| Show Just Little Brown Tablets 1 A handful of little brown They looked harmless at least to the eyes of a BUT THOSE made up of a prescribed drug stored in the family medicine chest or about two resulted in a close call with death for young Michael son or and Ronald It look a fast-acting family a team of poison experts from the Regional Poison Control Center at University of Utah Hospital and staff members at Primary Children's Medical Center in successfully treat the MICHAEL accidentally took the drug in the afternoon of 21 in his southeastern Idaho By 7 a doctor at Franklin County Hospital in was calling the Poison Control Center for The heart rate was beats per his pupils were he was and lethargic and had impaired motor MARK a staff supervisor in the poison handled the call in consultation with Managing Director David and the center's Anthony R. The Preston physician identified the and the Poison Control Center staff identified the THE STAFF tried to get the but it was not available in any of the Preston-area Joseph center associate said the Idaho physician then found a Preston businessman who offered to fly Michael to Salt Lake ARRANGED for the patient to be admitted to Primary Children's Hospital and then met him at the airport with an ambulance and Robert a pediatric resident from the University of Vel-tri Michael arrived in Utah capital at 10 p.m. and was immediately placed in Primary's intensive care By this the youngster had developed marked cardiac irregularities and was repeatedly given the antidote over the next few ON THE sixth he went A letter from his parents summed up the family's will never be able to express our gratitude to you enough for saving our hoy's wrote interest ana concern shown for Michael were something we've never experienced IT WAS almost It's truly heartwarming to know that one little life is that Campbell our telling others of you Poison Control we've heard of story after story where your services have been ol great i Thank you from the our |
