Toxicology
List the four routes
Inhalation, absorption, ingestion, injection
How many people should be present to carry out the restraint?
Five
Primary female reproductive organ and it's function
What alters a person's sensory perceptions?
Hallucinogens
You are dispatched to a residential home. The patient is complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever. When asking how long it's lasted, she answers it's been nearly two days.
Food poisoning
Write the difference between poison and toxin
Poison - any substance whose chemical action can damage body structures or impair body function
Toxin - poisonous substance produced by bacteria, plants, animals that acts by changing the normal metabolism of cells or by destroying them
What is psychosis?
state of delusion in which the person is out of touch with reality
Where does evidence need to be placed?
Paper bags
What is a hypnotic?
Sleep inducing effect or agent
You are dispatched to a club where a woman is sitting outside. She is running a fever and complaining of lower abdominal pain, that seems to worsen when she walks When asked, she says she's been nauseous and she's thrown up. After a few minutes and in the isolation of the ambulance, she eventually mutters she's had foul-smelling discharge.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
What is the dosage of activated charcoal?
1g per kg of body weight
Usual adult dose, 30-100g
Usual pediatric dose, 15-30g
When can restraints be used?
Only to protect yourself/your partner or prevent the patient from injuring themselves
Menarche
The onset of menstruation
Anticholinergic agents
You are called to a college student's dorm. The patient is complaining of feeling abdominal pain, but as he talks, you see his teeth grinding and his lips are smacking. You attempt to take a pulse, finding muscle twitching and a HR of 120.
Synthetic Cathiones (Bath salts)
Which route is impossible to remove from the body?
Injection
Difference between functional disorder and psychiatric disorder?
Functional disorder - there is no physiologic reason for abnormal functioing of organ or organ system
Psychiatric disorder - illness with psychological or behavioral in functioning caused by social, psychological, genetic, physical, chemical, biologic disturbance
Effects of bacterial vaginosis
Premature babies, babies born with low birth weight, untreated leads to PID
What are opiods? Why do they differ from opiates?
Opiods - type of narcotic medication used to relieve pain, named from opium in poppy seeds
Opiates - natural nonsynthetic opiods, derived from poppy seeds
You are dispatched to a hotel downtown. The woman is complaining of lower abdominal pain and after talking for a moment, she admits to having recent discomfort when engaging with her partner and bleeding between her cycles.
Chlamydia
SLUDGEM
Salivation, Sweating
Lacrimation
Urination
Defecation, drooling, diarrhea
Gastric upsets
Emesis
Muscle twitching/miosis
S/S of PTSD
Feelings of helplessness, anxiety, anger, fear
Increased heart rate, dilated pupils, increased systolic, intrusive thoughts, nightmares, flashbacks
Common causes for vaginal bleeding
Abnormal menstruation, vaginal trauma, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, cervical polyps, cancer
An overdose of this substance can cause BP measurements as high as 250/150 mm Hg
Cocaine
You are dispatched to a local restaurant for a 30 y/o male who is suspected to be on drugs. The patient seems to be hallucinating and is muttering eratically to himself. He doesn't seem interested in anything else and during your assessment, no other prominent s/s are present.
Schizophrenia