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Emergency MR
McGraw-Hill Emergency Medical Responder 2nd Edition Ch.22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Any substance taken into the body that interferes with normal body function | Poison |
| Overdose | An intentional or unintentional overmedication or ingestion of a toxic substance |
| Signs, symptoms, and characteristics that often occur together in toxic exposures | Toxidrome |
| Substance misuse | The self-administration of a substance for unintended purposes, or for appropriate purposes but in improper amounts or doses, or without a prescription for the person receiving the medication |
| Exposure to a substance that is harmful in any dosage | Poisoning |
| Alcohol withdrawal syndrome | A series of signs and symptoms that occur 6 to 48 hours after a chronic alcoholic reduces his or her intake or stops consuming alcohol |
| Requiring progressively doses of a drug to achieve the desired effect | Tolerance |
| Addiction | A psychological and physical dependence on a substance that has gone beyond voluntary control |
| Household and commercial products that can be abused by intentionally breathing the product's gas or vapors for its mind-altering effects | Inhalants |
| Toxin | A poisonous substance |
| The deliberate, persistent, and excessive self-administration of a substance in a way that is not medically or socially approved | Substance abuse |
| Antidote | A substance that neutralizes a poison |
| Signs and symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal that have progressed beyond the usual symptoms of withdrawal and are potentially fatal | Delirium tremens |
| Poison control center | A medical facility that provides free telephone advice to the public and medical proffessionals about exposure to poisonous substances |
| A condition that can occur when a person sniffs highly concentrated amounts of the chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays | Sudden sniffing death syndrome |
| Withdrawal | The condition produced when an individual stops using or abusing a drug to which he or she is physically or psychologically addicted |
| Examples of medical conditions that signs and symptoms of alcohol misuse or abuse can mimic | Diabetic emergency, head injury, epilepsy, drug reaction, or CNS infection |
| Signs or symptoms that you should anticipate in a patient experiencing an opioid (narcotic) exposure | Altered mental status, coma, slow or absent breathing, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, or constricted pupils |
| Barbiturates | prescribed to relieve anxiety, promote sleep, control seizures, and relax muscles |
| Prescribed drugs used to relieve moderate to severe pain, control diarrhea, and suppress cough | Narcotics |
| Benzodiazepines | Prescribed medications used to control anxiety and stress, aid sleep, and relax muscles |
| Poisons that can be injected | Bee, wasp, and ant venom, Spider, tick, and scorpion venom, Snake venom, Drugs |
| weakness, dizziness, chills, fever, abnormal heart rate or rhythm, nausea, and vomiting | Signs and symptoms of injected poisons |
| Poisons that can be absorbed | Toxins from plants such as poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, Pesticides, Fertilizers, Cocaine, and Chemical warfare agents |
| History of exposure, liquid or powder on patient's skin, burns, itching, irritation, and redness | Signs and symptoms of absorbed piosons |
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