Poisons

Alaska does not have its own Poison Center, so when you call Alaska Poison Control with a question about a family member's ingestion of a household cleaner under the sink or medication overdose, a specialist in Kansas fields the call. This presentation by Elizabeth Silver, PharmD, DABAT, Managing Director of the Kansas Poison Center and Stefanie Baines, Education Coordinator for the Kansas Poison Center provides an overview of what the Poison Center does and highlights case studies of environmental exposures that resulted in poisonings the staff consulted on. This is part of the Fall 2026 Introduction to Environmental Health at the University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Health, Division of Population Health Sciences taught by Adjunct Faculty Mary A. McQuilkin, NP, MPH. 00:00 The Poison Center & Environmental Exposures 00:34 About Poison Control 01:56 Poison Center Team 03:41 Services 05:20 What is a poison? 05:36 Common Poisons 05:57 Route of Exposure 06:16 Exposures by Age 06:46 Exposure types 07:20 Top 10 Substances 08:07 Unintentional Environmental 10:09 Alaska statistics 11:09 Case 1: CO 18:36 Case 1: Lead 27:21 Case 3: Murcury 35:06 Case 4: Insecticide 41:25 Case 5: Botulism 47:31 Question & Answer