Toxipedia
The most common route by which a poison enters the body.
What is ingestion
The 4 routes that poisons enter the body:
What are Ingestion, Inhalation, Injection, and Absorbtion
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) is characteristic of this medication overdose.
What is Aspirin
The reversal agent for opioid poisoning.
What is Narcan
People who inhale vapors to "get high"
Who are Huffers
A substance that neutralizes the effects of a poison or a toxic substance
What is Antidote
Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are examples of these types of drugs.
What are Sedatives
Respiratory depression, bradycardia, hypotension and pinpoint pupils are common findings in this type of overdose.
What is Opiate
The dose of activated charcoal.
What is 1 gm/kg
The main homeostatic dysfunction and treatment priority affected by opiates.
What is Respiratory Depression
A substance that impairs health or causes death by its chemical action when it enters the body.
What is Poison
Halogenated hydrocarbons, such as Freon, cause this organ to become hypersensitive to adrenaline.
What is the Heart
Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Nicotine, and Ecstacy are
What are stimulants
The first step of decontamination for powdered substances.
What is Brush Them Off the Skin.
When assessing the pupils of a patient who has overdosed on cocaine, you expect to find the pupils to be _______.
What is Dilated
The condition of needing increasing amounts of a substance to acquire the same desired effect.
What is Tolerance
Withdrawal symptoms may include hallucinations and these, sometimes referred to as "detoxing".
What are Delirium Tremons or DTs
The goal for treating ingestion of toxins is to prevent the toxin from reaching:
What is the Small Intestine
The priority for managing any patient, especially with altered mental status.
What is airway management
The smell of almonds is characteristic of this type of poisoning.
What is Cyanide
This class of drugs alter a person's sensory perception, separating the user from reality.
What are Hallucinogens
SLUDGEM
What is Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation, Gastrointestinal Upset, Emesis, and Miosis
Name the 6 life-threatening indicators of drug and alcohol emergencies.
What are unresponsiveness, fever, vomiting with altered mental status, respiratory difficulties, tachycardia or bradycardia, irregular pulse and seizures.
The dual-medication treatment kit for organophosphate poisoning.
What is Atropine and Pralidoxine (2-PAM)
Aside from removing the patient from the scene, the highest priority in treating a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning is _________.
What is Providing High Flow Oxygen