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234.A 31-year-old man is brought to the ED by EMS who state that the man was found lying on the floor of his garage. He is rousa ...

Poisoning and Overdose 245 236.A 51-year-old man presents to the ED complaining of nausea and abdominal pain after drinking some ...

238.A 40-year-old man with a known history of ethanol abuse states that 2 hours ago he ingested two bottles of extra-strength Ty ...

Poisoning and Overdose 247 241.You receive notification from EMS that they are bringing in a 17-year- old male who was found unc ...

243.A 22-year-old woman presents to the ED by ambulance from a dance club. The paramedics report that the patient was agitated i ...

Poisoning and Overdose 249 245.A 33-year-old woman presents to the ED with a painful sprained ankle. She has a past medical hist ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 217.The answer is c. (Rosen, pp 2187-2190.) The patient drank insecticide,which is primarily comp ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 251 (e)Heroin intoxication can cause respiratory depression. Patients usually present with miotic ...

252 Emergency Medicine acetaminophen poisoning. This phase usually lasts 0.5 to 24 hours. Patients are usually asymptomatic or e ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 253 (a)Theoretically, one can continue bag-valve-mask ventilation until the effects of the heroin ...

254 Emergency Medicine nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, fever, diaphoresis, and confusion. Salicylates are capable of producing sever ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 255 diarrhea. It is difficult to distinguish from cocaine overdose and diagnosis relies on the me ...

256 Emergency Medicine toxicity are contradictory. Therefore, their role in patients with cocaine intoxi- cation remains unclear ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 257 delusion of superhuman strength and nystagmus. (b)When cocaineuse is stopped or when a binge ...

258 Emergency Medicine alcoholingestion. However, a normal or even negative osmol gap does not exclude the presence of toxic alc ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 259 233.The answer is a.(Goldfrank et al, pp 480-496.)NACis the cornerstone of therapy for the po ...

260 Emergency Medicine People are exposed to CO through fires, vehicle exhaust, home generators, and the metabolism of methylene ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 261 (b)Differentiating between ethanol and isopropyl alcohol ingestion can be very difficult. How ...

262 Emergency Medicine (a)NAC is used in the treatment of hepatic failure secondary to APAP overdose. (c and d)IV NAC is not kno ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 263 sedation.(e)α-Receptor blockade causes vasodilation and hypotension leading to a decrease in ...