Facilities which provide information concerning poisons and treatment of poisoning in emergencies.
A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection, inhalation of or exposure to a deleterious agent.
Substances or materials used in the course of housekeeping or personal routine.
Coordination of activities and programs among health care institutions within defined geographic areas for the purpose of improving delivery and quality of medical care to the patients. These programs are mandated under U.S. Public Law 89-239.
Physicians appointed to investigate all cases of sudden or violent death.
Poisoning from ingestion of mushrooms, primarily from, but not restricted to, toxic varieties.
A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.
The room or rooms in which the physician and staff provide patient care. The offices include all rooms in the physician's office suite.
Accidental or deliberate use of a medication or street drug in excess of normal dosage.
I'm sorry for any confusion, but "San Francisco" is a city in the state of California, United States, and does not have a medical definition. If you have any medical questions or terms you would like defined, I'd be happy to help!
Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.
Substances which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed, or when applied to, injected into, or developed within the body in relatively small amounts may, by their chemical action, cause damage to structure or disturbance of function. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.