Toxicology Flashcards
To provide scientific expertise and scientific tests
Purpose of toxicology
Science concerned with the body in a medico-legal context
Forensic Toxicology
Liquids, powders, syringes, food, tablets, and containers
Non-bio Samples
2 different areas of expertise
Alcohol and Drugs
Study of rate of drug absorption and distribution in the body
Pharmacokinetics
ADME
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism,Excretion
Types of absorption
Injection, respiration, oral, topical, rectal
movement of a drug from blood to body
Distribution
modification of drugs for excretion by making the drug more water soluble
Metabolism
Removal of parent drug from the body
Excretion
Amount of alcohol present in a 100 mL volume of blood
Blood alcohol content(BAC)
physical signs dependeant on tolerance
Drunk or intoxicated
decrease ability to perform a task
Imparement