This document discusses the assessment and management of drug overdoses. It covers evaluating the patient's history, performing examinations and investigations. Key poisoning agents discussed include paracetamol, aspirin, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, opiates, and others. Management involves supportive care, decontamination, specific antidotes, and monitoring for complications depending on the toxin ingested.

1. Drug Overdose - Poisons and Poisoning Dr. Mohamed Bawoh Department of Clinical Pharmacology Yaroslavl State Medical Academy

2. Accidental?

3. Deliberate?

14. Paracetamol Metabolism

17. Treatment Graph

25. Tricyclic OD – Initial ECG

26. Tricyclic OD – Recovery ECG