What information can the website provide to medical professionals and students?

  • Drug overdose and poisoning signs and symptoms
  • Specific treatment recommendations for each class of poisons. Whilst some pesticides have a well described toxicity profile in humans, many of the newer compounds rely on extrapolation from animal results as no published literature on clinical outcomes of human self poisoning has been described. Sometimes, there is little or no information on the chemical class. In such cases, relevant information for individual members is provided.
  • Non-specific management of acutely poisoned patient
  • Identification of chemical classes of poisons given the product name and functional class (e.g acaricides)
  • Specific first aid first aid for each of the common poisonous products