F - 1 - Activated Charcoal

Question 1

Charcoal should not be administered if _______ has passed since suspected ingestion.

Answer 1

1 hour

Question 2

Charcoal is contraindicated in ______ ingestions.

Answer 2

Aspirin.

Charcoal interferes with the action of N-acetylcysteine (Muco-myst- the ASA antidote)

Question 3

Adult dose of activated charcoal.

Answer 3

25 g P.O.

Question 4

Charcoal is contraindicated in children under 4 YO. Why?

Answer 4

This children cannot, typically, take P.O. liquids as thick as charcoal without aspiration risk.

Question 5

Charcoal must be administered under (medical control/poison control) orders.

Answer 5

Poison control