Medical Emergencies (Poisoning): Suggestions Appreciated

Question

This is the second installment of a future medical reference article.Medical Emergencies/One The topic today is "Poisoning". Any corrections, additions or suggestion would be extremely appreciated.

Medical Emergencies: Poisoning

The following information is provided for those aiding in the event of a poisoning or drug overdose.

To determine what has been ingested, ask the following:

Qué (What did you, he, she).... plus one of the following words:

eat?/comió?

drink?/bebió?

swallow?/tragó?

(note: the accented letter at the end of each word is stressed.)

How much did you (he, she) swallow?

¿Cuánto tragó?

How long ago did you (he, she) swallow it?

¿Cuánto hace que lo tragó?

Listen closely for one of the following items. This list includes medications (prescription/over the counter) cleaning products and alcohol:

alcohol/ el alchohol

amonia/ el amoníaco

antihistamines/antihistaminas

antiseptics/antisépticos

aspirin/aspirina

bleach/el cloro; el blanquador

capsules/las cápsulas

contraceptives/ anticonceptivos

cough syrup/ jarabe para la tos

cyanide/el cianuro

detergent/ el detergente

food (general)/ la comida

household cleaners/ productos de limpieza

insecticide/ el insecticida

liquor/ el licor

lye/la lejía

medicine/la medicina

paint/la pintura

pills/ la pastillas;píldoras

poison/ el veneno

sleeping pills/ los somníferos

tablets/las tabletas

tranquilizers/ los tranquilizantes

Names of street drugs that possible could have been ingested:

amphetamines/las anfetaminas

barbiturates/ los barbitúricos

cocaine/ la cocaína/la coca

crack/ el crac

glue/ la goma, la cola

hashish/ el hachich

heroin/ la heroína

marijuana/ la marihuana; la hierba; la mota

morphine/ la morfina

Treatment/Instructions:

drink or take/tome (TOH-meh...(plus one of the following, as you have been instructed)

milk/leche

mineral oil/ aceite mineral

vinegar/ vinagre

egg whites/ claras de huevos

black coffee/ café negro

strong tea/ té fuerte

antacid/ antiácido

Further instructions:

Induce vomitting with...

Hágase vomitar con...

your finger/ el dedo

salt and water/agua con sal

mustard and water/ agua con mostaza

Call 9-1-1 Llame al nueve uno uno.

Do you mean for this to be in "Website... feedback?" - chaparrito, Feb 24, 2010

Part one is under this category. But now I am wondering if I did it because Heidi asked me to, or if it was a mistake I made. I will find out. - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

I am going to wait for all corrections and suggestions and change everything at one time. Thanks to all who are participating!!! - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

Answer 1

I would put "Call 911" at the top of the list. and poison control if you are going to have to try to talk someone through treatment in case there is no other facility There are some substances you cause greater damage by inducing vomiting so you need to know about this. Questions about how to get to their home in case ambulance needs direction. Or how to give directions to the nearest medical facility. Ways to connect to Poison Control of such a thing is available (thinking outside US)

Asking about alcohol in combination with other drugs can make a huge difference

Some questions about other medical conditions or medications they may be on

I would just remove your heading about street/illegal drugs. Colloquial terms for any drug might be the more important to know.They can just flow in your alphabetical list. If someone is trying to scan this in an emergency subcategories could slow that process.

These are all great ideas. The street/illegal drug reference is a point of reference for English speaking people only. But I will take all of this into consideration. Thank you. - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

Answer 2

Liquor is not the same as Licor in spanish.

Liquor in English refer to any alcoholic beverage. In spanish Licor is an alcoholic beverage that include an additional flavor and sugar (licores are always sweet) So if you want to say liquor in spanich you should said: bebidas alcóholicas.

Whiskey, rum, gin, champagne, cognac are not licores, they are bebidas alcóholicas

Answer 3

Qué (What did you, he, she).... plus one of the following words:

eat?/comió?

drink?/bebió?

swallow?/tragó? tomó (be carefull when using the word tragar also means eating in excess) Tomar is more appropriate for this questions. I would use tragar for solids, cases where kids swallow a piece of glass or something dangerous but at the same time it is solid.

(note: the accented letter at the end of each word is stressed.)

How much did you (he, she) swallow?

¿Cuánto tomó?

How long ago did you (he, she) swallow it?

¿Cuánto hace que lo tomó?

Listen closely for one of the following items. This list includes medications (prescription/over the counter) cleaning products and alcohol:

alcohol/ alchohol articles are not necessary

amonia/ amoníaco

antihistamines/antihistamínicos

antiseptics/antisépticos

aspirin/aspirina

bleach/cloro; blanqueador / South America: lavandina

capsules/ cápsulas pildoras pastillas

contraceptives/ anticonceptivos

cough syrup/ jarabe para la tós

cyanide/ cianuro

detergent/ detergente

food (general)/ comida

household cleaners/ productos de limpieza

insecticide/ insecticida

liquor/ licor but is most use in case of intoxication as alcohol

lye/ lejía

medicine/ medicina - remedio

paint/ pintura

pills/ pastillas;píldoras

poison/ veneno

sleeping pills/ somníferos

tablets/ tabletas - pastillas

tranquilizers/ tranquilizantes

Names of street drugs that possible could have been ingested:

amphetamines/ anfetaminas - anfetas (colloquial)

barbiturates/ barbitúricos

cocaine/ cocaína/ coca (coca is only the leaf) colloquial for cocaine: blanca, merca, ... there are many more.

crack/ crac colloquial: piedra , roca,

glue/ goma, cola, most known: pegamento

hashish/ hachich - hashis

heroin/ heroína colloquial: caballo, manteca

marijuana/ marihuana; colloquial :hierba; mota, porro,

to inject / injectar

to snort / aspirar

to smoke / fumar

morphine/ morfina

Treatment/Instructions: Tratamiento

drink or take/tome (TOH-meh...(plus one of the following, as you have been instructed)

milk/leche

mineral oil/ aceite mineral

vinegar/ vinagre

egg whites/ claras de huevos

black coffee/ café negro or café sin azucar,

strong tea/ té fuerte

antacid/ antiácido

Further instructions: Instrucciones adicionales

Induce vomitting with...

Provoque el vomito con...

your finger/ su dedo

salt and water/agua con sal

mustard and water/ agua con mostaza

Call 9-1-1 Llame al nueve once. Phones are spells by two digits.

example: 813 452 3456 ocho trece, cuatro cincuenta y dos, treinta y cuatro cincuenta y seis.

Esto es excelente Juluque. Muchas gracias mi amigo. - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

Answer 4

antihistamines/antihistaminas

antiseptics/antisépticos

aspirin/aspirina

cough syrup/ jarabe para la tos

household cleaners/ productos de limpieza

I'm assuming the defintie articles were just over looked on these. Is las antihistaminas, los antisépticos, la aspirina, el jarabe para la tos y los productos de limieza correct?

Also, how do you pronounce "antihistaminas"? That throws me off because of letter "h" between the two letter i's? Would it be just the english pronunciation?

Thanks

Hi Joey! Have you tried clicking the 'speaker icon' next to words in the Dictionary section? It pronounces the words out loud. :-) - chaparrito, Feb 24, 2010

Good catch Joey. I do need to be more consistent with the articles!! Much appreciated. - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

chaparrito I didn't try that. In fact I never even thought about doing that. Good idea that I need to remember, thanks! - Joey-Jones, Feb 24, 2010

Answer 5

Great work Nicole! Here's a few typos:

alcohol/ el alchohol

alcohol/ el alcohol

amonia/ el amoníaco

ammonia/ el amoníaco

bleach/el cloro; el blanquador

bleach/el cloro; el blanqueador

Names of street drugs that possible

possibly

Induce vomitting with...

vomiting

What a tremendous effort! I look forward to seeing the finished product!

jaja, and I thought I only saw 1 typo....oh well. :) - hlsbookworm, Feb 24, 2010

Thanks Chaparrito. I saw the "possible" and completely forgot to change it. And after years of medical transcription, you would think I knew how to spell vomiting. jeje I really appreciate this!!! - Nicole-B, Feb 24, 2010

Answer 6

morphine,barbituates and amphetamines can be prescribed. Calling them street drugs might confuse an issue.

I agree that they can be legally prescribed. However, they are prevalent on the street as well. I am at a loss as to a proper name. Even if I use "illegal" that could be misleading. - Nicole-B, Feb 23, 2010

Answer 7

HI Ken, thanks for being so appreciative

Nicole is preparing this article to be published in the reference section of this forum

Answer 8

Pufff, looks like a lot of work to me, this will be a great reference article.

May be we can put the words in alphabetical order?

I agree with alphabetical order. For now, I just listed things as they came to mind. But you promised we could make it pretty!! jeje - Nicole-B, Feb 23, 2010

Answer 9

Exellent I just copied and pasted both 1 and 2 to my documents for future reference thankyou.

Great! Even if this helps just one or two people in crisis, I will consider it a success. Thanks for the comment Ken! - Nicole-B, Feb 23, 2010

Answer 10

Just fixed a typo Nicole, but otherwise, it looks great to me!

I appreciate that! - Nicole-B, Feb 23, 2010

Answer 11

English speaking people would also be wasting time if a format requires them to think of another variable ie subcategory when in a highly charged situation. A straight alphabetical list would eliminate having to do one more step.