|
2004 Service at a Glance
|
|
Incoming Calls
|
38,631
|
|
Follow-up Calls
|
33,352
|
|
Total Case-Related Calls
|
71,983
|
|
Poison Exposures
|
29,313
|
|
Information Calls
|
9,263
|
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home
|
94%
|
|
Unintentional Exposures
|
81%
|
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six
|
48%
|
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility
|
69%
|
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures
|
27,820
|
|
Animal Exposures
|
1,486
|
|
Drug Information
|
2,242
|
|
Drug Identification
|
4,480
|
|
Poison Information
|
802
|
|
Other Information
|
1,739
|
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls
|
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
2,382
|
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
2,214
|
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
2,384
|
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
2,389
|
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
3,787
|
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
3,202
|
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,319
|
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
1,895
|
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
3,357
|
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
2,217
|
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
2,700
|
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
3,194
|
| Extended BRPC Region* |
1,573
|
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence
|
93.6%
|
|
Other residence
|
1.1%
|
|
Workplace
|
1.9%
|
|
Health Care Facility
|
.3%
|
|
School
|
1.2%
|
|
Public area
|
0.6%
|
| Other/Unknown |
1.2%
|
|
| Time of Call |
 |
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General
|
18,142
|
61.8%
|
|
Environmental
|
659
|
2.2%
|
|
Occupational
|
308
|
1.1%
|
|
Therapeutic error
|
3,174
|
10.8%
|
|
Misuse
|
223
|
.8%
|
|
Bite/Sting
|
817
|
2.8%
|
|
Food Poisoning
|
357
|
1.2%
|
| Unknown |
6
|
0.0%
|
| Total Unintentional |
23,686
|
80.6%
|
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal
|
3,502
|
11.9%
|
|
Misuse
|
412
|
1.4%
|
|
Abuse
|
516
|
1.8%
|
|
Unknown
|
143
|
.5%
|
| Total Intentional |
4,573
|
15.5%
|
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering
|
39
|
0.6%
|
|
Malicious
|
88
|
1.9%
|
|
Withdrawal
|
25
|
.1%
|
| Total Other |
152
|
0.8%
|
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug
|
715
|
2.4%
|
|
Food
|
38
|
0.1%
|
|
Other
|
78
|
0.3%
|
| Total Adverse Reaction |
831
|
2.8%
|
| Unknown |
126
|
0.4%
|
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number
|
Percent
|
| 0-2 |
9,637
|
34.3%
|
| 3-5 |
3,709
|
13.2%
|
| 6-12 |
1,698
|
6.0%
|
| Unknown Child |
33
|
.5%
|
| 13-19 |
2,266
|
8.1%
|
| 20-29 |
2,530
|
9.0%
|
| 30-59 |
5,314
|
18.9%
|
| 60+ |
1,377
|
4.9%
|
| Unknown Adult |
1,318
|
4.7%
|
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number
|
Percent
|
| Ingestion |
25,156
|
83.8%
|
| Inhalation |
1,397
|
4.7%
|
| Aspiration |
38
|
0.1%
|
| Ocular |
1,315
|
4.4%
|
| Dermal |
1,318
|
4.4%
|
| Bite/Sting |
819
|
2.7%
|
| Parenteral |
169
|
0.6%
|
| Other/Unknown |
140
|
0.5%
|
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2003 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison
|
Number
|
Percent
|
| Cosmetics and personal care |
166,874
|
13.4%
|
| Cleaning substances |
121,048
|
9.7%
|
| Analgesics |
97,463
|
7.8%
|
| Foreign bodies |
92,166
|
7.4%
|
| Topicals |
92,091
|
7.4%
|
| Plants |
|
|
| Pesticides |
|
|
| Vitamins |
|
|
| Antimicrobials |
|
|
| Antihistamines |
|
|
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
20,158
|
68.5%
|
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
7,721
|
26.2%
|
|
Treated and released
|
3,646
|
12.4%
|
|
Admitted to critical care
|
1,438
|
4.9%
|
|
Admitted to noncritical
|
731
|
2.5%
|
|
Admitted to psychiatry
|
709
|
2.4%
|
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
1,197
|
4.1%
|
| Refused referral |
731
|
2.5%
|
| Unknown/Other |
813
|
2.8%
|
|
|
Therapy Provided
|
 |
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
5,550
|
18.9%
|
| Minor effect |
4,799
|
16.3%
|
| Moderate effect |
1,681
|
5.7%
|
| Major effect |
147
|
0.5%
|
| Death |
21
|
0.1%
|
| Unable to follow, potentially toxic |
2,224
|
7.6%
|
| Unrelated effect |
541
|
1.8%
|
| Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect |
14,347
|
48.9%
|
|