|
2003 Service at a Glance
|
|
Incoming Calls
|
57,978
|
|
Follow-up Calls
|
57,979
|
|
Total Case-Related Calls
|
115,957
|
|
Poison Exposures
|
28,328
|
|
Information Calls
|
29,541
|
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home
|
93%
|
|
Unintentional Exposures
|
81%
|
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six
|
49%
|
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility
|
72%
|
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures
|
26,905
|
|
Animal Exposures
|
1,423
|
|
Drug Information
|
2,527
|
|
Drug Identification
|
24,132
|
|
Poison Information
|
931
|
|
Other Information
|
1,951
|
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls
|
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
7,777
|
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
6,083
|
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
4,641
|
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
4,803
|
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
5,415
|
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
3,501
|
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,800
|
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
1,967
|
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
6,674
|
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
2,432
|
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
4,158
|
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
3,456
|
| Extended BRPC Region* |
2,745
|
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence
|
92.8%
|
|
Other residence
|
1.3%
|
|
Workplace
|
1.8%
|
|
Health Care Facility
|
.4%
|
|
School
|
1.5%
|
|
Public area
|
0.1%
|
| Other/Unknown |
2.1%
|
|
| Time of Call |
|
|
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General
|
17,628
|
62.0%
|
|
Environmental
|
656
|
2.3%
|
|
Occupational
|
302
|
1.0%
|
|
Therapeutic error
|
3,269
|
11.6%
|
|
Misuse
|
288
|
1.0%
|
|
Bite/Sting
|
699
|
2.5%
|
|
Food Poisoning
|
217
|
.8%
|
| Unknown |
9
|
0.1%
|
| Total Unintentional |
23,068
|
81.2%
|
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal
|
3,042
|
10.7%
|
|
Misuse
|
401
|
1.4%
|
|
Abuse
|
471
|
1.7%
|
|
Unknown
|
115
|
.4%
|
| Total Intentional |
4,029
|
14.2%
|
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering
|
42
|
0.2%
|
|
Malicious
|
142
|
0.5%
|
| Total Other |
230
|
0.8%
|
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug
|
722
|
2.5%
|
|
Food
|
47
|
0.2%
|
|
Other
|
93
|
0.3%
|
| Total Adverse Reaction |
862
|
3.0%
|
| Unknown |
250
|
0.9%
|
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number
|
Percent
|
| 0-2 |
9,771
|
35.8%
|
| 3-5 |
3,498
|
12.8%
|
| 6-12 |
1,789
|
6.5%
|
| Unknown Child |
37
|
.1%
|
| 13-19 |
2,257
|
8.3%
|
| 20-29 |
2,480
|
9.1%
|
| 30-59 |
5,261
|
19.3%
|
| 60+ |
1,257
|
4.6%
|
| Unknown Adult |
907
|
3.3%
|
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number
|
Percent
|
| Ingestion |
24,346
|
83.0%
|
| Inhalation |
1,491
|
5.1%
|
| Aspiration |
38
|
0.1%
|
| Ocular |
1,179
|
4.0%
|
| Dermal |
1,281
|
4.4%
|
| Bite/Sting |
700
|
2.4%
|
| Parenteral |
146
|
0.5%
|
| Other/Unknown |
165
|
0.6%
|
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2002 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison
|
Number
|
Percent
|
| Cosmetics and personal care |
162,946
|
13.3%
|
| Cleaning substances |
126,830
|
10.3%
|
| Analgesics |
90,295
|
9.2%
|
| Foreign bodies |
87,490
|
7.4%
|
| Topicals |
85,970
|
7.0%
|
| Plants |
|
|
| Cough and Cold preparations |
|
|
| Pesticides |
|
|
| Vitamins |
|
|
| Gastrointestinal preparations |
|
|
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
19,493
|
68.5%
|
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
7,328
|
25.8%
|
|
Treated and released
|
3,801
|
13.4%
|
|
Admitted to critical care
|
1,288
|
4.5%
|
|
Admitted to noncritical
|
759
|
2.7%
|
|
Admitted to psychiatry
|
660
|
2.3%
|
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
813
|
2.9%
|
| Refused referral |
835
|
2.9%
|
| Unknown/Other |
802
|
2.8%
|
|
|
Therapy Provided
|
 |
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
6,803
|
24.0%
|
| Minor effect |
5,146
|
18.2%
|
| Moderate effect |
1,644
|
5.8%
|
| Major effect |
171
|
0.6%
|
| Death |
20
|
0.1%
|
| Unable to follow, potentially toxic |
1,995
|
7.1%
|
| Unrelated effect |
479
|
1.7%
|
| Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect |
12,054
|
42.6%
|
|
|
