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Animal poisonings

• Local Veterinarians
• Animal Emergency Centre (Brisbane Northside and Southside Surgeries)

Assignment information

• Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit 
• Kidsafe (Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia)
  • National Website  

Bites and stings

• Australian Venom Research Unit
• Queensland Museum - Snakes and Spiders
• Fire Ants - Department of Primary Industries
• Marine Stingers - Marine Medic
• Bat Lyssavirus - Public Health Unit (Communicable Diseases) (North Queensland, Central Queensland, Southern Queensland).
• Toxicology and Toxinology

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Chemicals

• Analysis

  • Scientific Services
    
    

• Disposal

  • Local Council
    
    

• Emergency spill management

  • Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
  • CHEM Unit
    
    

• Labelling

  • Public Health Unit (Environmental Health) (North Queensland, Central Queensland, Southern Queensland).
    
    

• Legislation

  • Public Health Unit (Environmental Health) (North Queensland, Central Queensland, Southern Queensland).
    
    

• Pesticides

  • Technical Info: Company of Manufacture
  • Department of Primary Industries
    
    

• Withholding periods

  • Company of manufacture
  • Department of Primary Industries
    
    

• Protective clothing

  • Workplace Health and Safety
    
    

• Safety in the workplace

  • Queensland Workplace Health and Safety
  • Australian Safety and Compensation Council
    
    

• Transport

  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • Environmental Health Unit, Population Health Branch, Queensland Health

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Child safety / injury prevention

• Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit
• Kidsafe (Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia)
  • National Website
  • Kidsafe Qld Website 
• Queensland Kidsafe House (for helpful tips on making your home safe for children)
• Giddy Goanna books (available from newsagents and book stores)
• Home Safety Construction Guidelines

• Preventing Poisoning in Children brochure

Farm safety, withholding periods / re-entry periods

• Workplace Health and Safety
• Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (formerly National Registration Authority)
• Australian Safety and Compensation Council
• Department of Primary Industries

First Aid

• Queensland Ambulance Service
• St Johns Ambulance
• Red Cross Australia

Food poisoning / ciguatera

• Environmental Health Unit, Public Health Services, Queensland Health
• World Health Organisation Food Safety Program

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Help lines

• 13HEALTH
• Life Line
• Kids Help Line
• Reach Out

Illicit drugs / drugs of abuse

• Australian Drug Foundation (includes information on drugs and sport, driving, pregnancy/breastfeeding)

• Australian National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

• Western Australia Government Drugs site
• Queensland Alcohol and Drug Information Service

• US National Institute of Drug Abuse

• More links for drug prevention, treatment, needle and syringe programs, national campaigns, illicit drugs and young people alcohol and drug specific interest websites.

Lead paint

• Six Step Guide to Painting Your Home, Environment Australia.
• Global Lead Advice and Support Service

Medication / illness information

• Local doctor or pharmacist
• National Medicines Line
• Queensland Health - Health Topics

Plant identification/ information

• Queensland Herbarium

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Pregnancy / breastfeeding

• Local doctor or pharmacist
• National Medicines Line

Snake / native animal removal

• Queensland Parks and Wildlife

Toxicology text books / databases etc.

• General

  • National Poisons Register [CD-ROM]. Sydney: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Toxicology Unit. Current Ed
  • Rumack BH, Hess AJ, Gelman CR, editors. Poisindex Information System [CD-ROM or Internet].
  • Engelwood, CO: Micromedex Inc. Current Vol§ Ellenhorn MJ, Schonwald S, Ordog G, Wasserberger J, editors. Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology:
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Poisoning. 2nd Ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1997
  • Bates N, Edwards N, Roper J, Volans G, editors. Paediatric Toxicology: Handbook of poisoning in children. London: Macmillan Reference Ltd; 1997
  • Murray L et al, Toxicology Handbook. Sydney. 2007 Elsevier Australia
  • University of Otago and the New Zealand National Poisons Centre, TOXINZ Poisons Information [Internet]
    
    

• Venomous animals

  • Sutherland SK, Tibballs J. Australian Animal Toxins: The creatures, their toxins and care of the poisoned patient. 2nd Ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press; 2001
  • White J. CSL Antivenom Handbook. Melbourne: CSL Ltd; 1995
  • Williamson J, Fenner PJ, Burnett JW, Rifkin JF, editors. Venomous & poisonous marine animals. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press;1996
    
    

• Plants

  • Everist SL. Poisonous plants of Australia. Revised ed. Melbourne: Angus & Robertson;1981
  • Queensland Government, Queensland Health & Environment Protection Agency, Plants and Fungi Poisonous to People in Queensland. 2005 

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