EMT 1 Chapter 22

Naxalone (Narcan) would reverse the effects of:

Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)

Which of the following would be least pertinent during the initial questioning of a patient who ingested a substance?

Why was the substance ingested?

You are dispatched to a local nursery for a 39-year-old female who is sick. When you arrive, you find the patient lying on the floor. She is semiconscious, has copious amounts of saliva coming from her mouth, and is incontinent of urine. You quickly feel her pulse and note that it is very slow. Immediate management for this patient should include:

Thoroughly suctioning her oropharynx.

Your priority in caring for a patient with a surface contact poisoning is to:

Avoid contaminating yourself.

An EMT's primary responsibility to the patient who has been poisoned is to:

Recognize that a poisoning occurred.

Delirium tremens(DTs) is a syndrome associated with withdrawal from:

Alcohol.

A patient who presents with rapid breathing, nausea and vomiting, ringing in the ears, and hyperthermia should be suspected in ingesting a significant quantity of:

Aspirin.

During your assessment of a 50-year-old male who was found unresponsive in an alley, you note that he has slow, shallow respirations, bradycardia, facial cyanosis, and pinpoint pupils. As your partner begins assisting the patient's ventilations, he directs your attention to the patient's arms, which have multiple needle tracks on them. Which of the following would most likely explain the patient's respiration?

Heroin overdose.

Most poisonings occur via the __________ route.

Ingestion.

A 25-year-old man overdosed on heroin and is unresponsive. His breathing is slow and shallow, and he is bradycardic. He has track marks on both arms. The EMT should:

Insert a nasal airway and ventilate with a bag-mask device.

The poison control center will provide you with the most information regarding the appropriate treatment for a patient with a drug overdose if the center:

Is aware of the substance that is involved.

An overdose of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, will MOST likely cause:

Liver damage and failure.

Which of the following statements regarding inhaled poisons is correct?

Lung damage might progress after the patient is removed from the environment.

Your unit is dispatched to the county jail for an intoxicated inmate. Upon arrival, you find the patient, a 33-year-old male, lying supine in a jail cell. He is responsive to painful stimuli only and has slow, shallow respirations. You should be MOST concerned that this patient:

Might vomit and aspirate.

Substance abuse is most accurately defined as:

Misusing a substance to produce a desired effect.

Before giving activated charcoal, you should:

Obtain approval from medical control.

Hypertension, hypoventilation, and pinpoint pupils would be expected following an overdose of:

Oxycodone (Percocet)

Signs and symptoms of a symptomatic drug overdose include:

Tachycardia.

A person who routinely misuses a substance and requires increasing amounts to achieve the same effect is experiencing:

Tolerance.

If you are uncertain how to treat a patient who has been poisoned or exposed to a specific substance, you should:

Try to find the container the substance was in.