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Show IP08ln) What would you do if d had your just eaten a handful of prescription drugs? Or suppose one of your children had eaten wild mushrooms growing in the yard? Increasingly, residents of Utah and the Intermountain area are picking up the phone and calling the Intermountain Poison Control Center at the University of Utah Medical Center. The center was established in 1971 with voluntary help from the College of Pharmacy. The manpower was provided by students enrolled in a pharmacy course. Since then it has become a k operation calls per receiving day, 365 days a year. In 1976 the center handled 20,216 calls; in 1977 the three-year-ol- round-the-cloc- 80-10- 0 increased volume 27 percent to 25,600 calls. Another increase of 21 percent is expected in 1978, when the center will 0 receive approximately poison inquiries. e The line for 31,-00- toll-fre- calls state-wid- e is (800) Cfi)tfrl facility. About 80 percent of the poisoning cases can be treated in the home because of the toxicology training of the center staff and the amount of resources information available to them. Of those cases serious enough to require emergency room care or hospitalization, only three victims have died. The vast majority of the calls we get are not of a serious nature, says Dr. Joseph C. Veltri, associate director of the center. The value of the service is not necessarily in saving lives, but rather getting early treatment to victims to decrease morbidity of poisonings, not so much mortality. Of the 80 percent of the cases that w ere treated at home, at least half of them would have had to go to an emergency room to be treated if they had not called us. And since the average emergency room visit costs between $40 and $60, the center is helping to decrease health care costs. ff n7D6 and data. We want to look for national trends in poisonings and provide consumer education to specific areas in a state where a poison problem is developing, says Veltri. Although the center is primarily an information and referral service, it is also involved in some research. Dr. Anthony R. Temple, director of the center is currently in ITS Messenger - Enterprise, Thursday, October 26, 1978 SITVD volved in a study of hemoprofussion, a method of removing toxic substances from the body by running the blood through a column of activated charcoal. Tem Breaic up Pheasant Season Looms, Permit Sales Announced ple is working with the biophysics department to find an alternative to the use of kidney machines or the patient's own kidneys The areas include the Three Sanpete County to clean toxic substances areas have been desig- Gunnison Valley L'nit. the from the blood. nated as hunting units tor Spring City Unit and the the pheasant hunt which Wales Unit. The Gunnison Valiev opens Nov. 4 and permit Unit will otter TK)0 sales have been '1 $3 at eath. hey permits 1 Informal Open House to Honor Mary Francks Poulson and an family informal open house to honor Mary Francks and Vern Jorgenson on Nov. 3, S lQ-the day of their in the Manti marriage Temple. The open house will be held that evening at Mrs. Before it breaks you! SIX REASONS Sterling Mrs. Dale (Shirley) Peterson is at home making splendid progress since her major surgery at the LDS Hospital. Mrs. Ivan (Joan) Munk, Center-field- , assists her mother frequently. Mrs. Lila S. Witbeck just returned home from Salt Lake City. She visited with Mr. and Mrs. Rex Mclff, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Denison and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Christiansen. She also attended the funeral services for Mrs. Del (Marjorie) Witbeck who died of a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Peterson and sons Eric and Andy, Cedar City, were weekend visitors at the Lucien Peterson home. Alan participated in the opening days of the deer hunt with some other friends in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Max Ludvigson, Vancouver, Wash., are vacationing in scenic Utah. The Ludvig-sonwho have several relatives in Sanpete, stayed at the home of his sister and brother-in-law- , Mr. and Mrs. Don Ottosen. Mrs. Duane (Jean) Peterson was a special guest Friday at the home of her mother-in-laMrs. Ann Peterson. Duane, a service officer with the U.S. Navy, is fulfilling an assignment in Korea. Shop at Home The most common incidents are accidental poisonings of children under the age of five. These account for about 79 of the calls percent received by the center and usually occur while the toxic product is in use by The most an adult. common type of toxic substances involved in poisonings are household cleaners, followed by medications and plants. The center also handles some drug overdoses, amounting to about 5 to 7 percent. In those cases the victims are referred to a local crisis intervention center. About 9.4 percent of the calls are poisonings. home-comin- Greater Selection d The services of the center go beyond crisis treatment. One of the objectives is community education. The center distributes literature and holds informational meetand ings at schools community organizations. The educational service is free to anyone who can get an audience together. The center is also working on a second year family education program called Officer Ugg. It is represented by a small sticker with a picture of a policeman covering his mouth with his hands. Under the family program, the child's parents take him around the house to various places where harmful substances are stored and place an Officer Ugg sticker on them. Veltri and the center have worked with the University theatre department and Instructional Television to produce a Officer of videotape distribuhave and Ugg ted it nationally. He says the television program "Romper Room airs the tape about once a month. The center also is developing a cooperative arrangement with other regional poison control centers for the efficient exchange of information VOTE NOV. 7th FOR the ads before compiling your shopping list. keeping informed on the latest market prices. Honor 4. You Are Assured of Better Quality Because you are doing business with reputable, keeping your buying dollar ot home. better community by patronizing those who help build home institutions. EPHRAIM ENTERPRISE MANX! MESSENGER Will work with the Billing and Invoice Processes. be held in the Ephraim Second Ward Oct. 2b at 8 p.m. A feature of the court w ill be the presentation of an Eagle Award. Skill awards and merit badges w ill also be presented and in rank advancements announced. Will prepare year end financial statement. Should know basic accounting principles and be able to qualify under CETA guidelines. 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You Save Time in Shfcpping By Sterling Ward Plans 14 advertising merchants, as a general rule, are betler stocked. By consulting the Doneal Christensen home, 177 Wes. Center Street. Ephraim, between the hours of 7 and 9.00 p.m. Ihe hosts invite all the couple's friends to attend and wish them well. They request presents. Gunnison and the May-fiel- d Mall in Mayfield. The Spring City L'nit will otter 300 permits at $2. 1 hese will be sold Oct. 30 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Spring City Service Station and Hansen Market. The Wales Unit putting PS permits sale at $1 .50 each. Class of 69 Reunion Set Why It Pays to Buy From Our Advertisers . . . For will hold can be purchased until Nov. 2 at Fjcldsted Oil and the Wistara Cafe in The Sterling Ward banquet w ill be held at the old chapel on Nov. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Snow College Class cafeteria. A turkey dinner will be The cost of the dinner is will hold a reunion of "Mark your calserved. in connection with $3.00. Those with quesand endar All or tions plan to attend, week. next desiring to make students who attended reservations should con- Mrs. Ora Campbell, adSnow during l8-6chairman, are tact Ted Olson at Snow vertising invited to a dinner on College. suggested. Saturday, November 4, at 7 p.m. in the college 662-422- The staff at the center includes six professional pharmacists and a team of pharmacy students who answer phone calls in poisoning cases. They try to identify the toxic substances and either treatsuggest ment or refer the victim to a doctor or medical Zt-ll- her 1. You Benefit From a Page 5 230CDU3S Ov'v.- N A. First First Security Bank ol Murray. First Security Bank ol Logan, N.A. First Security Bank of Rock Springs, Wyo. First Security State Bank ol Helper A 0i I Security Bank ol Orem, N.A. Fust Security State Bank. Salt Lake City. Utah Fust Security Stale Bank of Kaysvilie vviv First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. First Sacunty Bank ol Idaho, N.A. i mW |