Thomas Ali Kidd – Pediatric Toxicology

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Speaker:Thomas Ali Kidd Jr, PA-C

Duration:1 Hour 06 Minutes

Format:Audio and Video

Copyright:Sep 14, 2022  

Media Type:Digital Seminar

Description

Pediatric patients comprise a large percentage of toxic exposure calls to US Poison Centers.  Although many of these are minor ingestions, there are several substances that can lead to severe toxicity or even death with even small ingestions in children. Learn more about the statistics, top exposures, and management.

Speaker

Thomas Kidd, PA-C, is a physician assistant and primary care practitioner at West Virginia University, Berkeley Medical Center, in Martinsburg, WV. He graduated from George Washington University in 1978. He is an active member of the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants. (MdAPA).

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Thomas Ali Kidd Jr. has employment relationships with Berkeley Medical Center, Jefferson Medical Center Urgent Care, United States Acute Care Solutions, Meritus Urgent Care, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Thomas Ali Kidd Jr. has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Evaluate trends in Pediatric toxicology agents.
2. Determine common agents that kill at low doses.
3. Recognize common toxidromes.
4. Determine appropriate investigations for pediatric toxicology presentations.
5. Develop an initial management approach to pediatric toxicology events.
6. Increase awareness of “intentional insults” by outside individuals.

Outline

• Poisoning Overview Statistics

• • Emergency Room Visits
  • Hotline Reports
  • Most Common Ages
  • 2008 – Leading Cause of Home Injury
• Top Exposures
• Most Dangerous
• Commercial Influence
• Peer Pressure

• • Cannabis
  • E-Cigs
  • Opioids
• Management of Acute Poisoning
  • Ivermectin
• Toxidomes
• Summary/Take Home

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants

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