SAQ Library : Toxicology & Toxinology

A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after suddenly screaming while playing in the …

A 24-year-old female is brought in by ambulance with fever and altered mental status. Paramedics report a psychiatric …

A 23-year-old man has been brought to your ED by AFP and paramedics from a nearby airport. There …

A 41 year old male (80kg) is brought to your rural ED in an altered conscious state after …

A 17-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department with acute confusion after ingesting a large number of …

You are the consultant on shift in a rural emergency department. A 42-year-old man is brought in by …

A 21-year-old man presents one hour after inhaling nitrous oxide directly from a medical-grade canister. He develops throat …

43-year-old female was found by her husband with a potential deliberate poisoning. She is normally on amitriptyline, venlafaxine …

A 62-year-old woman collapses after a snake bite in southern NSW. She is first seen at a peripheral …

An 18-year-old woman presents following an overdose of paracetamol. Initial concentration is 660 µmol/L.

A 25yr old female is brought into the resuscitation area 4 hours after a polypharmacy overdose of: Quetiapine …

An unidentified 40-year-old man is brought in with reduced conscious state after collapsing at a party. His vital …

A 25-year-old female (70 kg) presents after being unconscious by a friend. A suicide letter was found by …

A 64-year-old man presents after ingesting potassium permanganate crystals as a home remedy for leg cramps.

A 31-year-old man presents with vertigo and blurred vision after ingesting home-distilled alcohol. He initially had vomiting and …

A young man presents with palpitations after chronic loperamide misuse (400–600 mg/day). An ECG is performed.

A 4-year-old girl presents after ingesting an unknown amount of her grandmother’s diltiazem.

A 25-year-old woman is brought to ED after a self-terminating seizure at a nightclub. Collateral history suggests recreational …

A 42-year-old man presents to your emergency department at midnight with a history of gradually increasing pain to …

You are working at a regional hospital in a coastal city in northern Australia. You are pre-alerted that …

A 21-year-old woman with a longstanding history of borderline personality disorder is brought in by ambulance 2 hours …

A 25-year-old man with a history of depression and anxiety is BIBA, 3 hours after taking a deliberate …

A 75-year-old male with mild dementia is BIBA after accidentally taking 2 days’ worth of his Webster pack …

You are the day consultant in a large regional ED on the east coast of NSW. You have …