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What are symptoms of acute angle-closure glaucoma? (7)
- Severe eye pain
- headache
- nausea/vomiting
- vision changes
- blurred vision with halos around objects and loss of vision
- conjunctival injection
- no dilation of pupil, nonreactive
What causes acute angle-closure glaucoma?
There is elevates intraocular pressure due to an obstruction to outflow from the anterior chamber
What are the symptoms of Temporal arteritis? (4)
- Headache
- scalp tenderness
- jaw claudication (pain in the jaw associated with chewing)
- reduce visual acuity
What condition is temporal arteritis often associated with?
Polymyalgia rheumatica
What is the characteristic sign of Central retinal artery occlusion?
Cherry red spot over the macula!!!!
What is the characteristic sign of central retinal vein occlusion?
Blood and thunder appearance.
What is the antidote to Acetomenophine?
N- acetylcystein
What two methods do you NOT want to recommend in a person who has ingested a toxin?
Vomit
Give a cathartic
What is the antidote to amphetamines/ cocaine
benzodiazepines
What is the antidote to aspirin overdose?
alkalinization of urine with IV sodium braced, hemodialysis
What is the antidote for benzodiazepine overdose
Flumazenil
What is the anti-dote for beta-blockers
Glucagon, IV calcium, ventricular pacing
What is the anti-dote for calcium channel blockers?
Glucagon, IV calcium, ventricular pacing
What is the anti-dote for carbon monoxide?
100% oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen
What is the antidote for Ethylene glycol (anti-freeze?)
Ethanol, hemodialysis
What is the antidote for Warfarin (Coumadin)?
Vitamin K
What is the antidote for Heparin?
Protamine sulfate
What is the antidote for Insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents?
Glucagon, IV glucose
What is the antidote for narcotic overdose?
Naloxone (not be confused with Naltrexone)
What is the antidote for organophosphates (cholinergic)
Atropine
What are the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning? (4)
- Headache
- Nausea and vomiting (due to item of the bowel)
- Confused or other altered mental status
- Tachypnea
What are the symptoms or organophosphate overdose?
- Sweating
- Constricted pupils
- lacrimation
- excessive salivation
- wheezing
- cramps
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- tenesmus,
- bradycardia or tachycardia
- hypotension or hypertension
- blurred vision
- Striated muscle: cramps, weakness, twitching, paralysis, respiratory failure, cyanosis
- Sympathetic ganglia: tachycardia, elevated blood pressure
- CNS effects: anxiety, restlessness, ataxia, seizures, insomnia, coma, absent reflexes,
