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Calling the poison center could prevent many ER visits for young kids, research shows

About 65% of young children brought to New Jersey emergency departments for suspected poisoning probably didn't need emergency care and could have stayed home if their families had called poison control before rushing to the hospital, ac…

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Rutgers researchers found that roughly two‑thirds of young children taken to New Jersey emergency departments for suspected poisoning likely did not require emergency care and could have remained at home had their families first contacted a poison‑control center.

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