Pocket ICU Management
Deliberate Toxin Exposure
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Cyanide toxicity
- Airway mgt
- ABCs of resuscitation
- Organophosphate poisoning: pesticides & nerve gas agents (Tabun, Sarin, Soman, VX)
- Does pt have any of the following?
- Respiratory failure: weakness of respiratory muscles, increased airway resistance or depression of respiratory centers
- Coma or seizures
- Arrhythmias
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Last updated: April 21, 2010
Citation
"Deliberate Toxin Exposure." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534258/all/Deliberate_Toxin_Exposure.
Deliberate Toxin Exposure. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534258/all/Deliberate_Toxin_Exposure. Accessed November 3, 2025.
Deliberate Toxin Exposure. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534258/all/Deliberate_Toxin_Exposure
Deliberate Toxin Exposure [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2025 November 03]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534258/all/Deliberate_Toxin_Exposure.
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