Fw: [SCA-Chirurgeon] Fw: [TheForge] Metal Toxicity

[Phlip]

Todd-

Here's another suggestion by an ER MD from New York- you might want to pass
this along as well.

So who says you can't get an MD to work on Sunday? I just sent you guys
information from 3 of them ;-)

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Phlip,
>
>   The New York Poison Control Center is a good place to try.  It's
> run by some of the biggest names in the field of toxicology (including
> Lewis Goldfrank who literally wrote the book).  If they don't know the
> treatment or someplace to direct you to, I doubt anyone else will.
>
>   Their phone number is 212-POISONS.  When you call, you get one of
> their toxicology assistants, but you can eventually get through to a
> toxicologist if you need to.  Unfortunately, I don't know if the Poison
> Control Center runs any sort of clinic.  They are, however, affiliated
> with Bellevue Hospital and NYU.
>
>   I tried to look some stuff up about arsenic, but found very little
> other than discussion of its use in treating Leishmaniasis.  However,
> there was one mention that the toxic syndrome is similar to arsenic.
> Arsenic can be removed from the body by chelation with a few agents,
> including British Anti-Lewisite.  By extension, antimony should be
> chelatable by BAL also, but that's a really poor guess on my part.
>
> -Ibrahim

Thanks, Ibrahim ;-)

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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