Toxicology

Question 1

Charcoal has great adsorptive properties and binds most poisons EXCEPT

Answer 1

potassium, alcohol, iron, lithium - PAIL

Question 2

Hemoperfusion Advantage over hemodilaysis

Answer 2

Drug or toxin is in direct contact with adsorbent material

Question 3

Acetaminophen Antidote

Answer 3

Acetylcysteine

Question 4

Anticholinergics Antidotes

Answer 4

Physostigmine

Question 5

Benzodiazepines Antidote

Answer 5

Flumazenil (DANGER) can cause seizure

Question 6

Cyanide Antidotes

Answer 6

Na nitrite and Na thiosulfate

Question 7

Methanol/Polyeth. glycol Antidote

Answer 7

Ethanol

Question 8

Narcotics Antidote

Answer 8

Naloxone

Question 9

Anticholinergics toxicity symptoms

Answer 9

Delerium, blurred vision, mydriasis, hallucinations, coma, dry mucous membranes, inhibition of sweating, hyperthermia, tachycardia
“Hot as a hare, red as a beet, dry as a bone, blind as a bat, and mad as a hatter”