Have you ever wondered what the difference between a toxin and a toxicant is? What is poisonous and what is venomous? What is a normal urinary pH, and what on earth has uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation got to do with my emergency department?
The Toxicology Library is being built to assist with a plethora of questions including what is the best cocktail to put in your elephant gun at 3am when your drug addled patient steam rolls through your triage barrier.
We are collating a series of resources including:
- Tox Tutes – 10-30 minute podcasts with toxicologists from around the globe, discussing how to manage the poisoned patient from the initial resuscitation to ongoing care on ICU.
- Toxicology BSCC – tutorials covering the Basic Science in Clinical Context with pharmacology basics for the part 1 exam and also the clinical science behind drug actions and therapy concepts.
- Tox Conundrums – Finally for those about the enjoy the biannual ACEM fund-raising event there are tox conundrums and show/reveal notes to help you answer the MCQs for the FACEM.
No discussion about managing the poisoned patient would be complete without a framework, listen to our quick tox tute on resus below or for more details watch the tutorials covering RRSIDEAD.
The toxicology framework:
- Resuscitation
- Risk Assessment
- Supportive Care
- Investigations
- Decontamination
- Enhanced Elimination
- Antidotes
- Disposition
Additional Resources
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