The BC Drug and Poison Centre’s medical toxicologists will discuss recent changes in the management of drug overdose. Highlights include presentation of difficult management cases and discussions of controversial management areas. Toxicologists will demonstrate why the management of each case is difficult and emphasize key management strategies while focusing on pearls and pitfalls in clinical management.
What’s New in Toxicology? What Every Acute Care Practitioner Needs to Know
Apr. 20 (Sat) | 8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. | In-person only | Paetzold Auditorium, Vancouver General Hospital
Audience: family physicians, emergency physicians, internists, hospitalists, pediatricians, residents and students.
Overview: The BC Drug and Poison Centre’s medical toxicologists will discuss recent changes in the management of drug overdose. Highlights include presentation of difficult management cases and discussions of controversial management areas. Toxicologists will demonstrate why the management of each case is difficult and emphasize key management strategies while focusing on pearls and pitfalls in clinical management.
Up to 7.25 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits
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Speaker Highlights
James Chomin, MD, FRCPC. Emergency Physician, Burnaby General Hospital; Clinical Instructor, Dept of Emergency Medicine, UBC
Christopher DeWitt, MD, FRCPC. Emergency Physician, St. Paul’s Hospital; Toxicologist, BC Drug and Poison Information Centre
Jesse Goodwin, MD, FRCPC. Clinical Toxicologist and Associate Medical Lead, BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC); Clinical Instructor, Dept of Emergency Medicine, UBC
Daniel Ovakim, MD, FRCPC. MD, FRCPC. Toxicologist, Victoria, BC; Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, UBC
Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC, ABEM, FACMT. Medical Lead, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Centre for Disease Control; Interim Co-Head & Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine, UBC
Adrianna Rowe, MD, FRCPC. Toxicologist, Vancouver, BC; Assistant Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine, UBC
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