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1. Call the Poison Center Hotline (1-800-222-1222) if you or another person have been poisoned, or think you have been poisoned.

 

2. Remain calm - the majority of poison emergencies can be resolved quickly.

 

3. Call 9-1-1 if the person is unconscious or has difficulties breathing.

 

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The Illinois Poison Center is a non-profit health service that provides those who live and work in Illinois with access to comprehensive and trusted information and treatment advice on potentially harmful substances via a free, confidential 24-hour hotline. The hotline is staffed by specially trained medical experts, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
 

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As the state's only poison center, serving all who work and live in Illinois, we provide around the clock information and treatment advice via our FREE and confidential hotline 1-800-222-1222. Last year we answered over 90,000 calls from the general public and healthcare professionals. As the leading source for toxicology in Illinois, the IPC has proven that it is not only essential to maintaining quality healthcare in Illinois, it also provides amazing savings.


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No, the Illinois Poison Center (IPC) is not a clandestine arm of the CIA, FBI, or KGB. However, it is staffed by a team of well qualified “SPIs” around the clock.  So, what exactly is a SPI you ask? In the poison control center business, SPIs are “specialists in poison information.”  These are...


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