POISONINGS & OVERDOSE
THIS IS THE MOST COMMON ROUTE OF POISONING.
WHAT IS INGESTION?
A PT WHO GETS PESTICIDE ON THEIR SKIN HAS BEEN EXPOSED THROUGH THIS ROUTE.
WHAT IS ABSORPTION?
THIS HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT IS OFTEN INGESTED BY CHILDREN & CAN CAUSE CAUSTIC BURNS TO THE AIRWAY & STOMACH.
WHAT ARE CLEANING AGENTS?
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL WORKS BY DOING THIS INSIDE THE GI TRACT.
WHAT IS BINDING TO THE TOXIN TO PREVENT ABSORPTION?
THE "S" IN THE SCENE SIZE-UP ACRONYM "PENMAN" STANDS FOR THIS.
WHAT IS SCENE SAFETY?
A PT WITH PINPOINT PUPILS, RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, & AMS MAY HAVE OVERDOSED ON THIS DRUG CLASS.
WHAT ARE OPIOIDS?
FUMES FROM CLEANING PRODUCTS CAN BE DANGEROUS BY THIS ROUTE OF EXPOSURE.
WHAT IS INHALATION?
ALCOHOL & BENZODIAZEPINES FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY OF DEPRESSANTS.
WHAT ARE CNS DEPRESSANTS?
THIS IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR AN OPIOID OVERDOSE.
WHAT IS NALOXONE (NARCAN)?
WHEN MULTIPLE PATIENTS COLLAPSE AT ONCE, RESCUERS SHOULD SUSPECT THIS TYPE OF EXPOSURE.
WHAT IS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (TOXIC GAS OR CHEMICAL RELEASE?
THIS SYNDROME DESCRIBES STIMULANT OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS LIKE AGITATION, TACHYCARDIA, & HYPERTENSION.
WHAT IS SYMPATHOMIMETIC TOXIDROME?
INJECTION EXPOSURES INCLUDE DRUGS LIKE HEROIN & ALSO THIS TYPE OF EXPOSURE IN THE OUTDOORS.
WHAT IS AN INSECT OR ANIMAL BITE/STING?
ORGANOPHOSPHATES, FOUND IN PESTICIDES, OVERSTIMULATE THIS BRANCH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
WHAT IS THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
THE TREATMENT FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS THIS.
WHAT IS HIGH-FLOW OXYGEN?
BEFORE TREATING THE PATIENT, THE EMT MUST ENSURE THIS.
WHAT IS THAT THE SCENE IS SAFE?
IN AN OVERDOSE, THIS MEDICATION CAN CAUSE LIVER FAILURE IF LEFT UNTREATED.
WHAT IS ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)?
THE 4 MAJOR ROUTES OF EXPOSURE ARE INGESTION, INHALATION, ABSORPTION & THIS.
WHAT IS INJECTION?
THIS GAS OS COLORLESS, ODORLESS & A LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL POISONING DEATHS.
WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE?
THE MNEMONIC "DUMBELS" (DIARRHEA, URINATION, MIOSIS, BRADYCARDIA, EMESIS, LACRIMATION, SALIVATION) IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ANTIDOTE TREATMENT.
WHAT IS ATROPINE (FOR ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING)
*DAILY DOUBLE*
THE POISON CONTROL HOTLINE NUMBER. IN THE UNITED STATES IS THIS?
THIS IS THE TERM FOR THE GROUP OF SIGNS & SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIFIC TOXIN OR CLASS OF TOXINS.
WHAT IS TOXIDROME?
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OCCURS VIA THIS EXPOSURE PATHWAY.
WHAT IS INHALATION?
A PT W/HALLUCINATIONS, TACHYCARDIA, & DILATED PUPILS AFTER INGESTING MUSHROOMS MAY HAVE TAKEN THIS TYPE OF SUBSTANCE.
WHAT ARE HALLUCINOGENS?
ANTIVENOM MAY BE REQUIRED IN THIS TYPE OF EXPOSURE.
WHAT IS ENVENOMATION (SNAKE BITE, SPIDER BITE, ETC...)
EMTS SHOULD USE THESE PROTECTIVE ITEMS WHEN HANDLING PATIENTS WITH POSSIBLE TOXIC EXPOSURES.
WHAT ARE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)?