Types of Medicines
Illegal Drugs
Drug Types
Hodge-Podge
EMT
100
Medicine that can be sold only with a written order from a physician.
What is a prescription?
100
Drugs made and used purely for their benefits.
What are illegal drugs?
100
Weed, pot, dried hemp plant.
What is marijuana?
100
The most abused drug in this category is heroin.
What is a hallucinogen?
100
When you arrive on the scene, you see two teenage boys. One of them is sitting on the ground. His head is nodding and he seems to be sniffing something from a bag. The other boy is lying flat and not moving. When you examine him, you see that he is unconscious.
What is an inhalant?
200
Medicine that reduces or kills harmful bacteria in the body.
What is an antibiotic?
200
Drugs that speed up body functions.
What are stimulants?
200
Amphetamines, cocaine, crack.
What are stimulants?
200
Arrest, jail, death.
What are possible outcomes of illegal drug use?
200
An emergency call takes you to the roof of an apartment building, where a barefoot young woman stands near the edge. Her friend says she tried to keep the woman from going up to the roof, but couldn't stop her. The woman apparently ran across some broken glass because her feet are bleeding. She doesn't seem to feel any pain. The woman is shouting that she knows how to fly. You and your emergency team rescue her before she hurts herself further.
What is a hallucinogen?
300
A medicine that prevents a disease from developing.
What is a vaccine?
300
Synthetic drugs based on a male hormone.
What are anabolic steroids?
300
Heroin, morphine, codeine.
What are narcotics?
300
A condition in which a person’s body gets used to the effect of a medicine or drug and needs greater amounts of it in order for it to be effective.
What is tolerance?
300
You are called to a gym, where a bodybuilder has become violent. He is especially dangerous because of his large size and strength. You notice that although he is in his late 20's, he has severe acne.
What is an anabolic steroid?
400
Drugs that are used to treat or prevent diseases and other condition.
What are medicines?
400
Substances whose fumes or vapors are breathed in.
What are inhalants?
400
Ecstasy, rohypnol, ketamine, roofies.
What are club drugs?
400
Gateway drug.
What is marijuana?
400
You rush to the home of a teenage girl. Her parents tell you that their daughter is drowsy and her speech is slurred. On the bedside table you see a needle.
What is "under the influence of heroin"?
500
Medicines that are safe enough to be taken without a written order from a physician.
What are over-the-counter drugs, OTC?
500
Causes the user’s brain to create or distort images?
What are hallucinogens?
500
Alcohol, barbiturates, and tranquilizers.
What are depressants?
500
Taking or using medicine in a way that is not intended.
What is drug misuse?
500
You are called to a high school because a girl in an English class came in speaking very fast. She can't stop talking. She is fidgety and says her heart is beating fast and feels like it is going to explode and she can't catch her breath.
What are the effects of taking stimulants?