Pharmacology
A predictable yet adverse response to a drug is called
What are Side effects
Getting a flu vaccination is what kind of immunity
What is acquired immunity?
Common physical signs and symptoms of agitated delirium include
What is hypertension, tachycardia, and diaphoresis?
Sclerosis of a vein is caused by
What is frequent cannulation?
A 40-year-old male is experiencing a ventricular arrhythmia. Medical control orders your paramedic partner to administer 1.5 mg per kilogram of lidocaine to the patient who weighs 185 pounds. Lidocaine is supplied in a concentration of 100 mg per 10 mL how many milliliters should your partner administer to this patient?
What is 12.6 mL
A liquid mixture of one or more substances that cannot be separated by filtering or allowing the mixture to stand is called a
What is a solution
The chemical mediators that cause an allergic reaction are released by
What is Basophils and mass cells?
A female, who is a known IV drug abuser has overdosed on heroin. Your assessment reveals that she is semiconscious bradycardic and hypertensive. Her respirations are slow and shallow as your partner is assisting her ventilations you should start IV and give
What is 0.4 mg of Narcan
The purpose of a constricting band when starting IV is too
How to Increase Venus pressure at the puncture site
A five year-old child has swallowed a bottle of aspirin. Medical control orders you to give the child 0.5 g per kilogram of activated charcoal. Based on the child’s weight of 45 pounds, how much charcoal will you administer?
What is 10 g
A teratogenic drug is one that
What poses a risk to a developing fetus?
In contrast to anaphylaxis an anaphylactoid reaction
What can occur without previous exposure to the offending agent?
General management for a patient who has overdosed on a benzodiazepine include
Maintaining airway, patency, supporting ventilations as needed and transporting
What is the difference between a crystalloid and a colloid solution?
Crystalloids do not contain large protein molecules
A 30-year-old female requires a medication to decrease her heart rate. The medication to be administered is supplied and a pre-filled syringe in a concentration of 6 mg/2 mL. How many milliliters are required to achieve a dose of 12 mg
What is 4 mL?
A drugs therapeutic index refers to
What is the difference between a therapeutic and lethal dose?
A male presents with widespread urticaria after being bitten numerous times by fire ants. He is conscious and alert, and denies respiratory distress. Further assessment reveals that his breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. What is your treatment?
What is administer oxygen as needed and transport promptly, consider Benadryl.
Your Dispatch to a house for an elderly female with mental status changes during your assessment of the patient you should first
Determine the patient’s baseline mental status
Which medication’s could be administered intranasally that is in the AEMT SCOPE
Narcan
During a long distance transport, you initiate IV of normal saline and infuse 125 mL over two hours using micro drip tubing how many drops per minute (get/min) is your IV flow rate set at
What is 63GTT/MIN
A known contraindication to the administration of 50% dextrose is
What is intracranial hemorrhage?
A foreign substance that stimulates the bodies immune response is called a
what is an antigen?
What psychological response would you expect to occur following administration of a drug that possesses Alpha one properties
Peripheral vasoconstriction
Maureen the package insert that a company is a medication. You know that it has been assigned a pregnancy category D this means that.
Risk to the human fetus has been demonstrated however, administration of the drug may outweigh the risk of potential adverse effects in certain circumstances
How many grams of present in 25 mL of 50% dexterous?
What is 12.5 g