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Updates on Opioid Toxicity, A Pediatric Perspective



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Current AzAAP members and members of Pediatric Prepared Emergency Care (PPEC) certified hospitals may access the webinar for free by utilizing a discount code. Please contact Pedslms@azaap.org to receive the discount code.

This CME webinar will serve as an opportunity to increase pediatric emergency medicine provider and staff knowledge, competence, and confidence regarding treatment for pediatric patients with acute opioid toxicity. This includes increasing understanding in Naloxone dosing and continuous infusions. Providers and nurses will be able to increase their ability to interpret data regarding the opioid epidemic among pediatrics in Arizona.

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to: 

1. Interpret data concerning the ongoing opioid epidemic in the US and Arizona

2. Recommend treatment approaches for patients with acute opioid toxicity

3. Review naloxone: including dosing and infusions

Dr. Daniel Brooks has no relevant financial relations to disclose.

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Faculty Expert - Daniel E. Brooks, MD's Profile

Faculty Expert - Daniel E. Brooks, MD

Banner Poison and Drug Information Center


Dr. Brooks is board certified in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine (EM) and Addiction Medicine. He is a Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix (UofA COMP) and works clinically at the Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix and Phoenix Children’s Hospital caring for patients with toxicological injuries and exposures, including outpatient clinic visits. He also works Emergency Department shifts at the EM residency program at Valleywise Healthcare Center, and was the Medical Director of the Banner Poison & Drug Information Center (and two other poison centers) for over 20 years. His interests include occupational exposures, substance use disorders and integration of poison centers into public health. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for Toxicology and Pharmacology Education and Research (CTPER) at the UofA COMP.