title: A regional database of antidote availability.
abstract: Timely pre-hospital management of snake bite and poisoning cases is hindered by the lack of information about availability of antidotes in hospitals. We aim to build a regional antidote database by collecting real-time antidote stock information from hospital pharmacy inventory systems and make this information available to the emergency medical technicians (EMTs). This would save valuable time, leading to improved outcomes for the patients.
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Muzna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Devashish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saini
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dickens
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kazzi
authors.forename: Helmuth F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Orthner
mesh_terms: D000931:Antidotes / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D006801:Humans; D011039:Poison Control Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes