Title: Demonstrate the assessment and management of patients suspected of suffering from poisoning.
Course: Emergency Medical Responder (14055-IV) > Section: Managing Medical Emergencies

Demonstration should include

- identifying how and when to contact a poison control center
- managing poisoning by carbon monoxide
- managing poisoning by a nerve agent
- managing opioid overdoses (see REVIVE program information)
- describing the main routes of poisoning (i.e., inhaled, ingested, injected, absorbed)
- administering toxicology medications.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a poison?
- What are the two main types of food poisoning?
- What clues at the scene would help an EMR identify poisoning as the cause of a patient’s illness?
- What is the most commonly abused drug in the United States?