A portable handbook that provides a simple guide to the management of poisonings and envenoming specific to the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific regions. A didactic guide to the appropriate prinicples in approach, assessment and management of poinsoned patients at point of care.
Chapter 1: Approach to the poisoned patient 1.1 Approach to the Poisoned Patient 1.2 Resuscitation 1.3 Risk Assessment 1.4 Supportive Care and Monitoring 1.5 Investigations 1.6 Gastrointestinal Decontamination 1.7 Enhanced Elimination 1.8 Antidotes 1.9 Disposition
Chapter 2: Specific considerations 2.1 Approach to Coma 2.2 Approach to Hypotension 2.3 Approach to Seizures 2.4 Agitated Delirium 2.5 Serotonin Syndrome 2.6 Anticholinergic Syndrome 2.7 Cholinergic Syndrome 2.8 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome 2.9 Alcohol Abuse, Dependence and Withdrawal 2.10 Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal 2.11 Opioid Withdrawal 2.12 Body Packers and Stuffers 2.13 Principles of Snakebite Management in Australia 2.14 Osmolality and Osmolar Gap 2.15 Approach to Acid-Base Problems 2.16 The 12-lead ECG in Toxicology 2.17 Pregnancy and Lactation 2.18 Paediatric Considerations 2.19 Poisoning in the Elderly