Antidotes for Poisoning: Pearls and Pitfalls Craig Smollin MD Associate Medical Director, California Poison Control Center, SF Division Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine University of California, San Francisco Disclosures No financial relationship to any commercial products discussed in this talk What are the most common interventions performed in acute poisoning? Interventions in poisoning AAPCC 2008 No. Cases Interventions in poisoning AAPCC 2008 No. Cases First and foremost, poisoned patients need good supportive care! Be prepared! Antidotes are Sexy John Travolta injects Uma Thurman with “adrenaline”