ASPCA Poison Control Overview of Common Toxidromes and Their Management
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What You'll Learn
This course will cover common toxidromes encountered in veterinary medicine, including anticholinergic, cholinergic, sympathomimetic, opioid, and hyperthermic toxidromes.
Dr. Hopkins will provide an overview of mechanisms, clinical presentations, treatment, diagnostic testing, and considerations for approaching decontamination and unknown toxic exposures.
Takeaways
- An understanding of constellations of clinical signs and how they might direct treatment in a poisoning case.
- An understanding of mechanisms of action in groups of similar toxins that can cause significant clinical signs.
- An understanding of appropriate diagnostics to use for various conditions
- How to approach management of an unknown toxin
Suited For
Appropriate for veterinarians and technicians; aimed at emergency management but appropriate for all practitioners
Credits
This webinar is RACE-approved and is eligible for 1 hour of free CE for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
Jennifer Hopkins
DVM, DABT
Jennifer Hopkins, DVM, DABT, is a consulting toxicologist and the Director of Veterinary Toxicology Training for ASPCA Poison Control. She attended veterinary school at Cornell University, graduating in 2016. She worked in small animal clinical practice in Chicago before moving to Iowa and deciding to pursue an alternative career path in food animal inspection, welfare and food safety for the Iowa Department of Agriculture. In 2021, she joined the ASPCA Poison Control Center as a consulting veterinarian, and found her passion in toxicological case management and teaching. She enjoys managing complicated, multiple-agent cases, providing initial and ongoing training to veterinarians and support staff across the hotline, and providing continuing education to the greater veterinary community.
