SAQ Library : Toxicology & Toxinology
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Smoke inhalation mass casualty in rural ED
You receive notification of 15 casualties that will present to your small rural ED from a fire in a local …
Metoprolol ingestion in toddler
A 2-year-old boy has been taken to triage by his parents who found the child playing with an open box …
Insulin overdose
A 14-year-old girl has presented after an intentional overdose of insulin.
Ethylene glycol poisoning
A 58 year old man has been found at his home with altered conscious state after a suspectedingestion of engine …
Seizure at a music festival
A 19 year old woman has been brought to ED after having a seizure at a music festival. On arrival …
Opioid overdose
A 25-year-old man arrives by ambulance to your ED following a suspected overdose. He wasfound at home, unconscious, with pinpoint …
Snakebite VICC and antivenom
A 50-year-old man presents to your ED 6-hours after a suspected snake bite. He has received no first aid. He …
Marine envenomation cardiac arrest
A 20-year-old female is brought into your ED after having been found in cardiac arrest on a beach in far …
Toddler hypoglycaemia and possible ingestion
A 2-year-old child, Rosie, is brought to your department by her parents. She has been well during the day except …
GHB overdose and withdrawal risk
A 28-year-old man presents following a suspected GHB overdose. His GCS is 7 (E1V1M5).
Carbon monoxide poisoning
A 36-year-old female is brought into the Emergency Department after being found unconscious in her car. She was parked in …
Digoxin and propranolol overdose
A 19-year-old female presents 2 hours post an intentional drug overdose. She admits to taking 250 tablets of digoxin 62.5mcg …
Methaemoglobinaemia
A 57-year-old male worker from a nearby insulation materials and dyes factory presents with confusion, dizziness, shortness of breath and …
Propranolol overdose
A 24-year-old female presents after ingesting approximately 50 x 20 mg propranolol tablets following an argument with her partner. She …
Paediatric redback spider envenomation
A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after suddenly screaming while playing in the garden and …
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
A 24-year-old female is brought in by ambulance with fever and altered mental status. Paramedics report a psychiatric history, details …
Suspected drug mule ingestion
A 23-year-old man has been brought to your ED by AFP and paramedics from a nearby airport. There are concerns …
Polypharmacy overdose
A 41 year old male (80kg) is brought to your rural ED in an altered conscious state after a polypharmacy …
Unknown overdose
A 17-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department with acute confusion after ingesting a large number of unknown tablets …
Undifferentiated overdose
You are the consultant on shift in a rural emergency department. A 42-year-old man is brought in by ambulance service …
Nitrous oxide inhalation injury
A 21-year-old man presents one hour after inhaling nitrous oxide directly from a medical-grade canister. He develops throat and chest …
Polypharmacy overdose
43-year-old female was found by her husband with a potential deliberate poisoning. She is normally on amitriptyline, venlafaxine XR and …
Snake envenomation with collapse
A 62-year-old woman collapses after a snake bite in southern NSW. She is first seen at a peripheral hospital and …