toxicology

Reading Time: 3 minutes Case: A 26-year-old female presents to the ED after an attempted suicide with an intentional ingestion of an unknown amount…

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief Most patients with carbon monoxide CO poisoning present to the emergency department with accidental exposures via indoor power…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief: A 33-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest from an outpatient cosmetic procedure. EMS…

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief A 62-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) for hypoglycemia. Prior to arrival, he was given…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Read this weekly review for some spaced repetition of the past week’s content.

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Pre-brief Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common worldwide fish poisoning Annually, estimates of the number of people…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Jordan had Pippen, Batman has Robin, peanut butter has jelly, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has… fomepizole? Fomepizole – yes, that fomepizole – is traditionally used for toxic alcohol poisoning, and recent evidence shows that it may also be useful when used in conjunction with NAC for massive acetaminophen overdose.