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Dr. Wendy Stephan from the Florida Poison Control Center in Miami, FL and Angel Bivens, RPh from the Maryland Poison Center return to The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast to talk about poison prevention cases and resources for young adults ages 18-24.
This topic is in honor of National Poison Prevention Week (USA), March 17-23, 2024.
Topics covered
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- What a poison is and how some drugs on college campuses can fit the definition of a poison
- When to call the Poison Help Line vs 9-1-1, and when to go straight to the ER
- What to expect when you call the Poison Help Line with a question
- Some real-life cases when young adults ages 18-24 called the Poison Help Line with a question
- Why people self-medicate with drugs, tobacco, and/or alcohol
- Campus Resources for mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment
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Bio – Wendy Stephan, PhD (March 2024)
Dr. Wendy Stephan is the educator and epidemiologist for the Florida Poison Information Center in Miami. For the last 17 years, Wendy has promoted the use of poison control and worked to prevent poisonings of all kinds, including from medication, household chemicals, and environmental hazards. Wendy completed her PhD in Epidemiology and her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Miami and currently serves on the Board of Directors of America’s Poison Centers.
Website www.floridapoisoncontrol.org
LinkedIn for Wendy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-stephan-phd-mph-315b70178/
The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 27 featuring Dr. Wendy Stephan (July 2020)
The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episodes 203, 204, 205, 206, and 207 (March 2023)
Email: wstephan@med.miami.edu
X (Twitter): @floridapoison
Instagram @floridapoisoncontrol
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloridasPCC/
Poison Help Line (Poison Control) 1-800-222-1222
poisoncenter@fpicn.org = Florida’s Poison Information Center educators or call 1-800-222-1222.
Bio – Angel Bivens, RPh (March 2024)
Angel Bivens is a pharmacist by training with experience in retail, hospital, home infusion, and mail order pharmacy, but her true passion is working at the Maryland Poison Center (MPC). She has been with the MPC for over 25 years, spending the first 8 years as a specialist in poison information managing poisoning and overdose cases from the public and healthcare professionals. She then spent the next 17 years in the role of public education coordinator, ensuring the more than 4 million Marylanders in the MPC service area know about their services and learn ways to keep their families safe from poison dangers in an around their home. Angel rose to assistant director, overseeing operations and public education in 2018. In this role she combines her love for educating the public with responsibilities that ensure there is always someone there to help with a poisoning or overdose 24/7/365. In July 2023, Angel was promoted to Director of Operations and Public Education, adding oversight IT and HR for the center to her previous responsibilities.
Angel completed her BS in Pharmacy at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh PA) and her MBA at University of Baltimore (Baltimore MD). She also holds the designation of Certified Specialist in Poison Information (CSPI) after successfully completing the American Association of Poison Control Centers certification examination in 1990, 1998, 2005, 2012, and 2019.
LinkedIn for Angel Bivens https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelbivens/
The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 87 featuring Angel Bivens (March 2021)
The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 141 featuring Angel Bivens (March 2022)
The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episodes 203, 204, 205, 206, and 207 (March 2023)
Maryland Poison Center website: www.mdpoison.com
To find your local poison center: www.aapcc.org
Poison Prevention Press: http://bit.ly/PoisonPrevPress (One-page, plain language e-newsletter published every other month on varying topics; all current and previous issues available
Poison Prevention Press sign up: http://bit.ly/MPCSignUp)
eAntidote Blog: blog.mdpoison.com
Facebook: MarylandPoisonCenter
X (Twitter): @MDPoisonCtr and @MPCToxtidbits
Instagram: @MDPoisonCenter
YouTube: Maryland Poison Center
Resources with clinical information for pharmacists:
ToxTidbits: http://bit.ly/ToxTidbits (One-page clinical e-newsletter published monthly on various toxicologic topics; all current and previous issues available ToxTidbits sign up: http://bit.ly/TTBSignUp)
Other links for this episode
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 988
The Poison Help Line 1-800-222-1222
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We look forward to collaborating again in 2025 on the topic of poison prevention in the geriatric population.