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Methamphetamines and cardiac damage: skating on thin ICE

Event information

Dates: March 29, 2021

Location: Virtual

Website: https://cracksintheice.org.au/community-toolkit/webinars/cardiac-damage

About this event

This webinar will provide attendees with information about:

  • Effects of methamphetamine on the cardiovascular system
  • Are the cardiac complications of methamphetamines reversible?
  • Who is at-risk and what tests should be considered?
  • What health workers should look for and do?

Expected benefits of participating in this webinar include awareness of the cardiac-specific (potentially fatal) complications of methamphetamines, and a simple approach to diagnosis and treatment. This information will be relevant to treating clinicians, particularly in the paramedic, emergency, cardiac and forensic fields.

This webinar will be presented on Monday 29th March at 1pm by Dr Elizabeth Paratz, a cardiologist at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and PhD Fellow at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute.

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