Day in the life of a Poison Center: 7pm-8pm

An ER called requesting treatment advice regarding a 74 year old female ingested unknown amount of diltiazem and metformin
A 4 year old inadvertently brushed his teeth with Bengay muscle rub instead of toothpaste.
A 24 year old woman called about her boyfriend. The woman had a Brazilian wax at a salon where they had used a numbing cream on the area and now her boyfriend is complaining numb lips, mouth and tongue. He was concerned that he may have ingested some of this numbing cream.
A 3 year old ingested up to a mouthful of potting soil.
A 15 year old girl inadvertently sprayed hair spray into her eyes.
A 40 year old female chopped up some habanero peppers for a salsa recipe. Despite repeated washing with soap and water, her fingers were still burning. She asked what she could do to relieve the burning.
A teenager was standing near her friend’s car when the friend squirted wiper fluid to clean her windshield. The teenager may have gotten a splash in her mouth.
A 7 year old was playing with a glowstick she got as a party favor (chewing on it), and it exploded in her mouth. She swallowed a taste of the liquid.
A 2 year old ingested a small piece of a philodendron leaf.
A father called because he dropped one ibuprofen 200mg tablet on the ground and cannot find it. He fears his 9 month old might have ingested it.
A 4 year old ingested up to 4 pieces of chocolate Ex-Lax because she thought it was chocolate candy.
A 7 month old was crawling around by the front door and ingested 1-2 pebbles of rock salt.
A 32 year old male presents to the ER extremely lethargic 3 hours after ingesting an unknown amount of Zyprexa and Norco.
A 37 year old female called concerned about natural gas. She came home from work today and detected an odor of natural gas. She realized that one of the pilot lights in her kitchen is out. She does not know how long it has been out and thus how long she has been exposed to natural gas.
An adult male was eating outside, took a sip of his canned soft drink and was stung by a bee on his lip.
A children’s ER called regarding a 3 year old was found playing with Tessalon Perles. His mother states he may have ingested an unknown amount.
An ER called regarding a 15 year old female who got mad at her mother and took an unknown quantity of her parents’ medications. The list of possible medications includes hydrochlorothiazide, sumatriptan, atenolol, atorvastatin, mirtazipine, amlodipine, alprazolam, gabapentin, glipizide and metformin.

***IPC specialists also made 7 calls to homes and hospitals to follow up on the clinical course of patients we had been previously consulted on.

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Day in the life of a Poison Center: 12am-7am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 7am-8am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 8am-9am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 9am-10am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 10am-11am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 11am-12pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 12pm-1pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 1-2pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 2pm-3pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 3pm-4pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 4pm-5pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 5pm-6pm