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Organophosphate Poisoning

EM SIM Cases

Why It Matters This case highlights an uncommon, but clinically and academically important toxidrome. The team leader must identify the toxidrome and direct the team to early PPE use and patient decontamination. He arrived in the ED clinically unstable with symptoms of classic cholinergic toxicity.

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Friday Reflection #26: General Internal Medicine in the Time of COVID

Sensible Medicine

” He was masked, I wore full PPE (mask, goggles, gown, gloves, and bonnet). I also began to feel useful as a physician and an academic. Memorable was how different our behaviors were compared to those of a doctor and a patient during any previous visit for an “influenza-like illness.”