Neuro
signs and symptoms include: nausea/vomiting, photophobia, and headaches that are usually unilateral and focused
Migraine Headaches
Two conditions associated with a "barking cough"
Croup and Tracheitis
What are the five main toxidromes
Narcotic, sympathomimetic, sedative-hypnotic, cholinergic, and anticholinergic
severe abnormal muscle spasms leading to contortions and postures
dystonia
melena or coffee ground emesis
signs of upper GI bleeds
presents as staring or freezing episodes
Absent seizures
Chronic symptoms of vertigo, low frequency hearing loss, tinnitus, and fullness feeling in ear
Meniere Disease
Primary organ affected by tylenol overdoses
Liver
Delusions, easily distracted, use of neologisms, and hallucinations
s/sxs of psychosis
Flank bruising is often referred to as
Grey turners sign
Cerebellum functions
unconscious management of complex motor activity
symptoms include loss of peripheral vision leading to eventual tunnel vision, cloudy appearance to cornea, and during acute attacks: headaches and eye pain usually triggered by pupil dilation
Glaucoma
amyl nitrate, hydrococobalamin, and methylene blue
treatments for cyanide poisoning
presenting with pressured speech, markedly hyperactive, exaggerated perception of happiness, and tangential thinking
s/sxs of mania
application of pressure in the right quadrant during inspiration causes pain and a sudden cease in inspiration
Murphy Sign
Stiffening and rhythmic jerking
Tonic clonic seizures- grand mal
Most commonly caused by the Haemophilus influenza type B virus
Epiglottis
class of psych medication overdose associated with "hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet and mad as a hatter"
Tricyclic Antidepressants
seizures, brain tumors, chronic alcohol/drug use, chronic hypoxia, and TBIs
Examples of organic brain syndrome
pain often described as burning, gnawing, achy and difficult to localize
Visceral
impairment affecting production or understanding of speech and ability to read or write
Aphasia
white patches forming from excess cell growth in the mouth cheeks and gums
Leukoplakia
Drugs used for the purpose of speedballing
Cocaine and heroin
invention of experiences in order to fill gaps in memory
confabulation
nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, hyperperistalsis, fever and anorexia
s/sxs of gastroenteritis