CH 11: Poisoning & Substance Abuse LOBJ

KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES:

  1. Define poison. (p 228)
  2. Describe the signs and symptoms of ingested poisons. (p 229)
  3. Explain how to treat a patient who has ingested a poison. (p 230)
  4. Describe the signs and symptoms of inhaled poisons. (pp 231–232)
  5. Explain how to treat a patient who has inhaled a poison. (pp 233–234)
  6. Describe the signs and symptoms of injected poisons. (p 233)
  7. Explain how to treat a patient who has been injected with a poison. (p 234)
  8. Explain how to assist a patient with an auto-injector. (p 234)
  9. Describe the signs and symptoms of absorbed poisons. (p 235)
  10. Explain how to treat a patient who has absorbed a poison. (p 235)
  11. Describe how to brush off a dry chemical from a patient and then flush with water. (p 235)
  12. Describe how to use water to flush a patient who has come in contact with liquid poison. (p 235)
  13. Describe the signs and symptom of exposure to a nerve agent. (p 235)
  14. Describe the role of emergency medical responders (EMRs) in an incident involving exposure to a nerve agent. (p 235)
  15. Explain how to administer a nerve agent auto-injector kit. (p 236)
  16. Describe the signs and symptoms of a drug overdose caused by amphetamines, opioids, hallucinogens, and inhalants. (pp 238–239)
  17. Explain the general treatment of a patient who has experienced a drug overdose. (p 240)
  18. Explain how to administer intranasal naloxone for an opioid overdose. (pp 238–239)

SKILLS OBJECTIVES:

  1. Demonstrate treatment of a patient who has ingested a poison. (pp 230–231)
  2. Demonstrate treatment of a patient who has inhaled a poison. (pp 232–233)
  3. Demonstrate treatment of a patient who has been injected with poison. (pp 233–234)
  4. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with an auto-injector. (p 234)
  5. Demonstrate treatment of a patient who has absorbed a poison. (p 235)
  6. Demonstrate how to brush off a dry chemical from a patient and then flush with water. (p 235)
  7. Demonstrate how to use water to flush a patient who has come in contact with liquid poison. (p 235)
  8. Demonstrate administration of nerve agent auto-injector kits. (p 236)
  9. Demonstrate treatment of a patient who has experienced a drug overdose. (p 240)
  10. Demonstrate administration of intranasal naloxone for an opioid overdose. (pp 238–239)