Description

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Part of the "What Do I Do Now: Emergency Medicine" series, Medical Toxicology is an interactive, case-based book that covers content not found in most general specialty textbooks, and gives readers the opportunity to prepare for board certification and recertification, and to gain medical toxicology expertise without the need to perform a deep dive into the literature. The 34 chapters go beyond the basics of common and dangerous toxicities and provide the next step of care for complicated cases, as well as backgrounds to the pathophysiology of severe overdoses. It also addresses multiple overdoses, poisonings, and envenomations and supplements the information and recommendations of a poison center or toxicologist by providing background reasoning when a deep dive into a particular topic is not possible. Readers who are medical students, residents, advanced practice providers, staff physicians in emergency departments, hospitalists, and critical care providers will all find the content in this book stimulating, interactive, and a reliable resource that replicates a curbside consult with an expert.

About the Author

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Joseph Carpenter, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Medical Toxicology Section, Department of Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Carpenter completed his residency in emergency medicine at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and fellowship in medical toxicology at Emory University and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. His clinical time is split between Grady Memorial Hospital's emergency department, medically assisted opioid treatment clinic, and medical toxicology consultation service, as well as the Georgia Poison Center. His research efforts have been funded by multiple federal agencies and lie at the growing intersection of emergency medicine, medical toxicology, and addiction medicine. Brian Patrick Murray, DO is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. He graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in Biochemistry and earned his DO at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a Traditional Rotating Internship at Nassau University Medical Center, his Emergency Medicine Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center, and subspecialty training in Medical Toxicology at Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.