Management of Drug Overdose and Poisoning

A professional medical handbook focused on the management of poisoning and drug overdose. It begins with acknowledgements and a list of key workgroup members from entities like the Ministry of Health and Singapore General Hospital, setting its context as an official reference. The text provides a comprehensive overview of poison management systems, including community measures, prophylaxis against wrongful ingestion, and detailed steps for emergency patient management and after-care. A substantial portion of the text is dedicated to the principles of managing acute poisoning, outlining steps like clinical evaluation, decontamination methods (e.g., gastric lavage and activated charcoal), and advanced techniques like dialysis and haemoperfusion. Furthermore, the handbook details the use of specific antidotes and therapeutic drugs and categorizes the toxicology, clinical features, and management of numerous classes of agents, including various pharmaceuticals and household chemicals.You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:https://linktr.ee/pharmacy_simpleProduced by:https://www.podcaistudio.com/