TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Poison Control Centers and Poison Epidemiology A1 - Su, Mark K. A1 - Hoffman, Robert S. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Smith, Silas W. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. PY - 2019 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e AB - In 1950, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created a Committee on Accident Prevention to explore methods to reduce injuries in young children. A subsequent survey by that committee demonstrated that injuries resulting from unintentional poisoning were a significant cause of childhood morbidity. At the same time, there was a realization that a source of reliable information on the active ingredients of common household xenobiotics was lacking and that there were few accepted methods for treating poisoned patients. In response to this void, the first poison control center (PCC) was created in Chicago in 1953.114 Although initially designed to provide information to health care providers, both the popularity and the success of this center stimulated a PCC movement, which rapidly spread across the country. The myriad of new PCCs not only offered product content information to health care providers but also began to offer first aid and prevention information to members of the community. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163021382 ER -