Overdose Treatments Flashcards
What is the treatment of an ethylene glycol (antifreeze) overdose?
Fomepizole
What is the treatment of a methanol overdose?
Fomepizole
or
ethanol + haemodialysis
What is the treatment of a benzodiazepine overdose?
Flumazenil
What is the treatment of a paracetamol overdose?
NAC
What is the treatment of an opioid overdose?
Naloxone
What is the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning?
100% hyperbaric oxygen
What is the treatment of a salicylate overdose?
Supportive
Haemodialysis
IV bicarbonate
What is the treatment of a tricyclic antidepressant overdose?
IV bicarbonate
What is the treatment of a lithium overdose?
Supportive
Haemodialysis
What is the treatment of a warfarin overdose?
Vitamin K
Prothrombin complex
What is the treatment of a heparin overdose?
Protamine sulphate
What is the treatment of a beta blocker overdose?
Atropine (if Brady)
Glucagon (if resistant)
What is the treatment of an organophosphate insecticide overdose?
Atropine
What is the treatment of a digoxin overdose?
digoxin specific antibody fragments
What is the treatment of an iron overdose?
Desferrioxamine (chelating agent)
What is the treatment of a lead, mercury, gold or arsenic overdose?
Dimercaprol
What is the treatment of cyanide poisoning?
Hydroxoxobalamin
or
amylnitrate + sodium nitrate + sodium thiosulphate
What should be given if lidocaine is accidentally injected into a vessel?
Lipid emulsion
What should be given if there is a local vasoconstriction in response to injected adrenaline used for a procedure
(e.g. finger goes blue after adrenaline is injected into a wound on the hand)
phentolamine
