Meds & Checks
The symptoms or circumstances for which a medication is given.
What are indications?
A CPAP device helps prevent these tiny lung structures from collapsing.
What are alveoli?
Nitroglycerin is most commonly supplied in these two forms.
What are pills and spray?
An insufficient amount of sugar in the blood is called this.
What is hypoglycemia?
Another name for a severe allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
The EMT should do these three things after administering any medication.
What are reassess the patient, document the medication, and report to the receiving facility?
This condition occurs when fluid accumulates in the lungs and prevents adequate breathing.
What is pulmonary edema?
This cardiac chest pain may subside with rest.
What is angina pectoris?
This breath odor is characteristic of hyperglycemia.
What is a fruity odor?
A common patient complaint during anaphylaxis involving the airway.
What is “My throat feels like it is closing”?
This route places medication under the tongue.
What is the sublingual route?
Shallow, slow, irregular, gasping breaths are known by this term.
What are agonal respirations?
This stimulates the mechanical contraction of heart cells.
What is electrical energy?
This hormone helps move sugar from the bloodstream into the cell.
What is insulin?
Epinephrine auto-injectors are commonly indicated for severe allergies to these items.
What are peanut butter, shellfish, penicillin, or bee stings?
This term means the physical state of a drug, such as powder, liquid, or gas.
What is drug form?
A collapsed lung without injury or obvious cause is called this.
What is a spontaneous pneumothorax?
For a patient in ventricular tachycardia, this sequence is recommended after the first shock.
What is 2 minutes of CPR, reanalyze, and shock again if indicated?
This condition is two or more tonic-clonic seizures without an intervening period of consciousness.
What is status epilepticus?
During anaphylaxis, histamine and other chemicals cause capillaries to become leaky, this airway problem, and swelling near the vocal cords.
What is bronchoconstriction?
The study of how medications affect the body in relation to patient-specific factors such as age and weight.
What is pharmacodynamics?
In a pediatric airway, this structure is smaller, softer, and more flexible, making obstruction easier.
What is the trachea?
For severe chest pain suggesting MI, this is the best hospital destination when available.
What is the nearest hospital with cardiac catheterization capabilities?
When a patient is actively convulsing, EMTs should do this to prevent injury.
What is move furniture and other objects away from the patient?
The cardiovascular change commonly seen during anaphylaxis due to vasodilation.
What is low blood pressure?