The Alaska Center for Resource Families Web Based Course

 

Poison Prevention Course

for Resource Families

3.0 Hours Training Credit

 

This course was inspired by and supports the Alaska FOCUS on Safety Curriculum developed by Sue Lyons through a grant with the Alaska Injury Prevention Center. Alaska FOCUS on Safety focuses on rural areas of Alaska and artwork and segments of the curriculum are used here with permission. This course was developed for the web by Niki Pereira, Alaska Injury Prevention Center and Aileen McInnis, Alaska Center for Resource Families.

 

 

 
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Poison Prevention Course

for Resource Families

3.0 Training Hours Credit

 

About this Course:

Poisoning is consistently within the top 10 causes cited for childhood injuries within the State of Alaska. Between the years 1999 and 2003, poisoning caused injury to 271 children and youth in our state. Over half of those incidents happened to children under the age of 5 years old. This course explores poison prevention with particular attention paid to rural Alaska and to the special requirements of foster homes in Alaska. .

This web based course was developed by Niki Pereira of the Alaska Injury Prevention Center and Aileen McInnis of the Alaska Center for Resource Families. This course was inspired and complements the Alaska FOCUS on Safety curriculum for use in rural areas and schools developed by Sue Lyons under a grant through the Alaska Injury Prevention Center. We are grateful for their permission to some of their artwork and to use some of the information from their curriculum.

 

Upon completing this course, the student will:

  • Know which substances in the home and in the community pose a poison hazard to children.
  • Know how to properly label and store poisons in the home.
  • Know how to access emergency help for a child that has been potentially poisoned.

Technical Requirements:

  • Web Browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Netscape Navigator

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader (Download free at Adobe Acrobat. )

 

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