A SYSTEMIC REVIEW OF GENRRAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT IN CASE OF POISONING

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Aditi Awasthi
Raj Awasthi
Amolak Singh

Keywords

Resuscitation, saline levage, Antidote

Abstract

In management of poisoning the patient should be shifted to I.C.U. and where require ABCD of resuscitation. It required (A) Airway (B) Breathing(C) Circulation (D) Drugs (E) Evaluation.Then requires removal of Poison from body. ABCDE method was first used by Scan din a vision physicians in 1940 used in barbiturate poisoning.Another thing which is done is decontamination. Copious saline levage, skin-copious water, then soap and water. G.I.T. vomiting, levage, dextrose and dialysis.Lastly administration of antidotes.

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