Beta-Blocker Toxicity.

ABSTRACT:

Audience

This simulation is intended to be used for emergency medicine (EM) residents (all levels) and 4th year medical students.

Introduction

Beta-blocker (BB) toxicity ranks seventh among the top 25 substances associated with fatalities, with a cardiovascular mortality rate of up to 1.4%.1,2 Patients with BB overdose may present with bradydysrhythmias, hypotension, hypoglycemia, altered mental status, and cardiogenic shock.3 Given that EM physicians are often the first to encounter such patients, EM learners need to be proficient in managing all aspects of BB toxicity.

Educational objectives

By the end of the session, learners will be able to: 1) manage a patient with hypotension, and bradycardia while maintaining a broad differential, 2) evaluate the causes of hypo

SUBMITTER: Vempati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12320999 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature