I Drank What???
Drugs, Drugs, Drugs
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Basics
Tastes Like Chicken
100
The chemical name for drinking alcohol.
What is Ethanol.
100
Adult and pediatric dose for Activated Charcoal.
What is 1gram/kg. (Average dose Peds: 12.5-25 Adult: 25-50 grams)
100
Inhalants are commonly abused by this age group.
What are teenagers?
100
The study of toxic or poisonous substances.
What is Toxicology?
100
Most common route of poisoning. (80%)
What is Ingestion?
200

Contraindications for Activated Charcoal. Name 2.

What are: ALOC, can't swallow, ingestion of petroleum/acid/alkali products etc?

200
Most commonly abused drug in the United States.
What is alcohol?
200
A drug that is often used to get other drugs into the body.
What is Marijuana?
200
The four routes a poison can enter the body.
What are Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion, Injection?
200
Severe gastrointestinal symptoms within 72 hours of ingestion, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Main cause is undercooked food.
What is Samonella? (Samonellosis)
300

Major concern/complication when inducing vomiting.

What is aspiration?

300

What type of drugs are cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamines, MDMA (ecstasy) etc.

What are CNS Stimulants? (Sympathomimetics)

300
Chemical commonly responsible for death during suicide in a vehicle by leaving the engine running in an enclosed garage.
What is carbon monoxide?
300
Routine misuse of a substance causing increasing amounts of it to achieve the same result.
What is Tolerance?
300
Common OTC medication overdose that causes nausea and eventual liver failure
What is acetaminophen / Tylenol ?
400
A severe withdrawal syndrome seen in alcoholics who are deprived of ethyl alcohol; characterized by restlessness, fever, sweating, disorientation, agitation, and seizures; can be fatal if untreated.
What is Delerium Tremems (DTs)?
400
These agents are CNS depressants and can cause severe respiratory depression and pinpoint pupils.
What are opiates?
400
Suicide by mixing toilet bowl cleaner and pesticide. Usually in a car, yellow mixture. Smells like rotten eggs.
What is hydrogen sulfide / chemical suicide?
400
Causes SLUDGE / DUMBELS
What are Cholinergic agents? (Nerve agents, pesticides)
400
Blurred vision, weakness, difficulty breathing/speaking. Onset 24 hours to 4 days. Often fatal. Results from improperly canned food.
What is Botulism?
500
The antidote to Ethylene Glycol / Methanol (wood alcohol) poisoning.
What is alcohol (Ethanol)?
500

These drugs are CNS depressants and alter the level of consciousness, with effects similar to those of alcohol. Not opiates!

What are barbituates/benzodiazepines (sedative/Hypnotics)?

500
Can make the heart hypersensitive to the patient’s own adrenaline. Even the action of walking may cause a fatal ventricular arrhythmia.
What are halogenated hydrocarbons? (Gasoline etc)
500
Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter. (main cause)
What are Anticholinergic agents?
500
Causes ringing in the ears, nausea, vomiting, hyperventilation.
What is aspirin overdose?
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