Antidotes Flashcards
Where can you find advice on doses and indication for antidote administration?
Toxbase
BNF
National poisons information service
Guys poisons unit
What is the antidote for paracetamol OD?
Acetylcysteine (NAC)
What do you use activated charcoal for?
Many oral poisons
What is the antidote for organophosphate or carbamate insecticides?
Atropine
What is the antidote for calcium channel blockers and the systemic effects of hydrofluoric acid?
Calcium chloride
What is the antidote for local infiltration of hydrofluoric acid?
Calcium gluconate
What is the antidote for cyanide?
Cyanokit (hydroxocobalamin)
What is the antidote for digoxin?
Digoxin specific antibody fragments
What is the reversal agent for iatrogenic over sedation only
Flumazenil
What is the antidote for beta-adrenoreceptor blockers?
Glucagon
What is the antidote for severe systemic local anaesthetic toxicity?
Intralipid 20%
What is the antidote for methaemoglobinaemia?
Methylthionium chloride (methylene blue)
What is the antidote for opioids?
Naloxone
What do you administer if a patients is having dystonic reactions?
Procyclidine injection
What is the antidote for tricyclic antidepressants, anti arrhythmic drugs and urinary alkalisation?
Sodium bicarbonate