Churchill's Pocketbook of Toxicology

This practical manual covers the basic principle of care for poisoned patients including elimination methods, supportive care, talking to relatives and use of the toxicology laboratory. It details practical instructions on care of patients with specific common and/or serious overdoses; for other overdoses, sufficient background is given to allow for appropriate management. It is equally important to know which substances are harmless to avoid unnecessary intervention and a section on non-hazardous agents is included. The final section covers the practical procedures of care and treatment especially when the caused agent may not have been identified.Highly accessible information for when time is short and lives can be savedInformation accessible both by agent when known and by presenting clinical symptoms when unknownIncludes contact addresses, phone numbers of poison centres for UK, Northern Europe, Australia Includes many simple decision trees