ToX in a BoX

Wednesday, 21 September 2022
08:00 – 16:40

Course Fee

• Organizing Society Member (AAEM, MAEM): $335
• Non-Member: $380
• Maltese Physicians: $100 USD
• Maltese Physician-in-Training: $50 USD
• Maltese Non-Physician (students): $0 USD

Course Description

Even though Emergency physicians are at the forefront of the care of toxicological emergencies, they may not have immediate access to support from a bedside medical toxicology consultation.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, each participant should be able to:

1. Discuss the evaluation of common toxicological emergencies.
2. Describe poisoning from natural toxins.
3. Discuss the management of critical poisonings.
4. List 5 antidotes that should be available in every emergency department.

Target Audience

Emergency physicians, nurses, and medical students

Course Prerequisite

There are no course prerequisites.

Course Directors

Ziad Kazzi, MD FAAEM FACMT FAACT
Associate Professor, Director, International Postdoctoral Medical Toxicology Fellowship, Assistant Medical Director, Georgia Poison Center, President, MENATOX, Board, Member, ACMT, Editor, AHLS for Radiological Incidents and Terrorism

Mark Lawrence Zammit, MScMedTox FEAPCCT
University of Malta, Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Malta

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