Poisons Flashcards
1
Q
Cherry red skin with a faint odour of almonds
A
Cyanide
2
Q
Urinary 6-monoacetylmorphine
A
Heroin
3
Q
Cocaethylene
A
Consumption of alcohol with cocaine
4
Q
Benzoylecgonine (BE)
A
Cocaine
5
Q
Ecgonine methyl ester (EME)
A
Cocaine
6
Q
Urinary/plasma/serum EDDP
A
Methadone
7
Q
Raised salicylate levels
A
Aspirin
8
Q
Aspirin overdose treatment
A
activated charcoal
9
Q
Symptoms of organophosphate poisoning? (menmonic)
A
SLUDEGEM
Salivation Lacrimation Urination Defecation Gastrointestinal motility Emesis Miosis
10
Q
Dicobalt edetate
A
Treating cyanide poisoning
11
Q
Desferoxamine is used for what?
A
Treating acute iron poisoning
12
Q
Naloxone use?
A
Opioid overdose
13
Q
Atropine can be used for?
A
Organophosphate poisoning
14
Q
Test that can be used for ALL types of drugs of abuse?
A
Immunoassays
15
Q
Test that can be used to analyse samples of stool, liver and also urine?
A
Thin layer chromotography
