1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT AND MEDICAL AND LEGAL DUTIES IN POISONING
If a patient comes with poisoning to emergency medico legal registration should be carried out.
Preliminary particulars including name, age, sex, occupation, caste, address, date, time brought by whom, history.

2. Doctor should enquire about the nature of the poison
Relevant police station should be informed
In case of accidental poisoning, public health authorities should also be informed
If poison is not identified then treatment should be on general lines
Proper specimen should be taken including utensil, bottles or containers of the medicines, suspected food or drink, urine, vomit and faeces , clothes and soiled bed sheets.

3. GENERAL TREATMENT Removal of unabsorbed poison Use of Antidote
Elimination of absorbed poison
Treatment of general symptoms
Maintenance of patient general condition

4. REMOVAL OF UNSABSORBED POISON
Inhaled poison
Injected poison
Contact poison
Ingested poison
Emesis
Gastric lavage

5. USE OF ANTIDOTES Mechanical or physical Chemical Demulcent Bulky food
Charcoal
Chemical
KMnO4
Weak solutions of iodine

6. Physiological or Pharmacological
Atropine for pilocarpine
Caffeine for morphine
Atropine and oximes for organophosphorous compounds
Chelating agents
BAL
EDTA
N- Penicillamine
Desferrioxamine (D.F.M)
Universal antidote