Safe Prescribing — Flashcards

In _____ poisoning, the pulse oximetry will be normal or raised

Carbon monoxide has a _____ affinity for haemoglobin which causes a left shift of the oxygen dissociation curve

Hint: Higher/Lower

Which part of the ABCDE approach is most likely to be compromised in opioid overdose? _____ and B (respiratory depression)

A patient with known bipolar disorder presents to hospital with a coarse tremor, hyperreflexia and confusion. Shortly after admission they experience a seizure which progresses to a coma? Toxicity of what medication has most likely caused this? _____

Salicylate poisoning may cause _____

Hint: what electrolyte abnormality?

ABG in patients with ethylene glycol toxicity will reveal a _____

Hint: metabolic picture (inc anion gap & osmolar gap)

Peak plasma concentration of paracetamol is around _____

_____ is a competitive μ-opioid receptor antagonist

What is the management of carbon monoxide poisoning? _____

What ABG result would you expect in a paracetamol overdose? _____