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only one week out now from #TAPNA25 scientific meeting in Wellington, NZ🇳🇿 👍May 6-8, followed by our revamped ‘Toxic issues in the ED’ education sessions on May 9th registration ⬇️ #Toxicology #Poisoning #EMedsky #EMsky #Medsky

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29.04.2025 05:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

<em>Emergency Medicine Australasia</em> | ACEM Journal | Wiley Online Library Between January 2022 and June 2024 in NSW, 34 cases of opioid toxidrome following the use of cocaine or methamphetamine were identified. This prompted two public drug warnings and media releases as p....

The frequency of opioid poisoning in people using substances sold as cocaine or methamphetamine

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doi.org/10.1111/1742...

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05.04.2025 03:22 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Guanfacine overdoses, accidental ingestions and therapeutic errors in paediatric patients

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16.03.2025 02:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Risk of Delayed Intubation After Presumed Opioid Overdose in the Emergency Department The objective of this study was to evaluate the optimal duration of monitoring for patients with presumed opioid overdoses prior to a non-ICU admission, particularly in the context of the increasing p...

🧵1/ Our new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine on opioid OD in the ED: Out of 1,591 cases, delayed intubation (>4h) was rare—only 9 patients (0.6%). What does this mean for emergency medicine? @acmtmedtox.bsky.social #OpioidCrisis
#medsky www.annemergmed.com/article/S019...

08.03.2025 03:58 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hot off the Press: PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication www.annemergmed.com/article/S019... #education #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #BlueSky

17.02.2025 22:30 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

SARPO trial-> multicentre Oz 🇦🇺 based RCT looking at shorter NAC infusion for lower risk paracetamol #poisoning currently in peer review process, preprint ⬇️
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#EMsky #Emedsky #Toxicology

30.01.2025 01:18 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ethanol and the Limitations of the Osmol Gap: In 22 healthy volunteers the best correction factor was 4.6 though it was imperfect. www.annemergmed.com/article/S019... @ryanmarino.bsky.social #education #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #BlueSky

27.01.2025 16:03 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

'We want people to be aware of this': Snake bite calls spike across NSW The NSW Poisons Information Centre has received 320 calls for suspected or confirmed snake bites between September 1 and December 20, which is a 35 per cent increase over the number of calls during th...

24-25 🐍 snakebite season is well
underway 😦
➡️ expert management advice is available via poison centre network on 13-11-26 from any phone in Oz 🇦🇺 #Emedsky #EMsky #Poisoning #Envenoming #Toxicology #Toxinology #PoisonsInformationCentres

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03.01.2025 01:08 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

after a 6 year hiatus Toxic issues in the ED will return in May 2025 in Wellington NZ 🇳🇿, revamped with interactive talks, small group workshops and simulation scenarios (low-fi) more in link #Toxicology #Poisoning #TAPNA2025 #Emedsky willorganise.eventsair.com/2025-tapna/

28.11.2024 12:32 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A 38-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with shock. She was treated with an infusion of methylthioninium chloride for refractory shock. The methylthioninium chloride extravasated and led to blue staining of the left upper arm.
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25.11.2024 18:49 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

NSW Health @NSWH.. •46m NSW Health is warning the community about the dangers of nitazenes following the hospitalisation of two people in NSW with severe opioid overdoses. The two people suffered severe opioid overdoses after taking what they believed to be oxycodone tablets. Public Drug Warning Severe opioid overdoses from nitazenes in fake oxycodone 26 November 2024 +

26.11.2024 07:10 — 👍 22    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Registration - 2025 TAPNA - Rydges Wellington

The #TAPNA2025 scientific meeting will be held in Wellington NZ 🇳🇿 May 6-8, registration now open ⬇️
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26.11.2024 03:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#ACEM2024 kicks off

24.11.2024 22:11 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Melbourne teen Bianca Jones dies, Holly Bowles still fighting for life after methanol poisoning in Laos Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

The unfortunately recurrent tragedy of #Methanol contaminated ethanol #Poisoning #Toxicology #ToxicAlcohol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

21.11.2024 07:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0