ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite
Which medication can be derived from the bark of the pictured tree?
- Aspirin
- Atropine
- Colchicine
- Quinine
Which medication can be derived from the bark of the pictured tree?
What agent would most likely be responsible for these ECG findings?
Welcome to the AIR Toxicology Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to toxicology in the Emergency Department. 8 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 3 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 hours of III credit for this module.
In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded only to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.
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Blog/Podcast | Article Title | Author(s) | Date | AIR/HM |
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EM Ottawa | Buprenorphine: A guide for ED providers | Max Zworth, MD and Rebecca Seliga, MD | Mar 9, 2023 | AIR |
EMCrit | Alcohol withdrawal | Josh Farkas, MD | Mar 29, 2023 | AIR |
ALIEM | Phenobarbital as 1st line medication for alcohol withdrawal: have you switched from benzodiazepines yet? | Alex Rogers MD, J.D. Cambron DO | Jun 1, 2023 | AIR |
EM Docs | N-acetylcysteine for Acetaminophen Toxicity | Eric Sabatini Regueira, MD and Ann-Jeannette Geib, MD | Aug 3, 2023 | HM |
EM Docs | Methylene blue | Quinton Nannet, MD and Christine Murphy, MD | Dec 27, 2022 | HM |
EM Docs | Acute organophosphate toxicity | Daniel Escobar, MD and Ann-Jeannette Geib, MD | Jun 7, 2023 | HM |
Core EM | Updates in high dose insulin and euglycemia therapy for the treatment of b-adrenergic receptor and calcium channel antagonist overdose | William Plowe, MD | Mar 28, 2022 | HM |
EM Ottawa | CBRNE and HAZMAT: Be prepared | Patrick Fisk, MD | Jan 19, 2023 | HM |
(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)
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Which of the following agents, when injected along with heroin, is associated with the skin changes pictured?
Photo by Dr. Matthew Salzman
The toxin from the golden poison dart frog most resembles which of the following in its mechanism of action?
Photo adapted from Wilfried Berns (Wikimedia Commons)
What toxin is found in bitter apricot kernels?
Which of the following best describes the pictured rash occurring 4 weeks after starting minocycline?