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PT ASSESSMENT
4 PATHS OF POISONS
NERVE AGENTS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
MISC.
100
A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES ILLNESS OR DEATH WHEN EATEN, DRUNK, INHALED, INJECTED, OR ABSORBED
WHAT IS A POISON
100
MORE THAN 80% OF ALL POISONING CASES ARE BY
WHAT IS INGESTION
100
THIS HEART CONDITION CAN BE TRIGGERED IF A PERSON IS AFFECTED BY A NERVE AGENT?
WHAT IS CARDIAC ARREST
100
THIS SUBSTANCE IS THE MOST COMMONLY ABUSED
WHAT IS ALCOHOL
100
TRANQUILIZERS, OPIATES, AND MARIJUANA FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY
WHAT IS BARBITUATES
200
SOME PATIENTS WHO HAVE SEVERE ALLERGIES CARRY THIS MEDICATION WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES
WHAT IS EPINEPHRINE
200
MATERIAL THAT IS BREATHED IN AND ABSORBED THROUGH THE LUNGS
WHAT IS A TOXIC SUBSTANCE
200
THREE WAYS A NERVE AGENT CAN ENTER A PERSON?
WHAT IS SKIN ABSORBTION, INHALATION, OR INJECTION
200
THESE DRUGS DEPRESS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
WHAT ARE BARBITUATES
200
DIRECTLY INSERTING SUBSTANCES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
WHAT IS TOXIC INJECTION
300
BINDS TO POISONS PREVENTING ABSORPTION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
WHAT IS ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
300
TWO MAJOR CAUSES OF POISONING BY INJECTION
WHAT IS ANIMAL BITES AND STINGS AND TOXIC INJECTION
300
TWO TYPES OF NERVE AGENT ANTIDOTE KITS
WHAT IS DUODOTE KIT AND THE MARK 1 KIT
300
CHEMICALS THAT CAUSE PEOPLE TO SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE
WHAT ARE HALLUCINOGENS
300
ONE COMMON CAUSE OF INTENTIONAL POISONING
WHAT IS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
400
CAUSES HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AND DISORIENTATION
WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
400
TWO COMMON POISONS ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN
WHAT IS INSECTICIDES AND TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
400
FOUR COMMON NERVE AGENTS?
WHAT IS SARIN, SOMAN, TABUN, AND V AGENT
400
LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE
WHAT IS LSD
400
THESE DRUGS STIMULATE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM? (CNS)
WHAT ARE AMPHETAMINES?
500
THESE TWO DRUGS CAN BE FOUND IN A DUODOTE KIT, AND ARE ANTIDOTES FOR NERVE AGENTS
WHAT ARE ATROPHINE AND PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE
500
RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES, SLURRED SPEECH, PARALYSIS, COMA, AND SEIZURES
WHAT IS A CORAL SNAKE BITE
500
SALIVATION, LACRIMATION, URINATION, DIARRHEA/DEFECATION, GASTRIC UPSET, AND EMESIS
WHAT IS SLUDGE
500
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SHAKING, RESTLESSNESS, CONFUSION, HALLUCINATIONS, GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS, CHEST PAIN AND FEVER.
WHAT IS DELIRIUM TREMENTS
500
COMBINES WITH RED BLOOD CELLS ABOUT 200 TIMES MORE READILY THAN OXYGEN DOES
WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE GAS