Toxicology

Catalog description

Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Opportunity to experience the initial clinical management of a patient with an acute poisoning; increase familiarity and knowledge of clinical signs and symptoms of the major toxidromes; utilization of the poison center in the management; the use of the clinical laboratory and radiography, decontamination, the use of antidotes, hemodialysis, and resuscitation algorithms; 2- to 4-week elective. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.