ABSTRACT
History A 34-year-old woman is brought to A&E by ambulance at 2 a.m. She was found in the bath at home with evidence of cuts to her wrists and with three empty boxes of paracetamol on the floor. On further questioning, she had had an argument with her partner that evening, who found her and called the ambulance. She admitted to taking 36 paracetamol tablets at approximately 8 p.m. She had also been drinking alcohol – approximately half a 1-litre bottle of vodka.
