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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury

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Most common traumatic injuries are fractures, TBIs, and thoracic or abdominal injuries. Severely burned patients have impaired thermoregulation and are at risk of hypothermia. If the patient is altered after smoke exposure in an enclosed spaced, consider carbon monoxide or cyanide poisoning.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

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Unusual strychnine poisoning and its treatment: report of eight cases. 2022 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System ® (NPDS) from America’s Poison Centers ® : 40th Annual Report. Case report: Survival after deliberate strychnine self-poisoning, with toxicokinetic data. Strychnine poisoning.