A Review of 3 Years of Cardiac Arrest Phone Calls to a State‐Based Poisons Centre
In this study, poisoning-related cardiac arrest was associated with a high survival rate, even in cases with non-shockable rhythms. Hypoxia and direct cardiac toxicity were identified as the primary aetiologies in many patients.
Authors
- Darren M. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-7577)
- Angela L. Chiew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-5056)
- Úna Nic Ionmhain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-4980)
- Mark Salter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-0078)
- Ben Tisdell
- Pramod Chandru
Institutions
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Liverpool Hospital (AU)
- Nepean Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70211
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00