RT Book, Section A1 Lu, Jenny J. A2 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 1159799186 T1 Activated Charcoal Administration T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861925 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159799186 RD 2024/03/28 AB The adsorptive capacity of charcoal has been documented since the time of Hippocrates and has been known for centuries. Two independent researchers were responsible for its wide acceptance in the early nineteenth century when each of them performed a demonstration of its effectiveness by ingesting lethal doses of strychnine and arsenic, respectively, followed by charcoal. Both of them survived. The twentieth century has seen charcoal come into wide medical use as further investigation showed its effectiveness at adsorbing a variety of compounds.1Activated charcoal is currently the most commonly used mode of decontamination in the Emergency Department for poisoned patients.2