ACTIVATED CHARCOAL

Question 1

CLASS

Answer 1

ADSOBENT, ANTIDOTE

Question 2

DESCRIPTION

Answer 2

FINE BLACK POWDER WITH A MASSIVE MICROSCOPIC SURFACE AREA THAT BINDS AND ADSORBS INGESTED TOXINS. TOXINS ARE THEN EXCRETED IN POOP.

Question 3

ONSET & DURATION

Answer 3

ONSET: IMMEDIATE
DURATION: CONTINUAL WHILE IN THE GI TRACT; REACHES EQUILIBRIUM ONCE SATURATED

Question 4

INDICATIONS

Answer 4

MANY ORAL POISONINGS AND MEDICATION OVERDOSES

Question 5

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Answer 5

-CORROSIVES, CAUSTICS, PETROLEUM DISTILLATES (RELATIVELY INEFFECTIVE AND MAY INDUCE VOMITING)
-UNPROTECTED AIRWAY
-INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

Question 6

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Answer 6

-MAY INDIRECTLY INDUCE VOMITING AND NAUSEA
-MAY CAUSE CONSTIPATION OR MILD, TRANSIENT DIARRHEA

Question 7

HOW CHARCOAL IS SUPPLIED

Answer 7

-25 G (POWDER); 25G/125- ML BOTTLE
-50 G (POWDER); 50 G/ 240 ML BOTTLE
-POSSIBLE 15 G AND 30 G BOTTLES AND SQUEEZE TUBES

Question 8

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

Answer 8

1G/KG BODY MASS, PREPARED IN A SLURRY
ADULT: 30-100G
PEDIATRIC: (1-12 YEARS) 15-30 G OR 1-2 G/KG
INFANT: ( LESS THAN 1) 1G/KG

Question 9

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Answer 9

-PREGNANCY SAFTEY- CATEGORY G
-WHEN ADMINISTRED TO A PREGNANT WOMEN CHARCOAL REMAIL IN GI TRACT CAUSING NO RISK TO FETUS
-KNOWN AS “AC”
-RELATIVELY INSOLUBLE IN WATER
-MAY CAUSE BLACK FECES
-DOES NOT ABSORB ALL DURGS OR TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Question 10

DRUG INTERACTIONS

Answer 10

SYRUP OF EPICAC (ABSORBED BY ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND WILL RESULT IN VOMING OF THE CHARCOAL)