|
2007 Service at a Glance
|
|
Incoming Calls
|
35,800
|
|
Follow-up Calls
|
26,543
|
|
Total Case-Related Calls
|
62,343
|
|
Poison Exposures
|
27,742
|
|
Information Calls
|
7,973
|
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home
|
92%
|
|
Unintentional Exposures
|
80%
|
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six
|
49%
|
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility
|
69%
|
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures
|
26,196
|
|
Animal Exposures
|
1,548
|
|
Drug Information
|
1,667
|
|
Drug Identification
|
1,987
|
|
Poison Information
|
513
|
|
Other Information
|
3,806
|
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls
|
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
1,771
|
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
2,045
|
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
2,852
|
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
2,269
|
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
4,012
|
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
3,266
|
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,733
|
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
2,107
|
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
3,397
|
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
2,570
|
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
2,812
|
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
3,145
|
| Extended Region* |
1,215
|
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence
|
92.3%
|
|
Other residence
|
1.4%
|
|
Workplace
|
2.1%
|
|
Health Care Facility
|
.2%
|
|
School
|
1.7%
|
|
Public area
|
0.9%
|
| Other/Unknown |
1.4%
|
|
| Time of Call |
 |
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General
|
15,898
|
60.5%
|
|
Environmental
|
654
|
2.5%
|
|
Occupational
|
354
|
1.4%
|
|
Therapeutic error
|
2,782
|
10.6%
|
|
Misuse
|
162
|
.6%
|
|
Bite/Sting
|
550
|
2.1%
|
|
Food Poisoning
|
608
|
2.3%
|
| Unknown |
34
|
0.1%
|
| Total Unintentional |
21,042
|
80.1%
|
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal
|
2,978
|
11.3%
|
|
Misuse
|
509
|
1.9%
|
|
Abuse
|
499
|
1.9%
|
|
Unknown
|
212
|
.2%
|
| Total Intentional |
4,198
|
16.0%
|
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering
|
47
|
0.2%
|
|
Malicious
|
58
|
.2%
|
|
Withdrawal
|
31
|
.1%
|
| Total Other |
136
|
0.5%
|
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug
|
614
|
2.3%
|
|
Food
|
53
|
0.2%
|
|
Other
|
78
|
0.3%
|
| Total Adverse Reaction |
745
|
2.8%
|
| Unknown |
149
|
0.6%
|
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number
|
Percent
|
| 0-2 |
8,880
|
33.8%
|
| 3-5 |
3,349
|
12.8%
|
| 6-12 |
1,596
|
6.1%
|
| Unknown Child |
439
|
1.7%
|
| 13-19 |
1,852
|
7.1%
|
| 20-29 |
2,012
|
7.7%
|
| 30-59 |
4,288
|
16.3%
|
| 60+ |
1,307
|
4.8%
|
| Unknown Adult |
2,367
|
9.0%
|
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number
|
Percent
|
| Ingestion |
22,416
|
83.0%
|
| Inhalation |
1,441
|
5.3%
|
| Aspiration |
12
|
0.04%
|
| Ocular |
1,051
|
3.9%
|
| Dermal |
1,213
|
4.5%
|
| Bite/Sting |
552
|
2.0%
|
| Parenteral |
161
|
0.6%
|
| Other/Unknown |
175
|
0.7%
|
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2006 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison
|
Number
|
Percent
|
| Analgesics |
284,906
|
11.9%
|
| Cosmetics/personal care |
214,780
|
8.9%
|
| Cleaning substances |
214,091
|
8.9%
|
| Sedative/hypnotics/antipsycho |
141,150
|
5.9%
|
| Foreign bodies |
120,752
|
5.0%
|
| Cold and cough preparations |
|
|
| Topical preparations |
|
|
| Pesticides |
|
|
| Antidepressants |
|
|
| Bites and envenomations |
|
|
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
18,111
|
68.9%
|
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
7,195
|
27.4%
|
|
Treated and released
|
3,269
|
12.4%
|
|
Admitted to critical care
|
1,265
|
4.8%
|
|
Admitted to noncritical
|
745
|
2.8%
|
|
Admitted to psychiatry
|
631
|
2.4%
|
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
1,283
|
4.9%
|
| Refused referral |
624
|
2.4%
|
| Unknown/Other |
339
|
1.3%
|
|
|
Therapy Provided
|
|
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
4,217
|
16.1%
|
| Minor effect |
4,148
|
15.8%
|
| Moderate effect |
1,607
|
6.12%
|
| Major effect |
266
|
1.0%
|
| Death |
24
|
.1%
|
| Unable to follow, potentially toxic |
1,560
|
5.9%
|
| Unrelated effect |
431
|
1.6%
|
| Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect |
13,939
|
53.1%
|
|
