Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training, knowledge and attitudes of newly-qualified doctors in New Zealand in 2003.

Objective: To assess the resuscitation knowledge and confidence of newly-qualified doctors in New Zealand (NZ) in 2003.

Design: Anonymous questionnaires were distributed to all newly-qualified doctors in NZ (n=279).

Participants: Two hundred and thirty-three respondents from hospitals throughout NZ (84% response rate).

Essential oil poisoning: N-acetylcysteine for eugenol-induced hepatic failure and analysis of a national database.

Unlabelled: We present a 15-month-old boy who developed fulminant hepatic failure after ingesting 10 ml of clove oil. After 24 h, the ALT level was in excess of 13,000 U/l, with blood urea and creatinine of 11.8 mmol and 134 micromol/l respectively.