Interested in Toxicology? APAMT and TAPNA

You took WHAT???The more you know, the less you know about a poison…. just look at paracetamol! And if your patient took something you knew a little bit about…. it is always combined with a new chemical name that you have never heard about! Not to mention the forever changing and amazing routes to administer it!If you would like to know more about Toxicology, there will be two amazing Toxicology conferences in Australia this year.On 1st and 2nd of May 2015 there is the TAPNA (Toxicology and Poisons Network Australasia) scientific meeting in Sydney. Since it is closely linked with Emergency Medicine and the poisonings are all kind of acute by the time they come to medical attention, the topic of the conference is Toxicology issues in acute care. The first day will be a conference with a few notable Australian speakers (Prof Nick Buckley on evidence and controversies in Toxicology, Dr Simone Strasser on drug induced hepatotoxicity, Dr Geoof Isbister on toxicokinetics, Dr Deidre Murphy on ECMO use in the poisoned patient). The second day is an educational session on common Toxicology presentations, useful for anybody working in an Emergency Department, wanting to start a career in Toxicology or simply with an interest in Toxicology. The presenters will be Dr Andrew Dawson (@lankatox), Dr Colin Page, Dr Michael Downes (@ToxTalks), Dr Kate Sellors (@katesellors) and Dr Zeff Koutsogiannis (@zeff65) and myself (@ivyswonders).Then on 1st to 4th December 2015 WATS (West...
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