Fisdap Unit Exam: Medical Emergencies

Questions to ask patients who OD correct answers what did you take, when, how much, last oral intake, any precautions taken, weight Opiates and opioids correct answers morphine, codeine, and heroin, methadone, oxycodone hypoventilation, respiratory arrest, pinpoint pupils, sedation, coma, hypotension sympathomimetics correct answers epinephrine, albuterol, cocaine, methamphetamine hypertension, tachycardia, dilated pupils, agitation, seizures, hyperthermia sedative hypnotics correct answers diazepam, secobarbital, flunitrazepam, midazolam slurred speech, sedation, coma, hypoventilation, hypotension anticholinergics correct answers atropine, diphenhydramine, chloropheniramine, doxylamine, datura stramonium (jimsonweed) tachycardia, hyperthermia, hypertension, dilated pupils, dry skin and mucous membranes, sedation, agitation, seizures, coma, delirium, decreased bowel sounds cholinergics correct answers organophosphates, pilocarpine, nerve gas airway compromise SLUDGEM SLUDGEM correct answers salivation, sweating lacrimation urination defecation, drooling, diarrhea gastric upset and cramps emesis muscle twitching/miosis (pinpoint pupils)