Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)
Reviewed and revised 20 November 2016
OVERVIEW
- APAMT is the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology:
The Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology in an international association established by a group of medical toxicologists in 1989. Its goal is to promote chemical safety, poison control and treatment within the Asia Pacific region.
To achieve this goal, the organisation embarks on activities with the purpose of establishing and maintain cooperation with government organisations, professional bodies and individuals concerned with poisoning and poisoning-related issues and the gathering of relevant and essential data, for the further understanding of poisoning situations in the Asia Pacific region.
The association also promotes the conduct of scientific research on poison in clinical toxicology individual and the exchange of poison information among the different poison centres in the region. It fosters professional education in the field of toxicology and collaborates with international institutions, particularly the World Health Organization.
- This page includes the resources for my presentation at the 2016 APAMT conference in Singapore
BEDSIDE TOXICOLOGY: WHAT NOT TO DO
- Approach to acute poisoning (CCC)
- Basics (Tox Library)
- Urine drug screen (CCC)
- Activated Charcoal (CCC)
- Gastric lavage (CCC)
- Enhanced Elimination (CCC)
- Antidotes (CCC)
- Antidotes (Tox Library – list of individual antidotes with clinical pharmacology information)
- Glucagon as an antidote (CCC)
GENERAL RESOURCES
- LITFL Tox Library
- Toxicology Conundrums (over 50 case-based Q&A posts to test your knowledge)
- Critical Care Compendium (search the database of over 1600 critical care topics, including toxicology)
Critical Care
Compendium
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
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