What are the four routes by which poison can enter the body?
100
Entry common in drug abuse
What is Injection?
100
The only time not to irrigate a contact area
What is When it reacts violently with water?
200
A substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impair function when introduced into the body.
What is Poison?
200
What substance did you take?
When did you take it or become exposed to it?
How much did you ingest?
What actions have been taken?
How much do you weigh?
What five questions should you ask a possible poisoning victim?
200
Type of poison that can cause airway obstruction and pulmonary edema
What is Chlorine?
200
Run water from bridge of nose outward
What is avoiding contamination of other eye?
300
The misuse of any substance to produce some desired effect.
What is Substance abuse?
300
Lily of the valley, Foxglove, Mistletoe, Jimson weed, Dumbcane, and Tree tobacco.
What are types of toxic plants?
300
80% of all poisoning
What is Ingestion/Consumption?
300
Moved into fresh air immediately
What is Patients that have inhaled poison?
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.
What is Delirium Tremens (DT's)?
400
Salmonella and Staphylococcus
What are types of food poisoning?
400
Most worrisome form of entry
What is Injection?
400
Flooding of affected part for at least twenty minutes
What is the fastest and most effective treatment of a large amount of agent spilled on a patient?
500
An excessive quantity of a drug that, when taken, can have toxic or lethal consequences
What is an overdose?
500
1-800-222-1222
What is the number for poison control
500
Liquid or powder on the skin, Burns, Irritation, and Redness are all signs of what?