JBL LEARNING PARAMEDIC TOXICOLOGY
CHAPTER 20 | TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED
PASS NEWEST VERSION
1. Heroin is an example of a(n):
A. opioid. Correc
B. sympathomimetic.
C. cholinergic.
D. hypnotic ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A. opioid. Correct
2. A hypnotic drug is one that:
A. induces sleep.
B. prevents amnesia.
C. increases the pulse.
D. increases the senses. ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A. induces sleep.
3. A patient who presents with rapid breathing, nausea and vomiting, ringing in the ears,
and hyperthermia should be suspected of ingesting a significant quantity of:
A. Cocaine
B. Aspirin
C. Acetaminophen
D. Ibuprofen ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Aspirin
,4. A person who routinely misuses a substance and requires increasing amounts to achieve
the same effect is experiencing:
A. Dependence
B. Adidction
C. Withdrawal
D. Tolerance ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D. Tolerance
5. Activated charcoal may be indicated for a patient who ingested:
A. Methanol
B. Aspirin
C. Ethanol
D. Iron ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Aspirin
6. After administering activated charcoal to a patient, it is MOST important to:
A. Monitor the patient's blood pressure
B. Document the intervention
7. C.Be alert for vomiting
8. D. Call medical control ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C. Be alert for vomiting
9. Airborne substances should be diluted with:
A. An alkaline antidote
B. Syrup of ipecac
C. Oxygen
10. D.Activated charcoal ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C. Oxygen
11. An EMT's primary responsibility to the patient who has been poisoned is to:
, A. Administer the appropriate antidote
B. Recognize that a poisoning occurred
C. Administer 25 g of activated charcoal
D. Contact poison control immediately ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Recognize
that a poisoning occurred
12. Common names for activated charcoal include all of the following, except:
A. Actidose
B. Fructose
C. LiquiChar
D. InstaChar ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Fructose
13. Heroin is an example of a(n):
A. opioid.
B. sympathomimetic.
C. cholinergic.
D. hypnotic ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
14. A 7-year-old, 25-kg child ingested two bottles of Tylenol approximately 30 minutes ago
and medical control orders you to administer activated charcoal. You should administer:
------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
15. Activated charcoal administration is contraindicated in patients who have ingested: -------
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
Your unit is dispatched to the county jail for an intoxicated inmate. Upon arrival, you find
the patient, a 33-year-old male, lying supine in a jail cell. He is responsive to painful
CHAPTER 20 | TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED
PASS NEWEST VERSION
1. Heroin is an example of a(n):
A. opioid. Correc
B. sympathomimetic.
C. cholinergic.
D. hypnotic ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A. opioid. Correct
2. A hypnotic drug is one that:
A. induces sleep.
B. prevents amnesia.
C. increases the pulse.
D. increases the senses. ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A. induces sleep.
3. A patient who presents with rapid breathing, nausea and vomiting, ringing in the ears,
and hyperthermia should be suspected of ingesting a significant quantity of:
A. Cocaine
B. Aspirin
C. Acetaminophen
D. Ibuprofen ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Aspirin
,4. A person who routinely misuses a substance and requires increasing amounts to achieve
the same effect is experiencing:
A. Dependence
B. Adidction
C. Withdrawal
D. Tolerance ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓D. Tolerance
5. Activated charcoal may be indicated for a patient who ingested:
A. Methanol
B. Aspirin
C. Ethanol
D. Iron ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Aspirin
6. After administering activated charcoal to a patient, it is MOST important to:
A. Monitor the patient's blood pressure
B. Document the intervention
7. C.Be alert for vomiting
8. D. Call medical control ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C. Be alert for vomiting
9. Airborne substances should be diluted with:
A. An alkaline antidote
B. Syrup of ipecac
C. Oxygen
10. D.Activated charcoal ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓C. Oxygen
11. An EMT's primary responsibility to the patient who has been poisoned is to:
, A. Administer the appropriate antidote
B. Recognize that a poisoning occurred
C. Administer 25 g of activated charcoal
D. Contact poison control immediately ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Recognize
that a poisoning occurred
12. Common names for activated charcoal include all of the following, except:
A. Actidose
B. Fructose
C. LiquiChar
D. InstaChar ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓B. Fructose
13. Heroin is an example of a(n):
A. opioid.
B. sympathomimetic.
C. cholinergic.
D. hypnotic ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
14. A 7-year-old, 25-kg child ingested two bottles of Tylenol approximately 30 minutes ago
and medical control orders you to administer activated charcoal. You should administer:
------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
15. Activated charcoal administration is contraindicated in patients who have ingested: -------
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓
Your unit is dispatched to the county jail for an intoxicated inmate. Upon arrival, you find
the patient, a 33-year-old male, lying supine in a jail cell. He is responsive to painful
