North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT)

Key Topics

• 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

Who should Attend

• Pharmacists
• Physicians
• Medical Toxicologists
• Educators
• Poison Center Educators
• Clinical Toxicologists
• Nurses