Antidotes

Question 1

Anticholinergic syndrome

Answer 1

Physostigmine

Question 2

Benzodiazepine

Answer 2

Flumazenil

Question 3

Beta Blocker

Answer 3

Glucagon
Noradrenaline
Isoprenaline - preferred

Question 4

Calcium channel blocker

Answer 4

Calcium, insulin/glucose, intralipid

Question 5

Cyanide

Answer 5

Hydroxocobalamin (B12)
Dicobalt edetate
Sodium thiosulphate

Question 6

Digoxin

Answer 6

Digibind

Question 7

Ethylene glycol

Answer 7

Ethanol
Pyridoxine

Question 8

Iron

Answer 8

Desferrioxamine

Question 9

Isoniazid

Answer 9

Pyridoxine (B6)

Question 10

Local anaesthetics

Answer 10

Intralipid

Question 11

Methaemoglobinaemia

Answer 11

Methylene Blue

Question 12

Methanol

Answer 12

Ethanol

Question 13

Opiates

Answer 13

Naloxone

Question 14

Oral hypoglycaemics

Answer 14

Octreotide

Question 15

Organophosphate

Answer 15

Atropine

Question 16

Paracetamol

Answer 16

N-Acetyle Cysteine

Question 17

Pralidoxime

Answer 17

Organophosphates

Question 18

Quinine-induced hypoglycaemia

Answer 18

Octreotide

Question 19

Tricyclic antidepressants

Answer 19

Sodium bicarbonate

Question 20

Warfarin, long acting rodenticide anticoagulant

Answer 20

Vitamin K

Question 21

Heparin

Answer 21

Protamine

Question 22

Lead

Answer 22

Dimercaprol (symptomatic or blood level >2.9)
Calcium disodium edetate (EDTA)

Question 23

Ergotamine

Answer 23

Sodium nitroprusside
Heparin

Question 24

Carbon monoxide

Answer 24

100% oxygen