RT Book, Section
A1 Joslin, Jeremy
A1 Mangano, James
A2 Cooney, Derek R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126792195
T1 EMS Medicine: Poisoning and Envenomations
T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071775649
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126792195
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  poisoned  or  envenomated  patient  represents  a  unique  challenge  to  the  EMS  medicine  practitioner.  In  many  cases  the  offending  medication,  toxin,  plant,  or  animal  is  unknown  to  the  rescuer.  Even  when  the  offending  agent  is  known,  treatment  can  vary  significantly  based  on  severity  of  symptoms.  Management  of  a  patient  with  tricyclic  antidepressant  ingestion,  for  example,  can  range  from  benzodiazepines  to  bicarbonate  to  intravenous  intralipid  emulsion  therapy.  Proper  education  and  training,  coupled  with  robust,  updated  protocols,  is  needed  to  care  for  this  group  of  patients  effectively.