posoining

Question 1

Name the 4 ways you can get poison into body.

Answer 1

• ingestion
• inhaling
• injection
• absorbing

Question 2

What amounts of carbon monoxide are harmful, while others are dangerous?

Answer 2

small=harmless

large=harmful

Question 3

what are the immediate symptoms of poisoning?

Answer 3

• Signs include:
• nausea
• vomiting
• diarrhea
• chest or abdominal pain
• trouble breathing
• sweating
• seizures
• dizziness and so on

Question 4

first step to care

Answer 4

remove the person from the scene in which they have been poisoned to avoid further exposure

Question 5

CHECK what?

Answer 5

• check for signs of life, such as breathing
• check for life threatening conditions, such as bleeding
• then ask, if the person is conscious,information about the type of poison, the amount, the time for how long they had been exposed, and weight.
• Call EMS

Question 6

when do initial symptoms of certain posoining show up

Answer 6

days or even weeks

Question 7

What is lyme disease

Answer 7

Lyme disease can be transfered by deer tick bites.

Question 8

What are the first signs of infection

Answer 8

they start a few days later and initially form a rash around the bitten.

immediately contact a doctor.

Question 9

risk of lyme disease

Answer 9

the longer a tick is attached to body surface, the greater the rist of being infected

Question 10

How can you prevent lyme disease

Answer 10

wear insect repellent

Question 11

What and how can West nile virus be transferred

Answer 11

it can be transferred by mosquitoes so follow the same preconcious of that lyme disease, due to similar way of infection

Question 12

risks of animal poisonings in qatar

Answer 12

In Qatar there are multiple animals in which to avoid while camping in the desert, such as the Five-striped Desert Scorpion and can be found near dunes.

Question 13

how can you be poisoned by food.

Answer 13

poisonous mushrooms

allergies to foods

mishandled foods.