The North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) covers topics such as:
- The scientific evidence behind naloxone kit distribution programs
- The pathophysiology and possible treatments of toxic alcoholsother than ethanol, methanol, and ethylene glycol
- An approach to incorporating various granulocyte colonystimulating factors into a treatment algorithm for acute radiation sickness
- The cost of treating a poisoned patient, including the changingprices of antidotes
- A treatment algorithm for the acutely violent intoxicated patientthat incorporates both benzodiazepines and antipsychotics
- The pharmacology of cannabinoid receptors and how theyhave affected the landscape of drugs of abuse in the 21st century
- The consequences of oil pipeline spills
- Antidote stocking in Canada and lessons learned that could beapplied elsewhere
- Prescription medicine misuse in North Americaversus Europe and Australasia
- Toxins and their relative danger in humans versus animals
- Health risk assessments in the context of an Indonesian lead mine
- The impact of the opioid crisis on children and adolescents
- The current controversies in pesticide toxicology
The North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) brings together:
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Medical Toxicologists
- Educators
- Poison Center Educators
- Clinical Toxicologists
- Nurses
