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Emergencies and resuscitation

How to manage a poisoning

Other platforms explain it with text and video. In Making Synapses you practice it on the patient.

MD / DOPANursing (NCLEX)EMS (NREMT)
Practice it in VR with Blocky

The history of what was taken guides treatment. Bring the containers.

Step by step

  1. Scene safety

    Gases, chemicals, needles. [1]

  2. ABCs

    Airway, breathing, circulation, glucose. [1]

  3. What, how much, when, how

    Substance, amount, time, route; bring the containers. [1]

  4. Poison Control

    Call 1-800-222-1222 in the US for expert advice. [1]

  5. Do not induce vomiting

    Decontaminate skin and eyes with water. [1]

  6. Antidotes

    Per protocol (for example naloxone for opioids). [1]

Common errors

Practice it in Making Synapses

In Making Synapses you do this on the patient, not on paper: every step goes on the checklist with a score, and in Teach mode Blocky tells you what comes next.

Making Synapses cases that train this skill

11 Making Synapses cases train this skill: open the case library

Sources

  1. NASEMSO National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines
  2. NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic)

Facts and steps follow NASEMSO National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines; NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic). Making Synapses is not affiliated with these organizations. Updated: 2026-10-11.