Little, Mark (2009) Emergency management and resuscitation of poisoned patients: perspectives from "down under". Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 17 (36). pp. 1-3.

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Abstract

Deliberate self poisoning (DSP) is a common presentation to an emergency department (ED), being an acute medical exacerbation of a chronic psychosocial disorder. At Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) in Perth Western Australia, DSP and intoxication accounts for 4.6% of all ED presentations, the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, reported 650 presentations per year (2% of their ED presentations). In the UK, Kappur estimated an annual rate of presentation to a UK hospital of 310/100000 population and estimated 170 000 presentations to EDs in the UK. One American study estimated an annual rate of ED presentation of self harm in 7 – 24 years old at 225.3 per 100 000 population. With such a caseload it is important that there is a structured process to the management and disposition of cases, as Boyle and her colleagues have described in their review article on the management of the critically poisoned patient. As Boyle discussed resuscitation is an essential part of the management of the poisoned patient, and often this and good supportive care is all that is required in the patients management.

Item ID:	39492
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	1757-7251
Additional Information:	© 2009 Little; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2015 03:36
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