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11 Cards in this Set
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inhalation
ingestion absorption injection |
4 poison entries
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substance that can cause injury, illness, or death
-can be solid liquid or gas |
poison
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nausea, chest pain, headaches
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signs
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swallowing the poison
-food, such as mushrooms -drugs -medicine |
ingested
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bug bite, drugs through needle
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injected
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breathing toxic fumes
source can or cannot have odor most common=carbon minoxide |
inhaled
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contact with skin-poison ivy
care=rinse with water 15 minutes |
absorbed
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check scene
remove from source call PCC don't give drink collect vomit |
care for poison
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takes away strength of poison
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activated charcoal
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swelling and turns red, weak, nausea, restlessness, dilated pupils, slurred speech, bad breathing, hives, burning eyes, death
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anaphylaxis
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allergic reactions turn into ana
-check airway and breathing, call EMS, offer reassurance |
care for ana
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