Toxicology Resources

Useful toxicology links:

• The Western Australian Poisons Information Centre (WAPIC)
  • Ph: 131126 (24 hour phone advice service)
• Toxicology Handbook 4th edition (Armstrong, Pascu) via SCGH Library
• Toxinz via SCGH Library
• Therapeutic Guidelines – Toxicology via SCGH Library
• LITFL Toxicology Library
  • Toxicology Basics: Principles of RRSIDEAD in toxicology and toxinology
  • Drugs and Synthetic Toxicants: Assessment and management of poisoning
  • Antidotes – Chemical management for ingested drugs, toxicants and toxins
  • Toxins: Assessment and management of envenoming (Toxinology)
  • Antivenoms: Chemical management of toxins and envenoming.
  • Toxicological Conundrums: Toxicology emergency management in clinical context.
  • Toxicology Resources: Toxicology and toxinology resources on the web

Toxicology posts on this website:

• Paracetamol poisoning – 06/2019
• Lithium toxicity – 04/2016
• Snake bite envenomation – 09/2015
• Emergency Department Prescription and Recreational Drug Screening Trial – 12/2015
• Drink Spiking Mx – 10/2022:
  • Drink Spiking Mx letter to all Emergency Departments in WA
    • ED Patients Presenting with Recreational Drug Intoxication Clinical Guideline (RPH Guideline)
  • Drink Spiking Flyer
• Nitrous Oxide (N2O) – Management of Recreational Use (RPH ED Guideline) – 01/2021
• Drug Withdrawal Management Guidelines – as per SCGH Drug & Alcohol Service intranet link