Description

The course: Emerging Toxicology by Marcia Gamaly

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• Course language: English

Effective assessment for substance use and abuse is vitally important to get the best outcomes for your patients. Marcia will discuss the current trends and challenges encountered with OTC and herbal medication overuse, prescription drug abuse and the new “Street Drugs” of choice. This session will maximize your identification skills and improve your ability to facilitate rapid treatment.

Objectives

1. Interpret patient presentation to identify possible toxic substance abuse to facilitate rapid and correct treatment.
2. Categorize symptoms of common of sympathetic and parasympathetic toxidromes and how to intervene quickly.

Outline

• Basic Principles
• Management
• Physical Examination and Assessment
• Blood Gases and Rules
• Decontamination Reduce/Remove
  • Gastric Decontamination
    • Gastric Lavage
    • Ipecac
    • Activated Charcoal
      • Drugs that Do Not Absorb to Charcoal
• Whole Bowel Irrigation
  • Hemoperfusion
  • Toxidromes