Summary
Suitable for: SHOs and registrars in all surgical specialties; emergency medicine doctors
This course involves a combination of short lectures, simulation scenarios and interactive workshops to review the basics of toxicological emergencies and their challenging presentations in acute care.
Topics covered include:
- Criminal toxicology
- The approach to the poisoned patient
- Toxidromes
- Common poisoning emergencies including paracetamol, opiates, tricyclic antidepressants, salicylates, organophosphates, iron
- Managing the hot seizing poisoned patient
- Managing the bradycardic hypotensive poisoned patient
- Illicit drugs In Irish EDs
- Alcohol and toxic alcohols
- Modifications to resuscitation in poisoned patients