Kentucky Regional Poison Center

1. Nationally Certified Center

2. Services Provided to the general public:
• Staffed 24 hours/day by poison specialists (licensed nurses trained in clinical toxicology)
• Board-Certified Physician Toxicologists
• Immediate information:
        Emergency Care & Treatment 
        Hazardous Materials 
        Location of Unusual Antidotes
• Follow-up calls to patients
• Education programs for parents, children and other interested community groups.
• Information on drug interactions
• Expert consultations for more complex poisoning cases
• Comprehensive computerized information resources

3. Professional Education – Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists
• Expert consultations for more complex poisoning cases
• Toxicology conferences (CME and CEU offered)
• Offer CME and CEU via the Internet on this Web site (click on the Professionl Education “button”
• Participate in on going research studies.

4. Statistics and epidemiological information
• Reports on specific questions available (in accordance with confidentiality policy restrictions of the center)
• Annual reports on Poisoning in Kentucky