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Module 13
Section 8: Toxicology, overdoses, and antidotes
Question | Answer |
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What is toxicology? | The study of poisons and how they affect the body |
What are antidotes? | Medication that reverse or counteract the effect of poisons |
Besides using antidotes, what are four additional methods for additional methods for counteracting poisons? | Administer activated charcoal perform gastric lavage Administer laxatives Alkalize the urine by using sodium bicarbonate |
Th antidote for alcohol (ethanol) or fomepizole overdose | Methanol or ethylene glycol |
The antidote for anticholinergic overdose | Physostigmine (Antilirum) |
The antidote for benzodiazepine overdose | Flumazenil |
The antidote for a black widow spider bite | Antivenin (Latrodectus mactans) |
The antidote for carbon monoxide overdose | Oxygen |
The antidote for warfarin overdose | vitamin K |
The antidote for narcotics/opiates overdose | Naloxone |