DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2023.v11i01.005

Pages: 27-32

Instances of acute poisoning are a major cause for concern regarding the state of the health of the general population. This article was written with the purpose of conducting a literature review on acute poisoning cases and the treatment that is given to patients in emergency rooms. This was the motivation behind the writing of this article. It was decided that a variety of search engines, including Google, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed, would be investigated. Acute poisoning cases are a problem that is significantly more widespread than we had previously estimated, as the findings of this study have shown. When everything is taken into consideration, the medical personnel working in the emergency department ought to be adequately prepared to treat and manage severe cases of poisoning. In addition, there needs to be legislation in place that identifies substances that are toxic.