CME 15/5/14 – Amphetamine related presentations to the ED
Here is Colleen’s talk on presentations of patients with amphetamine use. Resources: “Stuffed, Speeding and Busted” by Chris Nickson LITFL a great post on methamphetamine poisoning management
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CME: ECG manifestations of drug overdose
Here is Vera’s talk the ECG manifestations of drug overdose. Resources: ECG in Toxicology from LITFL ECG changes in TCA Overdose from LITFL Cardiotoxic Drugs from WikiTox QT Interval Nomogram:
New NAC Protocol Label & Paracetamol Poisoning Mx link
To prevent the possibility of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) dosing errors, Dr Ioana Vlad has developed an adhesive NAC Protocol that can be placed in the patients notes. From now on all patients who require NAC as treatment for paracetamol poisoning need…
CME 24/10/13: Emerging Illicit Drugs of Abuse
Here is Ioana’s great talk on the synthetic illicit drugs that are becoming prevalent in our community and how to manage presentations of drug affected patients.