Medical Research Working Group |
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Doctors, nurses, emergency medical personnel, and others in the health field treat drug endangered children very day. It is essential that they be provided sufficient information about drug endangered children and the environments in which they are found so that they may properly care for and treat child victims. There is an urgent need to know more about the long term physical and psychological effects on children who unwittingly ingest dangerous drugs, who are exposed to drug manufacturing environments which contain hazardous and toxic chemicals, who are exposed to violent, inappropriate and abusive “caregivers,” or who are neglected by “caregivers” impaired by drug use or addiction. The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children encourages medical and scientific research to better assess the dangers to children and to better define appropriate treatment. We also encourage collaboration among and sharing of data between researchers so that research results benefiting drug endangered children can be most efficiently publicized. To that end, in 2003 we formed a Medical and Scientific Research Working Group, which meets on a regular basis to coordinate, share and prioritize needed medical and scientific research concerning drug endangered children and related topics. If you are a medical professional or scientist or research professional and wish to participate in this working group, please send an e-mail listing contact information and your area of interest to National.DEC@usdoj.gov. |
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National Medical Protocol |
Chemical Residual Removal for Children Associated WIth Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories, read or download the protocol All information contained herein is obtained by DEC from sources believed by DEC to be accurate and reliable; however, because of the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, neither DEC nor DEC's affiliates or contributors are responsible for any errors or omissions. ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. DEC and its affiliates and contributors make no representations and disclaim all express, implied, and statutory warranties of any kind to user and/or any third party, including without limitation warranties as to accuracy, timeliness, completeness, usefulness, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Neither DEC nor DEC's affiliates or contributors shall have any liability in tort, contract, or otherwise (and as permitted by law, product liability), to user and/or any third party. Contributions to the creation of this protocol have been provided by: Dr. John Martyny - Colorado, Dr. Ed Bottei - Iowa, Dr. Yolanda Duralde, Dr. Mary Campbell - Tennessee, Dr. Sandra Wells - Montana, Dr. Penny Grant - Vermont, Dr. Teddy Tsongas - Oregon, Dr. Kathi Wells - Colorado, William Phillips - California, Nicola Erb - Colorado, Lt. Lori Moriarty - Colorado, Angela Singh - California, Dr. Charles Salocks - California, Dr. Shah, Kate Gaynor - Minnesota, Mary Chavez - Iowa, Dr. Eric Janus - Michigan, Dr. Wendy Wright - California, Jennifer Sleiter, Peggy Scheuermann - Florida, Jenny Gomez - Texas, Dr. Gregg Wright - Nebraska, Dr. Kiti Freier - California, and Carolyn Comeau - Washington. "Thank You" to all of you for your dedication and participation in the creation of this protocol. |
National Protocol for Medical Evaluation of Children Found in Drug Labs, click here to read or download the protocol |
Article Links |
| Evaluation of Children Removed From a Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory - Dr. Penny Grant |