SAQ Library : Toxicology & Toxinology

You are the ED consultant in a rural hospital. A 31-year-old man presents with vertigo and blurred vision …

A 5-year-old boy presents after a spider bite while playing in a garden in Sydney. He is sweating, …

A 45-year-old woman presents 4 hours after an intentional overdose. Her medicationsinclude slow-release verapamil 180 mg, salbutamol, and …

A 29-year-old woman with epilepsy presents after ingesting 90 tablets of 200 mg sodium valproate. She weighs 60 …

An 18-year-old female patient presents to ED following an overdose of paracetamol. The RMO reports a paracetamol concentration …

A 3-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department approximately 2 hours after being found playing with his …

A 27-year-old right-hand-dominant male presents with severe pain in his right hand after splashing concentrated hydrofluoric acid cleaning …

A 62-year-old male presents to a regional emergency department in North Queensland after swimming within stinger nets. He …

A 34-year-old man has been brought to your ED after ingesting an unknown quantity of organophosphate pesticide.

You receive notification of 15 casualties that will present to your small rural ED from a fire in …

A 4-year-old boy is brought to ED by his mum with ataxia.

A 2-year-old boy has been taken to triage by his parents who found the child playing with an …

A 14-year-old girl has presented after an intentional overdose of insulin.

A 58 year old man has been found at his home with altered conscious state after a suspectedingestion …

A 19 year old woman has been brought to ED after having a seizure at a music festival. …

A 25-year-old man arrives by ambulance to your ED following a suspected overdose. He wasfound at home, unconscious, …

A 50-year-old man presents to your ED 6-hours after a suspected snake bite. He has received no first …

A 20-year-old female is brought into your ED after having been found in cardiac arrest on a beach …

A 2-year-old child, Rosie, is brought to your department by her parents. She has been well during the …

A 28-year-old man presents following a suspected GHB overdose. His GCS is 7 (E1V1M5).

A 36-year-old female is brought into the Emergency Department after being found unconscious in her car. She was …

A 19-year-old female presents 2 hours post an intentional drug overdose. She admits to taking 250 tablets of …

A 57-year-old male worker from a nearby insulation materials and dyes factory presents with confusion, dizziness, shortness of …

A 24-year-old female presents after ingesting approximately 50 x 20 mg propranolol tablets following an argument with her …