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Poison Prevention Cases and Resources for Young Adults ages 18-24

Published: March 8, 2024, 5:05 a.m.

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Dr. Wendy Stephan from the Florida Poison Control Center in Miami, FL and Angel Bivens, RPh\xa0 from the Maryland Poison Center return to The Pharmacist\u2019s Voice Podcast to talk about poison prevention cases and resources for young adults ages 18-24.\xa0 This topic is in honor of National Poison Prevention Week (USA), March 17-23, 2024. \xa0

Topics covered

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\xa0
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.\xa0 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\u2019s Poison Centers. \xa0

Website www.floridapoisoncontrol.org

LinkedIn for Wendy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-stephan-phd-mph-315b70178/

The Pharmacist\u2019s Voice Podcast Episode 27 featuring Dr. Wendy Stephan (July 2020)

The Pharmacist\u2019s Voice Podcast Episodes 203, 204, 205, 206, and 207 (March 2023)

Email: wstephan@med.miami.edu

X (Twitter): @floridapoison

Instagram @floridapoisoncontrol\xa0

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloridasPCC/

Poison Help Line (Poison Control) 1-800-222-1222

poisoncenter@fpicn.org = Florida\u2019s Poison Information Center educators or call 1-800-222-1222 .

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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.

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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.

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LinkedIn for Angel Bivens https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelbivens/\xa0

The Pharmacist\u2019s Voice Podcast Episode 87 featuring Angel Bivens (March 2021)

The Pharmacist\u2019s Voice Podcast Episode 141 featuring Angel Bivens (March 2022)

The Pharmacist\u2019s 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\xa0

Facebook: MarylandPoisonCenter\xa0

X (Twitter): @MDPoisonCtr and @MPCToxtidbits

Instagram: @MDPoisonCenter\xa0

YouTube: Maryland Poison Center

Resources with clinical information for pharmacists:\xa0

ToxTidbits:\xa0 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)

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