Wyoming doesn't have its own poison center - but there's help on the other end of the line in Nebraska

CASPER — How does one call center handle the poison control needs of three states and two additional regions? Well, 20 employees at the Nebraska Regional Poison Center manage to make it work — 24/7, every day of the year.

The Omaha-based center takes in poison-related calls from Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, American Samoa and the Federated States of Micronesia.

The switch from handling landlocked states to tropical islands was a big one, Director Kathy Jacobitz told the Star-Tribune, but the center has answered the call. Many calls, actually.

About 75% of cases are safely handled with a single ph...