Toxidromes and the Agitated Patient
Activity
Clerkship Teaching Session
Clerkship Teaching Session
Sympathetic toxidrome. Anticholinergic toxidrome. Cholinergic toxidrome. Opioid toxidrome. Sedative Hypnotic toxidrome. Hallucinogens
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Psychiatry Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Assess and manage violence/agitation/homicidality
- Assess (including relevant physical exam) and manage substance use.
- Assess and manage other psychiatric emergencies/crises and acute presentations: toxidromes and withdrawal; overdoses: (e.g. TCA, acetaminophen); severe drug reactions: NMS, sertonin syndrome, dystonia; medical conditions with possible psychiatric presentation (e.g. catatonia, delirium)
- Assess and manage acute psychosis.
- Recommend medication management, monitoring and counselling, including: Classes of psychiatric medications and their indications. Medication counselling: indications, choice, side effects, etc. Pre-medication work-up. Medication monitoring and work-up. Side effects (blood tests and physical e.g. AIMS). Metabolic syndromes and monitoring. Special populations (pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy). Acute syndromes/reactions (NMS, dystonia, serotonin syndrome, toxicity).
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Psychiatry Rotation
Discipline
Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Anxiety
Hypertension
Hypothermia and Cold-Related Injury
Palpitations
Psychosis
Seizures / Epilepsy
Suicidal Behavior
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests.
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
