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Episode 21 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
In this episode we talk to Dr. Leo Schep from the National Poisons Centre of New Zealand about the country's experience with regulating synthetic cannabinoids, known there as "Legal Highs". Afterwards, you'll get a first peek at the new talking naloxon...
Episode 21 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
In this episode we talk to Dr. Leo Schep from the National Poisons Centre of New Zealand about the country's experience with regulating synthetic cannabinoids, known there as "Legal Highs". Afterwards, you'll get a first peek at the new talking naloxon...
Episode 20 Acetyl Fentanyl and CDC
In this episode we talk to Katherine Kimbrell, an EM doc in RI, as well as Matt Lozier and Molly Boyd from CDC about the emerging acetyl fentanyl deaths and their investigation
Episode 20 Acetyl Fentanyl and CDC
In this episode we talk to Katherine Kimbrell, an EM doc in RI, as well as Matt Lozier and Molly Boyd from CDC about the emerging acetyl fentanyl deaths and their investigation
Episode 19 Suicide Gas
In this episode we talk about a mystery gas increasingly used in suicides and get a first hand account from Nick Connors from the NYCPCC. Articles mentioned are available here and a link to the Frontline documentary.
Episode 19 Suicide Gas
In this episode we talk about a mystery gas increasingly used in suicides and get a first hand account from Nick Connors from the NYCPCC. Articles mentioned are available here and a link to the Frontline documentary.
Episode 18 Medical Child Abuse Conference
For this episode we recorded a joint conference with the Aubin Child Protection Center at Hasbro Children's Hospital. The team discusses evaluating a child for medical child abuse and the unique challenge of interpreting lab results.
Episode 17 Krokodil Kraze
In this episode, we talk to Maximilian Gahr about the US emergence of desomorphine (Krokodil) and implications for investigation and treatment. Reports coming out of Arizona and Illinois, are reminiscent of past reports from Germany. Dr.
Episode 16 Sarin in Syria
In this special episode we follow up with Steve Bird to talk about what kinds of confirmatory tests are going on to determine if Sarin was used in Syria. This is a follow up to Episode 7 where we talked about the toxicology of organophosphates and nerv...
Episode 15 The Lost Weekend and Alcohol Withdrawal
In this episode we talk to Timothy Wiegand from Rochester about treating the toxicity associated with alcohol and alcohol withdrawal. This was prompted by a recent ACMT pre-symposium in Puerto Rico. We also refer to work by Jose Maldonado with a nice f.