Identifying the Patient & the poison
The study of toxic or poisonous substances.
What is toxicology?
A substance that will counteract the effects of a particular poison.
What is an antidote?
Alcohol is a type of this, a substance that decreases activity and excitement.
What is a sedative?
A type of narcotic medication used to relieve pain.
What is an opioid?
An agent that produces an excited state.
What is a stimulant?
These types of agents will cause a pt to be "hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, and mad as a hatter."
What are anticholinergic agents?
What is substance abuse?
IV drug abuse and envenomation by insects, arachnids, and reptiles are all forms of this type of poisoning?
What is injection?
Also known as bloody vomit.
What is hematemesis?
Acetone, paint thinners, lacquers, and gasoline are these types abused products.
What are inhalants?
Also known as snow or gold dust.
What is cocaine?
There are two main types of this type of poisoning. In one, the organism itself causes disease; in the other, the organism produces toxins that cause disease.
What is food poisoning?
Any substance whose chemical action can damage body structures or impair body function
What is poison?
The route in which a poison enters the body via the airway.
What is inhalation?
Alcohol is this which means it induces sleep.
What is hypnotic?
A subset to the opioid family and it refers to natural, non-synthetic opioids.
What is an opiate?
These types of drugs produce euphoria, increased mental clarity, and sexual arousal. Most users of this drug snort or insufflate the powder nasally. Effects last as long as 48 hours. Brand names include Ivory Wave or Cloud Nine.
What are bath salts?
These types of agents over stimulate the normal body functions controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system
What are cholinergic agents?
When a patient takes a toxic or lethal dose of a substance.
What is overdose?
This route of poisoning is by mouth.
What is ingestion?
Depression of the respiratory system can also cause this, also known as vomiting.
What is emesis?
Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are considered this type of drug.
What is a sedative or hypnotic drug?
This type of marijuana has no medical benefit and can be very powerful and unpredictable. Brand names are K2 and Skunk.
What is synthetic marijuana?
The most severe form of toxin ingestion.
What is botulism?
A poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants that acts by changing the normal metabolism of cells or by destroying them.
What is a toxin?
What is absorption?
Also known as frightening hallucinations.
What are delirium tremens (DT's)?
A highly toxic, colorless, and flammable gas with a distinctive rotten-egg odor.
What is hydrogen sulfide?
An agent that produces false perceptions in any one of the five senses.
Accidental OD of this household medicine is serious and it's effects can be much worse because the pt is unaware of the continuous exposure to the toxin. Massive liver failure may not be apparent for a full week.
What is acetaminophen or Tylenol?