the illinois poison center and public health emergency
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The Illinois Poison Center and Public Health
Emergencies
The Role of a Poison Center in The Role of a Poison Center in Preparedness and ResponsePreparedness and Response
Outline Introduction to the Illinois Poison
Center Surveillance and Reporting Education Information Call center services and surge
capacity
Introduction to IPC
Program of Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC)
Mission
The Illinois Poison Center is dedicated to reducing the incidence and injury of poisoning in our communities through immediate expert telephone recommendations, innovative public and health care professional education and focused research.
Illinois Poison Center
Current Clinical Staffing:
16 Pharmacists and nurses
7 Poison information providers
3 Medical directors
Illinois Poison Center Staffed 24/7 Over 107,000 calls in 2006 Over 15,000 calls from health care
providers
Illinois Poison Center Part of the American Association of
Poison Control Centers Constant contact with other centers
Trends New products and toxicities Common Database
Clinical Surveillance Clinical surveillance (or Syndromic
Surveillance) refers to the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data about a clinical syndrome that has a significant impact on public health, which is then used to drive decisions about health policy and health education.
Surveillance Software-driven Surveillance of
National Poisoning Database System (NPDS)
Individual Reporting: High index of suspicion, clinical awareness Driven by experience
Software surveillance All exposure calls are logged into an
electronic program with two functions One function is the medical record:
Recorded history, physical, assessment and plan
The second is database All products are coded along with any
clinical symptoms noted
Software Surveillance The coded fields from every poison
center in the U.S, are uploaded every 20 minutes to New Jersey (essentially real-time)
The data is then analyzed with software developed in conjunction with the CDC (BIOSENSE)
Software Surveillance National Surveillance
three standard deviations from moving 14 day average for past three years creates a notification
Total Call Volume (by center) Human Exposure Volume (by center) Clinical Effects
Local Surveillance Training End of 2007
Can set for substances, clinical effects, adjust std dev Can set for zip codes
Individual Reporting Public Health Reporting by individuals
Astute clinician realizes something is out of the ordinary and reports it to other agencies
Recognition can occur in various points of patient care
Examples of Food Borne Illness Reporting
March 2004 Call to Illinois Poison
Center from HCF re: 2 individual with severe muscle breakdown
Recent ingestion of Buffalo Fish
Dx: Haff Disease
Examples of Food Borne Illness Reporting
Fall, 2006 Call from HCF regarding
patient with numbness, tingling and reversal of hot and cold
Patient recalls eating grouper at restaurant that night
Dx: Ciguatera Poisoning
Examples of Food Borne Illness Reporting
May, 2007 Call from HCF re: patient
who had weakness, near paralysis after ingestion of “puffer fish”
Dx: Tetrodotoxin poisoning
FDA recall
Winter 2005 - 2006 Bootmate sealant Exposures reported to PCC led to
respiratory symptoms ranging from cough to pneumonitis to pulmonary edema
Initially noted by Detroit Poison Center Investigation showed over 179 exposures
with mild to severe clinical effects in midwest and eastern U.S.
Product recalled
Education Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
(AHLS) Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum
Development Program (BTCDP) Individual Lectures
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
The Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) Provider program
16 hour, two-day course that gives health professionals a timely and effective response strategy in the medical management of hazmat incidents.
Participants will receive a four-year verification status upon successful completion of the course.
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
This course covers a vast array of hazardous materials, including pesticides, corrosives, toxic inhalants and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.
The AHLS Provider course trains the participant to: Rapidly assess hazmat patients Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes) Apply the poisoning treatment paradigm Identify and administer specific antidotes
Education - AHLS
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
Since October 2002
14 provider courses 4 Instructor courses 1 Chemical burn course (1/2 day
course) 488 individuals trained
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
Free to Illinois Residents through ASPR Hospital Preparedness funds
Out of state participants - $425 16 hours CME provided Register On-line at
www.illinoispoisoncenter.org
AHLS
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
Prefer co-sponsorship with health care entities throughout the state
IPC provides books (which have CME attached to cost of $265), instructors, program organization
Co-sponsor coordinates room, food, and most importantly “local touch” (e.g. restaurant recommendations, nightlife, etc)
Advanced HAZMAT Life Support
Courses this summer: July 26-27 Metropolitan Chicago
Healthcare Council August 3-4 in conjunction with
Rockford Health Systems August 13-14 in conjunction with
Loyola University Medical Center
Education – Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
Coordinated by MCHC Partners include: RUSH, John H.
Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, University of Chicago, Mt. Sinai, University of Illinois, Loyola University Medical Center
BTCDP IPC, Stroger and UIC formed
partnership in content development for bioterrorism training lectures
5 hour course curriculumOverview of Disaster Planning, Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Agents, Overview of Disaster planning implementation
BTCDP Five hour course curriculum being
transferred to web based modules for asynchronous learning
Available soon from MCHC web site
Education – Individual Lectures
BTCDP course with five lectures, all have the capability to be stand alone lectures
Other disaster and toxicology related lectures available
50 one-hour lectures delivered 2004 thru 2006 with 16 related to bioterrorism
Information Call Center based Web-based
Health Care Professional pages General Public pages
Web based Health Care Professional pages
Biological, Chemical and Nuclear fact sheets 2 page limit – emergency recognition and
treatmentQuarterly Professional Page Visits and
Downloads
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2006
2007
Web based General Public 3,665 downloads of BT information for the
general public Sept, 2006 thru June, 2007
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Page visits and downloads
General Public Bioterrorism Spanish Language Pages
Latino population 14.3% of 12.8 million people In 2000, 10% of Illinoisans considered Spanish as
being the primary language of the household
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Page visits and downloads
Call Center Services Normal Services
107,000 calls in 2006 Over 87,000 exposures Over 15,000 calls from hospitals and
healthcare professionals
Developed 4 tiered plan for surge capacity
Separate Disaster Line 1-866-331-9191 Staff or volunteers to answer phone
lines dedicated to the disaster Scripted messages Provide information to decrease surge
on hospitals or local health departments Based on AHRQ program from Rocky
Mountain Poison and Drug Center
Disaster phone lines IPC MCHC – phone bank of 20 phones.
Plan to be staffed by INVENT volunteers
LUMC – phone bank of 20 phones. Plan to be staffed by medical student volunteers
Draft Four Tiered Response Plan
Tier One IPC staff answer disaster line phones in poison center in addition to regular duties
Tier Two IPC will call in those employees who are off to answer calls on telecommuting stations from home for additional coverage
Tier Three
Mobilization of local resources:• open up call center in MCHC board
room • LUMC for INVENT and other
volunteers
Tier Four Roll over lines to other out of state disaster lines to increase capacity
Tiered Response Tier Two – home office in pilot phase
Covers social distancing for pandemic flu Tier Four – Rollover to other call
center phone banks or poison centers Preferred to have common carrier – major
barrier to progress Potentially could have scripted
automated messages prior reaching ‘live person’ when volume is high.
Summary Introduction to the Illinois Poison Center Surveillance and Reporting
Software surveillance, Individual Reporting Education
AHLS, BTCDP, individual lectures/presentations
Information Web based for health care and general public
Call center services and surge capacity
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