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Pharmacology for Nurses

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Poison Treatment: ____ care is important to maintain respiratory status, breathing, circulation, and assessing CNS response to poison   Supportive  
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Poison Treatment: identifying the poison through ____ and ___ studies is important   history; lab (blood, urine, etc.)  
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Poison Treatment: prevent further ____ of the poison by giving activated ____, inducing vomiting, gastric lavage, whole-bowel irrigation, or catharsis   absorption; charcoal  
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Poison Treatment: certain ____ may be used to prevent side effects of the ingested substances   antidotes  
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Minimize Absorption:Activated Charcoal: ____drugs and chemicals within the intestine and is then eliminated in the ___   absorbs; stool  
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Minimize Absorption:Activated Charcoal: AC works ___ with heavy metals, caustics/corrosives, alcohols, chlorine, iodine, and petroleum   poorly  
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Minimize Absorption:Activated Charcoal: antidotes should not be administered with ____ due to risk of ____ of antidote   charcoal; toxicity  
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Minimize Absorption: Syrup of Ipecac: Used to induce vomiting and removing poison from ____   stomach  
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Minimize Absorption: Syrup of Ipecac: do not give after ingestion of ____ or ____   erosive; acids  
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Minimize Absorption: Syrup of Ipecac: not commonly used any more and should be used very ____   infrequently  
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Specific Antidotes: Heavy Metal Antagonist: ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, and _____ are most common for poisoning   iron, lead, mercury, arsenic, gold, copper  
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Specific Antidotes: Heavy Metal Antagonist: antidotes are called _____ or ____ agents   chelator; chelating  
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Specific Antidotes: Heavy Metal Antagonist: chelating agents can compete with other ____ and bind with the heavy metal enhancing their ____   receptors; excretion  
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