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Show Caution should be taken to prevent summer poisoning watch out for. And don't forget the lighter fluid and briquettes you use barbequing." Jones would also like to give parents a reminder to keep the holidays safe with the proper use of fireworks. The Intermountain Regional Poison Control Center in Salt Lake City provides a free pamphlet on how to make your home poison free. The pamphlet also instructs families in handling poison ingestion inges-tion and medication overdose. Dr. Dennis Wyman, paramedic advisor for the Davis County Paramedics and Emergency Department Physician Physi-cian at Lakeview Hospital, shares vital information should an accidental acciden-tal poisoning occur. "The most important consideration considera-tion after exposure or ingestion is to make sure the child is able to breath well. Should the child's ability to move air in and out become compromised com-promised in any way, 91 1 should be called immediately to start the Paramedics to your location. "Davis County Emergency Medical Dispatchers will give you lifesaving information to help the patient until paramedics arrive. If the patient is not having difficulty breathing, you may call the Regional Poison Control Center and follow their instruction. Paramedic Tauss suggests the Poison Control number should be posted on every phone. The toll free number is 1-800-581-2151. Let's make our community a safer place for summer fun by poison-proofing our homes today. Summertime has come, and with the summer comes an increased amount of time that children spend at the home. These children come full of curiosity and excitement, scrambling for something new and different to occupy their time. Parents beware! Summertime is also a time for increased in-creased medical emergencies for the Davis County Sheriff's Paramedics. Among the areas of concern, according to DeputyParamedic Depu-tyParamedic Kim Tauss, is the increased in-creased possibility of accidental poisoning and overdose by curious tots. Nationally over six million people peo-ple are poisoned each year. It is important im-portant to know that any non-food item could potentially be a poison. Some of the more common products pro-ducts that result in poisonings, stated Tauss, include medications, household cleaners, petroleum products, pro-ducts, plants and personal products. Davis County Sheriff Harry Jones takes particular interest in the topic. ''I have 13 grandchildren ranging in age from three to 14. You not only have to watch the small ones closely, but the older children as well. Jones cites from a personal viewpoint view-point as he cautions residents to the particular hazards that this season brings. "I have a poisonous berry plant in my own yard that I am constantly con-stantly cutting back and digging up. Then there are insects and snakes to |