This university program brings you closer to the advances in the treatments applied to patients suffering from gas poisoning"

Social and economic changes influence the presence of intoxicated persons in the emergency department. Apart from the control and prevention measures in consumer products, there are individual behaviors associated with leisure that lead to alcohol poisoning or drug overdose, especially in the youth population group. Likewise, drug abuse by people with mental disorders is also notable in the Emergency department. Two scenarios, where the medical professional must be aware of the most consumed substances, their effects on the body and the therapeutic approach.

Therefore, emetics, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, forced diuresis or alkaline diuresis are the techniques of absorption or purification of toxins most commonly used by medical professionals, who, however, must be up to date with the advances made in the diagnoses and treatments currently used in patients who have suffered poisoning by heavy metals, pesticides or medical devices. In this scenario, TECH has developed a professional master’s degree that will allow students to delve into Emergency Toxicology in a dynamic manner. 

The multimedia teaching resources that make up the syllabus of this university program will favor the medical professionals who seek to update their knowledge in a visual and agile way. Accordingly, the program will delve into the most frequent poisonings, as well as the products, food or animals that cause the mildest to the most serious poisonings. This program will also delve into the protection measures of health care personnel, as well as the most relevant legal aspects of toxicological care.

This professional master’s degree is, therefore, an excellent opportunity for professionals who wish to update their knowledge through an exclusively online and flexible format, which will allow them to balance their medical functions with a university education. With no classroom attendance or fixed class timetables, students who take part in this program will only need an electronic device with an Internet connection to access the complete syllabus hosted on the virtual campus. Additionally, the Relearning system, used by this academic institution in all its programs, reduces the long hours of study that are so common in other teaching methods.  

TECH provides you with all the necessary tools to update your knowledge in Toxicology in an agile and comfortable way"

This professional master’s degree in Emergency Toxicology contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most outstanding features are:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Toxicology
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

The library of educational resources will immerse you in synthetic drug intoxication so that you are aware of their effects on the patient"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, in which the professional will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts. 

Delve into prolonged latency syndromes in a much more engaging way thanks to the multimedia content of this university program"

You can access the most exhaustive syllabus on the most common toxidromes in the Emergency Department."

This program is aimed at providing the Medical professional with the latest information on the therapeutic management of the poisoned patient, as well as the different techniques used and the administration of the most effective antidotes depending on the poisoning. The simulations of clinical cases provided by the specialized teaching team will be very useful for students by bringing them closer in a much clearer and direct way to situations than they may experience in the Emergency Department.

Access a program that will allow you to get up to date on the main toxins and the complications that arise as a result of their consumption"

General Objectives

• Define the basic and general principles of care for the severely poisoned patient
• Identify the main toxics available in our environment
• Describe the main signs and symptoms related to severe acute poisoning and its organ involvement
• Implement mechanisms to protect the severely poisoned patients and those around them
• Detect complications related to the related toxicant or to the patient's health status
• Explain the process of care, diagnosis and treatment of the severely poisoned patient in all its dimensions

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Introduction

• Assess the acutely intoxicated patient 
• Explain the process of applying life support in the acutely poisoned patient
• Apply preventive techniques for gastrointestinal absorption
• Diagnose the alterations of the water and electrolyte balance in the acutely poisoned patient
• Describe toxicokinetics and its implication for emergency treatment 

Module 2. Assessment of the Poisoned Patient

• Explain the decontamination procedures in acute dermal intoxication
• Define the toxicity mechanisms in the men's and female genitourinary tract
• Identify the effects of xenobiotics 
• Describe the ECG alterations in poisonings that produce cardiac involvement
• Recognize the possible arrhythmias to be detected in acute poisonings
• Manage the hematological involvement that occurs in acute poisonings 

Module 3. Therapeutic Management of the Poisoned Patient: Life Support

• Explain the procedure for examination of the patient with fume inhalation poisoning
• Determine the therapeutic approach to be carried out in the patient poisoned by inhalation of fumes or other respiratory agents 
• Establish the differential diagnosis between the different toxic renal syndromes
• Identify the clinical pictures that can occur in poisoning with neurological involvement
• Describe the systemic repercussion of eye poisoning
• Know those toxins that cause hepatic affectation and their repercussion at the organic level
• Rate violent and self-injurious behaviors in relation to psychiatric toxicology 

Module 4. Therapeutic Management of the Poisoned Patient: Specific Treatment

• Determine the organic repercussions of toxicology in athletes and the different products used
• Assess poisoning related to possible pharmacological errors in the pediatric patient 
• Apply specific protocols to be followed in case of overdose in pregnant women  
• Locate the principles of teratogenesis and all those products that can produce it
• Master products that may pose a risk of poisoning to both the mother and the newborn during breastfeeding 
• Examine the epidemiology, etiology and repercussions of acute poisonings in pediatric and neonatal age
• Diagnose the characteristics of intentional and unintentional poisoning in the elderly 

Module 5. Therapeutic Management of the Poisoned Patient: Additional Aspects

• Evaluate the toxicokinetics of paracetamol, antihistamines and decongestants and protocols for their management
• Recognize the toxicokinetics of antifungal and anti-inflammatory drugs and therapeutic strategies against them 
• Examine the toxicokinetics of opioids, bisphosphonates and antineoplastics and their treatment in case of acute intoxication 
• Determine the toxicokinetics of antiepileptics, antidiabetics and hypoglycemic agents and their appropriate clinical approach 

Module 6. Toxicology of Drugs of Abuse

• Identify the toxicokinetics of selective β2-adrenergic agonists, cardioactive steroids, antiarrhythmics, antithrombotics, anticoagulants, thrombolytics and
• antifibrinolytics and their treatment in case of acute intoxication
• Explain the toxicokinetics of antibiotics, antifungals and antivirals, antimalarials, antiparasitics and their correct clinical management

Module 7. Toxicology and Pharmacology

• Manage the toxicokinetics of SSRI and other atypical antidepressants, sedative hypnotics and barbiturates, benzodiazepines and muscle relaxants and therapeutic approach
• Know the toxicokinetics of local and general anesthetics, antipsychotics, lithium 
• Master phytotherapeutic and vitamin intoxications

Module 8. Industrial Poisoning from Fumes

• Evaluate the toxicokinetics of phencyclidine, ketamine, amphetamines and designer drugs, inhalants, ethanol, cannabinoids and marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogens and their treatment in case of acute intoxication
• Differentiate the toxicokinetics of substances for chemical submission and the most recent protocols for their correct management 

Module 9. Industrial Poisoning by Solvents

• Recognize the toxicokinetics of petroleum derivatives, fluorine, hydrofluoric acid, methanol, ethylene glycol and other toxic alcohols and their treatment in case of acute intoxication
• Interpret the toxicokinetics of asphyxiants and pulmonary irritants, antiseptics, disinfectants and sterilizers, as well as the most effective protocols for their treatment

Module 10. Industrial Poisoning by Heavy Metals

• Manage the toxicokinetics of arsenic, lead, iron, taking into account their individualized care
• Recognize the toxicokinetics of mercury and cyanides, as well as the strategies to prevent the death of the patient and an adequate follow-up of their evolution

Module 11. Pesticide or Phytosanitary Product Poisoning in Rural Areas

• Identify the toxicokinetics of herbicides, organochlorine, organophosphorus, organophosphorus and carbamates, pyrethroids and insect repellents
• Introduce specific treatments against these products in case of acute intoxication

Module 12. Household Poisoning from Cleaning Products, Personal Hygiene Products and Caustic Poisons 

• Evaluate specific intoxications produced by substances such as soaps, shampoos, hair dyes, hairsprays and other hair products
• Manage general therapeutic measures against intoxications caused by household products
• Master the physiopathology of caustic poisonings and the protocols to intervene in patients suffering from them

Module 13. Poisonings by Natural Agents: Plants, Mushrooms and Animals

• Describe the possible serious intoxications produced by marine animals, arthropods, arachnids, tarantulas, scorpions, ants, hymenoptera, butterflies, termites, beetles, reptiles and their clinical approach
• Classify toxic mushrooms and their possible antidotes
• Recognize plants with toxic potential and their possible antidotes

Athletes, young people, children... delve in this professional master’s degree in the most frequent poisonings in these population groups”