EMDocs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

of exposures reported to poison control centers in 2021 were related to antipsychotics or sedative-hypnotics with the majority of those exposures occurring in patients 20 years of age or older. 1,6 Agitation, delirium, psychosis, and hallucinations can occur and may be incorrectly attributed to concurrent psychiatric illness.

Poisoning 111

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EKG/ECG Seizures 111

Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 11, 2023

PATIENT PRESENTATION A young woman with a past medical history of major depressive disorder presented to the emergency room via EMS for a report of intentional ingestion of an unknown substance. EMS reported that she was vomiting profusely on their arrival to the scene but during transport became increasingly lethargic.

EMS 97

EMS Psychiatric Emergency Department Poisoning 97

Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 30, 2018

We see patients with toxic alcohol poisoning most commonly in three clinical scenarios. Alcohol is everywhere, and inevitably inebriated people show up at your ED with a myriad of medical and psychiatric problems. And that isn’t so easy - especially when it comes to toxic alcohols.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Poisoning EMS 52

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Nachi: Sometimes… Jeff: This month’s issue was authored by Mollie Williams, who is the EM residency program director at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Jeff: In terms of psychiatric effects, several low-to-moderate quality studies have shown statistically significant associations between psychosis and self-reported cannabis use.

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

2,7 Organophosphate poisonings in agriculturally-centered communities are of public health concern in developing countries. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. 7 May lead to respiratory failure.

Poisoning 98

Poisoning Airway Management Seizures PPE 98