Product Description
Emergency Management of Acute Poisoning
Author: A Howard
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Acute poisoning causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Despite this, it is an often neglected area of training and consequently a cause of much anxiety among medical personnel. Those seeking to acquire a working knowledge in this field are often faced with daunting tomes on toxicology or publications offering little by way of practical guidance and explanation.
This book guides readers through an essential understanding of the more common toxins, be they medications, household or industrial toxins, illicit drugs or venoms. Guidance on the management of toxicity concentrates on the emergency period and offers practical advice that supplements globally accepted life support principles.
Those purchasing this book may well want to complete the two-day, CPD-accredited ‘Emergency Management of Acute Poisoning (EMAP®) Course’ for which this text also serves as course manual.
Contents:
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SECTION I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT 1 General considerations 2 Toxic syndromes
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SECTION II POISONING BY MEDICATION AND HOUSEHOLD, AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SUBSTANCES 3 Poisoning by analgesics and antipyretics 4 Poisoning by central nervous system depressants 5 Poisoning by antidepressants 6 The anticholinergic syndrome 7 Drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system 8 Cardiovascular drugs 9 Central nervous system stimulants 10 Haematinics 11 Metallic poisons 12 Hydrocarbons 13 Alcohols and glycols 14 Smoke inhalation 15 Carbon monoxide 16 Cyanide 17 Hydrogen sulphide 18 Insecticides 19 Herbicides 20 Corrosive ingestions 21 Approach to hazardous material (HAZMAT) incidents 22 Acute food poisoning 23 Poisonous plants and mushrooms
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SECTION III ACUTE POISONING WITH ILLICIT, ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES 24 Alcohol 25 Cocaine 26 Hallucinogens 27 Amphetamines and derivatives 28 Illicit opioids 29 Suicide and depression – the ethical dilemmas
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SECTION IV ENVENOMATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 30 Snake bite in southern Africa 31 Spider bite in southern Africa 32 Scorpion sting in southern Africa 33 Bee sting and anaphylaxis 34 Marine envenomation
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APPENDICES Appendix A Alphabetical listing and dosages of therapeutic agents appearing in this book Appendix B Preparing to receive the poisoned patient Appendix C Mnemonics and other “memory joggers” appearing in this book Appendix D Useful telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail and websites Appendix E Conversion of drug levels from conventional to SI units in plasma or serum Appendix F Normal levels of therapeutic agents in plasma and serum Appendix G Toxic levels of therapeutic agents in plasma and serum Appendix H Gastric and intestinal decontamination skills Appendix I Elimination after absorption – peritoneal dialysis
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