Learning Objectives

• Define the terms poison, toxin, venom, antidote, toxicology, toxinology, envenomation and toxidrome
• Describe the key clinical features of 7 common toxidromes
• List groups of drugs that may cause these 7 toxidromes
• Describe the emergency management of 7 common drugs taken in overdose, including antidotes
• Describe the diagnosis (including snake venom detection kit) and management of suspected snake bite
• Describe the diagnosis and emergency management of redback and funnel web spider bites
• Describe the diagnosis and emergency management of suspected Box and Irukandji jellyfish envenomation

Poison

• what is a poison?
• what is a toxin vs venom?
• what is toxicology vs toxinology?
• what is envenomation?
• what is a dry bite vs stick bite?
• what is an antidote?

Toxidrome

• what are 5 key examination features of a toxidrome?
• how do you use these features to diagnose a toxidrome?
• Toxidrome Summary