NAVEDTRA 14295B CH 22

Question 1

What is a substance that, when introduced into the body, produces a harmful effect on normal body structures or functions?

Answer 1

Poison

Question 2

What is the science of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the conditions produced by them?

Answer 2

Toxicology

Question 3

How many steps are there in the initial evaluation and follow-on poison management?

Answer 3

6

Question 4

Less than what percent of poisons have specific antidotes?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

What is the most common route of poison exposure?

Answer 5

Ingestion

Question 6

What adsorbs many substances in the stomach and prevents absorption into the body?

Answer 6

Activated charcoal (AC)

Question 7

What is the more common route of exposure to toxic substances in the Navy and in other industrial settings?

Answer 7

Inhalation

Question 8

What is the most common agent of gas poisoning?

Answer 8

Carbon monoxide

Question 9

About how many species of scorpions exist in America?

Answer 9

40

Question 10

How many venomous families of snakes are there?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

Patients with snakebites must be hospitalized and observed for at least how long?

Answer 11

24 hours

Question 12

Approximately how many stingray attacks are reported annually in the U.S.?

Answer 12

1800

Question 13

What is the venom of the blue-ringed octopus which is a neuromuscular blocker called also found in Puffer (Fugu) fish?

Answer 13

Tetrodoxtoxin

Question 14

The sea snake injects a poison that has 2 to how many times the toxicity of cobra venom?

Answer 14

10

Question 15

What are composed of minute multicellular animals with spicules of silica or calcium carbonate embedded in a fibrous skeleton?

Answer 15

Sponges

Question 16

What type of fish poisoning is caused by eating the flesh of a fish that has eaten a toxin-producing microorganism?

Answer 16

Ciguatera poisoning

Question 17

What is the most popular narcotic drug next to Cocaine because of its intense euphoria and long-lasting effect?

Answer 17

Heroin

Question 18

What is the most widely abused drug today?

Answer 18

Alcohol

Question 19

What are the group of drugs that affect the central nervous system by altering the user’s perception of self and environment commonly known as?

Answer 19

Hallucinogens

Question 20

What is used for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients?

Answer 20

Dronabinol

Question 21

After a single inhaled dose of marijuana, a subjective “high” begins in several minutes and is gone within how many hours?

Answer 21

4

Question 22

What are potentially dangerous, volatile chemicals that are not meant for human consumption?

Answer 22

Inhalants