Toxic Syn. dt Drug Use/Overdose

Question 1

Anticholinergics (benadryl)

Answer 1

Hot as a hare (hyperthermia), blind as a bat (dilated pupils), dry as a bone (dry skin), red as a beet (vasodilation) and mad as a hatter (deliurm/hallucinations/agitation) and the bowel and bladder lose their tone while the heart goes on alone (ileus, urinary retention and tachycardia).

Question 2

Cholinergics (organophosphate poisoning)

Answer 2

Salivation, lacrimation, increased urination, increased defecation, diarrhea, emesis (SLUDGE), bradycardia, confusion, miosis

Question 3

Narcotics

(i.e. Oxycontin)

Answer 3

Miosis, depressed level of consciousness, respiratory depression, hypotension, hypothermia, hyporeflexia

Question 4

Sedatives/hypnotics

(i.e. Ambien)

Answer 4

hypnotics Depressed level of consciousness, respiratory depression, hypotension, hypothermia, hyporeflexia

Question 5

Sympathomimetic

(i.e. Cocaine)

Answer 5

Tachycardia, hypertension, mydriasis, diaphoresis, seizures