EMS University - Quiz 21

Signs and symptoms of a sympathomimetic drug overdose include:

Tachycardia

Substance abuse is MOST accurately defined as:

knowingly misusing a substance to produce a desired effect

The major side effect associated with administration of activated charcoal is:

Black stools

Common names for activated charcoal include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Fructose

Airborne substances should be diluted with:

Oxygen

In general, injected poisons are impossible to dilute or remove because they:

are usually absorbed quickly into the body.

You respond to a college campus for a young male who is acting strangely. After law enforcement has secured the scene, you enter the patient's dorm room and find him sitting on the edge of the bed; he appears agitated. As you approach him, you note that he has dried blood around both nostrils. He is breathing adequately, his pulse is rapid and irregular, and his blood pressure is 200/110 mm Hg. Treatment for this patient includes:

attempting to calm him and giving him oxygen if tolerated.

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 BVM.

The poison control center will be able to 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.

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.