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July 11, 2024 • Toxicology Section

Xylazine: A Confounding Adulterant

A 32-year-old male arrives via EMS after a suspected opioid overdose. Four milligrams of intranasal naloxone were administered in the field with limited effect.

June 13, 2024 • Toxicology Section

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonists

A 32-year-old female presents with the chief complaint, “I can’t stop vomiting.” The triage note states, “Patient seen here two days ago for same.” Vital signs: Pulse 115 bpm, BP 115/60 mmHg, T 98.8°F...

April 24, 2024 • Toxicology Section

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

A 44-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of vomiting for the past three days. The patient stated that her last oral intake was four days ago.

September 19, 2023 • Toxicology Section

Dr. De La Cruz Invites You to the ACEP Toxicology Section's Meeting in Philadelphia

Please join us for the annual Toxicology Section meeting to be held as part of ACEP23 in Philadelphia, PA, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.

August 9, 2023 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: In the Blood

I'd like to recommend a fantastic new book. “IN THE BLOOD” is a fascinating, fast-paced, really well-written book about the invention of QuikClot and Combat Gauze with the discovery of the hemostatic ...

August 9, 2023 • Toxicology Section

A Sticky Situation: The Delaware Latex Spill

From March 24th - 26th, 2023, there was a massive acrylic latex polymer spill by the Trinseo company into the Delaware River. Approximately 30,000 L was spilled into one of the tributaries of the rive...

August 9, 2023 • Toxicology Section

Stinky Horn Mushroom (Phallus Impudicus) "I know it when I smell it"

Stinky Horn mushrooms (or stinkhorn mushrooms) are a wide and diffuse family of fungi with many subtypes and amazing appearances that often look otherworldly.

July 14, 2023 • Toxicology Section

Up in Flames: Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, putting this small town on the map.

December 6, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Meet Our Chair Elect, Dr. Stella Wong

Dr. Maricel Dela Cruz interviews Dr. Stella Wong about her career path and interest in Toxicology.

October 19, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Simulation Case Library

Here are our peer reviewed cases. The cases will emphasize key teaching points important in emergency toxicology.

September 12, 2022 • Toxicology Section

In Memoriam

Army Col., Dr. J. David Barry, MD

September 5, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Riot Control Agents

Chemical riot control agents are used all over the world.

July 25, 2022 • Toxicology Section

In Memoriam

James Roberts, MD

June 14, 2022 • Toxicology Section

TikTok Nutmeg Challenge Leads To Intoxication

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), a household spice, has been reported as the cause of accidental, intentional, or suicidal overdosing for 400 years.

May 4, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Tammi Schaeffer

Dr. Maricel Dela Cruz interviews Dr. Tammi Schaeffer about her career path and interest in Toxicology.

April 26, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: Silent Parade

Dr. Gerald O'Malley reviews Silent Parade, a Detective Galileo Novel by Keigo Higashino

April 26, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Editor's Corner

A Welcome from the Toxicology Section's Newsletter Editor, Maricel Dela Cruz, DO, MPH

April 26, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: Flowering of the Bamboo

Dr. Gerald O'Malley reviews the book Flowering of the Bamboo, written by William C. Triplett II.

March 17, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Movie Review: Requiem for a Dream

Gerald O'Malley, DO, FACEP Whenever a group of tox geeks get together to talk movies, Requiem for a Dream invariably comes up as someone’s favorite. Released in 2000 and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennif...

February 15, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: Blackout – Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget

Gerald O’Malley, DO, FACEP Sarah Hepola is a staff writer and editor at Salon and has published in several other online outlets and magazines. She lives in Dallas, TX and BLACKOUT: REMEMBERING THE THI...

January 20, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Movie Review: Maria Full of Grace

Gerald O'Malley, DO, FACEP Maria Full of Grace from 2004 is a harrowing movie that documents the terrifying and desperate journey of a pregnant young woman who, in an attempt to escape her dead-end fu...

January 20, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Music Review: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Gerald O'Malley, DO, FACEP “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, along with “White Rabbit”, serves as a pillar of reference for the exploration of psychedelic drugs found in the music of the late ‘60 and e...

January 19, 2022 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Music Review: White Rabbit

Gerald O’Malley, DO, FACEP   One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all   Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall   And if you ...

January 19, 2022 • Toxicology Section

Book Review: Time Release

Gerald O’Malley, DO, FACEP   Since this review is being posted on Christmas Eve, I thought I’d give all of you an early Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus present and introduce you to one of the best...

December 16, 2021 • Toxicology Section • Toxicology Media Reviews

Movie Review: Trainspotting

by Gerald O'Malley, DO, FACEP There are several different definitions of trainspotting - some of them stupid (staring over a DJ’s shoulder to see which record he will play next) and some of them accur...

December 15, 2021 • Toxicology Section

Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Robert Bassett

Dr. Maricel Dela Cruz interviews Dr. Robert Bassett about his career path and interest in Toxicology.

December 8, 2021 • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: Poisoner-In-Chief

It’s an excellent historical account of the MK-ULTRA mind control experiments and associated other CIA-run programs in the 1950s and 1960s and the human fallout.

December 8, 2021 • Toxicology Media Reviews

Music Review: Sister Morphine (Rolling Stones)

I’ve seen them three times in my life, most recently in Philadelphia in July 2019 during one of the late Charlie Watts’ final shows.

December 8, 2021 • Toxicology Media Reviews

Movie Review: Once Were Warriors

In this week’s Venomous Media Review we will discuss a fantastic film from 1995 that many of you won’t have seen because it is a very small arthouse film from New Zealand called Once Were Warriors.

December 7, 2021 • Toxicology Media Reviews

Book Review: Madhouse at the End of the Earth

This is the greatest adventure story that no-one has ever heard of. It’s a story of polar exploration in the late 19th century, arguably the greatest era of reckless adventure in human history.
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