TOXICOLOGY Flashcards
Ethanol
(grain alcohol)
most commonly ABUSED chemical substance
Stages of Impairment for Blood Alcohol
%w/v
- 0.01 - 0.05
- 0.03 - 0.12
- 0.09 - 0.25
- 0.18 - 0.30
- 0.27 - 0.40
- 0.35 - 0.50
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 1: 0.03 - 0.05
-NO obvious IMPAIRMENT
-SOME observable changes in PERFORMANCE testing
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 2: 0.03 - 0.12
-SOME IMPAIRMENT of motor skills
-Mild euphoria
-Decreased inhibitions
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 3: 0.09 - 0.25
-MEMORY impairment
-Decreased inhibitions and reaction time
-Loss of critical judgment
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 4: 0.18 - 0.30
- STRONG IMPAIRMENT motor skills (stag, slur)
- Mental confusion
- Dizziness
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 5: 0.27 - 0.40
- IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS
- Unable to stand or walk
- Vomitting
Stages of impairment: Signs and symptoms
Stage 6: 0.35 - 0.50
- Coma
- Death (possible)
≥ 0.10
Presumptive evidence of driving under ALCOHOL INFLUENCE
Cyanide
Odor of Bitter Almonds
Arsenic
Odor of garlic
Keratinophilic
Carbon monoxide
- Odorless, colorless, tasteless
- Blood Cherry-red color
- Bind to hgb 250x than oxygen
Mercury
- Nephrotoxic
- Can BIND to myelin
Lead
- SOC: Whole blood
- INHIBITS D-ALA synthase & pyrimidine 5’ necleotides