It's Saturday, and Jessica is helping her dad fix the roof. They need to lay new shingles on one entire side, and they've been under the sun on black tar paper for 5 hours. It's a toasty 92 degrees outside, but the humidity isn't that bad—only about 40%. Jessica has been drinking lots of water and is wearing light colored, sweat-wicking clothing, but she sits down suddenly feeling like she's going to throw up. Her heart is racing. Her skin is warm and dry with no more sweat. Her dad feels her forehead, and she's burning up. What heat-related illness does Jessica have? How should she treat it?

If an older person went to the doctor with a fever, chills, body aches, and a cough, what would the doctor most likely suspect the person has?

The parents of a 9-year-old girl bring their daughter to the ed. for the last 12 hours, the child has suffered severe nausea and vomiting, as well as diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. further discussion with the child indicates that she suffers from blurred vision and headache. the parents originally were worried about bringing the child to the ed because they feared deportation since the family are illegal immigrants employed to pick strawberries on a nearby farm. on direct questionning, the parents admit that the child was assisting with spraying crops with pesticides the previous day. none of the family members was wearing any protecting clothing. her bp is 88/48 mmhg, pulse is 90/min, rr 33/min, temp 38 c. the child appears sweaty and confused. auscultation of the lungs reveals a diffuse wheeze bilaterally. pupils are miotic and the child has diffuse muscle weakness. which of the following interventions is the most appropriate treatment? - atropine- charcoal- glucagon- naloxone- exposure: consider organophosphate poisoning, which inhibits cholinesterase and results in accumulation of ach in both muscarinic and nicotinic sites. pralidoxime activates achatropine competes with ach only at muscarinic receptors, but will not reverse nicotinic effectscharcoal = gastric decontaminationglucagon = reverse beta-blocker overdosenaloxone = reverse effects of opioids

9. withdrawal occurs when alcohol is removed from the system after the brain a. adapted to the continued presence of alcohol b. become physically saturated with alcohol c. become impervious to the effects of alcohol d. begun to treat alcohol as a poison