NAPLEX Practice Question # 110
NAPLEX Examination.
Practice Question # 110.
Naplex
TOXICITY GENERAL MANAGEMENT
- Supportive care and ABCs. Evaluating and supporting the vital functions (airway, breathing, and circulation [ABCs]) are the mandatory first steps in the initial management of drug ingestions. After the patient is stabilized, the specific issue(s) of poison management should be addressed.1
- Treatment for patients with depressed mental status includes the following: 1. To rule out or treat hypoglycemia, 50 mL of 50% dextrose in adults and 1 mL/kg in children intravenously (IV)
- Thiamine 100 mg IV push (glucose can precipitate the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in thiamine deficient patients)
- Naloxone (Narcan) 0.4 to 2 mg IV push, if opiate ingestion is suspected. Naloxone may also be administered by the following routes: inhalation, intramuscular, and intranasal.