LESSON ONE : Identifying Poisons In Our Home and Environment
Alaska FOCUS on Safety You can also learn more by going to Alaska FOCUS on Safety Curriculum (http://www.alaska-ipc.org/FOCUS%20on%20Safety.htm) or going to a brief explanation of the curriculum on the Denali Safety Council website at http://www.denalisafetycouncil.org/outreach.html
Poison Safety Checklist of Materials by Room ( www.wapc.org/pdf/education/Checklist.pdf)
Poison Safety Tips (http://www.optionsforhealthyliving.org/home/health/poisonsafetytips)
The Room By Room listings of potentially poisonous materials came from Kids Safety Klub and can be found at http://www.kids-safety-klub.com/child-poison-safety.html.
A listing of the current foster care regulations regarding safety, poisonous plants, and childproofing can be obtained from your Office of Children's Services licensing worker or by contacting the Alaska Center for Resource Families.
Babyproofing Your Home Room By Room at Babyproodingdirectory.com http://www.babyproofingdirectory.com/roombyroom.htm
LESSON TWO: Learning To Keep Children Safe From Poisonous Materials
Frequently Asked Questions concerning Child Resistant Packaging. From PoisonPrevention.org at http://www.poisonprevention.org/faq.htm#6 .
HelpKeepKidsSafe.Org has lots of different safety activities and games for kids of all ages, including some that talk about keeping safe from poisons. http://www.helpkeepkidssafe.org/games.html
Partnership for a Drug Free America http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/News/New_Findings_on_Inhalants_Parent_and_Youth
McCann Inhalant Treatment Center, Yukon Kuskowkim Health Corportation in Bethel Alaska. http://www.ykhc.org/737.cfm
Is Your Child Abusing Inhalants? From the American Academy of FAmily Physicians http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030901/876ph.html
Alcohol Poisoning From the Canadian Health Network, http://www.canadian-health-network.ca
LESSON THREE: Knowing What To Do In An Emergency
Minnesota Poison Control Center, First Aid for Poisoining at http://www.mnpoison.org/index.asp?pageID=page_49.htm
Poison Control in About.Com: Pediatrics by Vincent Iannelli, M.D. http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/safetyfirstaid/a/poison_control.htm
Poison Control Centers in KeepKidsHealthy.Com http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/poison_control.html
First Aid Kit Contents by Martin Rossi. E-Zine Articles http://ezinearticles.com/?First-Aid-Kit-Contents&id=731493
"Antidotes" excerpted from Preventing Childhood Poisoning by Audrey T. Hingley www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdpoison.html
To read more on the whether and when to use Syrup of Ipecac and Activated Charcoal when working with children , go to http://www.yourpediatrician.com/prod02.htm
American Academy of Pediatrics Emergency First Aid Chart to post in your home or for more information about first aid, go to http://www.aap.org/bst/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&product_id=2246