Overdoses

Question 1

Treatment for paracetamol overdose

Answer 1

activated charcoal if less than 1hr
N-acetylcysteine
Liver transplantation

Question 2

Treatment salicylate (aspirin) overdose

Answer 2

• haemodialysis

- urinary alkalization used to be used

Question 3

Opioids overdose

Answer 3

Naloxone

Question 4

Benzodiazepines overdose

Answer 4

Flumazenil

Question 5

Tricyclic antidepressants overdose

Answer 5

IV bicarbonate

This is to correct the acidosis

Question 6

Lithium overdose

Answer 6

give saline if a not large overdose

haemodialysis

Question 7

Warfarin overdose

Answer 7

Vitamin K, prothrombin complex

Question 8

Heparin overdose

Answer 8

protamine sulfate

Question 9

Beta-blockers overdose

Answer 9

If bradycardic, the atropine

Glucagon can also be used

Question 10

Ethylene glycol (anti-freeze) injestion

Answer 10

1) . Fomepizole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase
2) . use ethanol
3) . Haemodialysis in occasional cases

Question 11

Methanol poisoning overdose

Answer 11

fomepizole or ethanol

haemodialysis

Question 12

Organophosphate insecticides

Answer 12

atropine

Question 13

Digoxin overdose

Answer 13

Digoxin-specific antibody fragments

Question 14

Iron overdose

Answer 14

desferrioxamine, a chelating agent

Question 15

Lead overdose

Answer 15

Dimercaprol, calcium edetate

Question 16

Carbon monoxide

Answer 16

100% oxygen

hyperbaric oxygen

Question 17

Cyanide

Answer 17

Hydroxocobalamin, also a combination of amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, and sodium thiosulfate