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Tox Emergencies | March 7th, 2023

Date of Presentation: March 7, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #accidental overdose  #ems  #poison  #tox  

Toxic insults can make up to 10 % of EMS calls, range from intentional SI to accidents to environmental exposures. In this presentation, Elizabeth J Melton, MSN, AGACNP, NRP, discusses varied toxicology emergencies and how they present as well as how to respond to each scenario.

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Elizabeth J Melton, MSN, AGACNP, NRP

Elizabeth Melton, MSN, AGACNP, NRP, is a Nurse Practitioner with the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of New Mexico, where she serves as EMS Faculty.  She is part of the UNM Center for Rural and Tribal EMS. She is board certified as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and specializes in Emergency Medicine, Acute Care Medicine, and in EMS Medicine.  She completed her Nurse Practitioner training and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and is a Nationally Registered and State of New Mexico certified Paramedic.  Elizabeth currently serves as Deputy EMS Medical Director for Navajo Nation EMS, Pueblo of Zuni Fire and EMS, Cibola County Emergency Medical Services Office of Emergency Management, Pine Hill Emergency Medical Services, Pueblo of Isleta EMS, and the City of Grants Fire Rescue.  Her areas of research interest is in rural, frontier, and Tribal EMS, community paramedicine, and acute care interventions and procedures.

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Date added: March 7, 2023