Detection and Management of Acute Drug Poisoning, Sachbücher von Warda Youssef, Hanaa Elfeky, Yahia El Sayed

Acute drug poisoning is one of the life threatening conditions. Detection and management of poisoning constitutes a core emergency nursing competency. Nurse's knowledge and practice play important roles in provision of supportive care to decrease morbidity and mortality secondary to poisonings.Poisoning requires a multi-disciplinary team to manage a set of issues ranging from prevention of poisonings in the home to support critically ill poisoned patients in the emergency and intensive care units.