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General Management of Poisoning: Resuscitation, Decontamination, Enhanced Elimination and Antidotes

Clinical lecture on the poisoned patient, opening with the principle that the dose makes the poison and then the order of management: airway, breathing and circulation, gathering information, decontamination, prevention of re-exposure, treatment of associated injuries, enhanced elimination, antidotes and disposition. Includes the drug classes behind bradycardia, tachycardia and hypotension in overdose and a set of multiple choice questions with answers.

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