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General Toxicology terms
Poison
Routes of Entry
Emergency Care
Types of Toxins
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The study of toxic or poisonous substances.
What is Toxicology?
100
Ingestion, Inhalation, Injection, & Absorption
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, is a powder, brush off first

100

What is the mnemonic for Cholinergic exposure?

DUMBELS/SLUDGEM

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A substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impair function when introduced into the body.
What is Poison?
200
How can you identify a poison?

What is call poison control?

200

What is the route of entry of most benzodiazepine overdoses?

Ingested

200

What should you do if a patient has pinpoint pupils and diminished respiratory drive from opioids?

What is administer Narcan and breathe for patient. 

200
Which type activates flight or fight?

Sympathomimetic

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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

When should you move a patient into fresh air immediately

What is Patients that have inhaled poison?

300

What is the phrase for Anticholinergic toxins?

Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, mad as a hatter

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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

What is the primary concern with alcohol poisoning?

Airway

400

What is an example of a sedative that is commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxer. 

Benzodiazepine. 

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An excessive quantity of a drug that, when taken, can have toxic or lethal consequences
What is an overdose?
500

What is the number for poison control?

1-800-222-1222

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Liquid or powder on the skin, Burns, Irritation, and Redness are all signs of what?
What is absorbed poisoning?
500

Administration of activated charcoal

What is best method of removing ingested poison?

500

Cholinergic toxins are an antagonist for which receptors?

ACh receptors/ acetylcholine