HM MAN ch22: Poisoning and drug abuse

Question 1

Do you induce vomiting for acid, alkalies, or phonol poisonings?

Answer 1

never

Question 2

do you induce vomiting for ingestion of petroleum ditillates?

Answer 2

no

Question 3

how many species of scorpion exist in America?

Answer 3

40

Question 4

what type of spider is identified by its violin-shaped marking?

Answer 4

brown recluse

Question 5

what are the five venomous families of snakes?

Answer 5

viperidae
elapidae
Hydophidae
colubridae
atractaspididae

Question 6

which family of venomous snakes includes rattelsnakes, moccasins, and bushmsters, vipers?

Answer 6

viperidae

Question 7

how does death occur after being bitten by a viperidae snake?

Answer 7

mainly by coagulopathy and shock

Question 8

which family of venomous snakes includes cobras, kraits, mambas, and coral snakes.

Answer 8

elapidae

Question 9

how does death result from a bite from a elapidae snake?

Answer 9

respiratory failure, paralysis, and cardiac failure

Question 10

what type of venom do elapidae snakes have?

Answer 10

neurotoxic

Question 11

which family of venomous snakes includes sea snakes and venomous snakes from the island of the southern pacific ocean?

Answer 11

hydrophidae

Question 12

why type of venom do hydophidae snakes have?

Answer 12

neurotoxic

Question 13

which family of venomous snakes includes most of the commn nonvenomous species?

Answer 13

colubridae

Question 14

which family of snake include the burrowing asps/mole vipers, stiletto snakes, and adders?

Answer 14

atractaspididae

Question 15

what type of venom do atractaspididae’s have

Answer 15

varies according to type

Question 16

what are the two type of snakes found in the US?

Answer 16

crotalids and elapids

Question 17

What is the saying that only works in the North America about coral snakes?

Answer 17

red on yellow kill a fellow

red on black venom lack

Question 18

What is the most common stining injury?

Answer 18

jelly fish sting

Question 19

what are the two most dangerous types of jelly fish?

Answer 19

sea wasp or box jelly

Portuguese man of war

Question 20

how quickly can the sea wasp or box jelly can induce death.

Answer 20

10 minutes

Question 21

what type of octopus can inflict fatal bites? where does it live?

Answer 21

Blue-ringed octopus

common in Australian and indo-pacific waters

Question 22

what type of venom do puffer fish have?

Answer 22

a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin

Question 23

the victim of this animal, though paralyzed, remains conscious until death occurs by respiratory arrest with a 50-60% mortality rate if untreated.

Answer 23

puffer (Fugu) fish

Question 24

what is the most widely abused drug today?

Answer 24

alcohol

Question 25

what are DTs?

Answer 25

delirium tremens

Question 26

what is an example of a barbiturate?

Answer 26

sleeping pills

anti-anxiety

Question 27

are barbiturate withdrawals life threatening?

Answer 27

yes