Other Therapy

• The emergency physician may have to perform other procedures or give other medications as supportive care in the case of dangerous aspirin overdose. These actions may include the following: 
  
  
  • Placing a breathing tube (intubation) and assisting breathing with a ventilator for a person who is agitated, in a coma, who cannot protect their own airway, or for whom mechanical breathing could be helpful
  
  
  • Placement of a catheter into the bladder to monitor urine output and frequently check the acidity (pH) of the urine
  
  
  • Administration of other medications as may be needed to treat agitation, convulsions (seizures), or other complications of aspirin poisoning