Environmental Flashcards
Sweet breath odor indicates?
Ethanol poisoning would cause a sweet breath odor.
Bitter almond breath odor indicates?
Cyanide poisoning would cause a bitter almond breath odor.
Coal gas breath odor indicates?
Carbon monoxide poisoning would cause a coal gas breath odor.
Garlic breath indicates?
A garlic breath odor signifies that the patient may have been poisoned with arsenic, phosphorus, thallium, or organophosphates.
Best described as a pain located in the vicinity of the articulating joints. It results from the presence of gas bubbles in the blood and tissues and is commonly seen in scuba divers.
“Bends”
What is best described as skin sensations that feel like insects moving underneath the skin.
“Creeps”
What is best described as a deep, sharp pain in the lungs that is caused by nitrogen gas bubbles in the blood vessels of the lungs.
“Chokes”
What are best described as symptoms of the central nervous system including numbness, headache, and vertigo.
“Staggers”
A patient who has been poisoned with ________ would most likely have breath that smells like wintergreen.
Methyl salicylate
A patient who has been poisoned with __________ or _________ would most likely have breath that smells like pears.
Paraldehyde or chloral hydrate
A patient who has been poisoned with a _____________ or ___________ would most likely have breath that smells like rotten eggs.
Sulfer-containing substance or hydrogen sulfide
A patient who has been poisoned with _____, ______, or ______ would most likely have breath that smells like bitter almonds.
Laetrile, apricot, pits, or cyanide
If a patient’s cyanide level is between ____ and _____ mcg/ml, the patient would most likely be in a coma.
2.5 to 3.0 mcg/ml
An elevated cyanide level of ___ mcg/ml would cause the patient to be asymptomatic.
0.5
An elevated cyanide level of ____ to ___ mcg/ml would cause the patient to be tachycardia.
0.5 to 1.0 mcg/ml
