |
175 |
0.7% |
| Death |
14 |
0.1% |
| Unable to follow, potentially toxic |
1,124 |
4.4% |
| Unrelated effect |
537 |
2.1% |
| Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect |
8,604 |
33.8% | |
