Distribution of Medication in the body
The movement of a solvent, such as water, from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration through a semipermeable membrane to equalize the concentration of water and solute on both sides of the membrane.
What is osmosis?
Decreased efficacy or potentcy of a medication when taken repeatedly by a patient.
What is tolerance?
Two medications with similar effects combine to prodice an effect equal to the sum of the 2 individual effects.
example:Tylenol + Ibuprofen for fever reduction.
What is addition or summation?
The proximal tibia IO site infuses through this blood vessel.
What is the popliteal vein?
This class of medications treats and/or prevents nausea/vomiting.
What are antiemetics?
Small medication particals attracted to fats and lipids.
What is lipophilic?
High abuse potential with a legitimate medical purpose medications are this schedule of controlled substances.
What is schedule II?
The effect of one medication is greatly enhanced by the presence of another medication, which does not produce the same effect.
What is potentiation?
Phenergan is given to increase the effects of antitussives (codeine) for improved relief that could not be achieved by antitussives alone.
The proximal humerous IO site infuses through this blood vessel.
What is the axillary vein?
This class of medications decrease inflamation and suppress the immune system.
What are corticosteroids?
The process of moving molecules and ions across a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration—against the concentration gradient.
What is active transport?
The group of medications that initiates or alters a cellular activity by attaching to receptor sites, prompting a cellular response.
What are agonist medications?
Two medications with similar effects combine to produce an effect greater than the sum of the medications effects.
Example: Profound sedation with opiods and benzodiapines.
What is synergism?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The distal tibia infuses through this blood vessel.
This site is also referred to as what?
What is the great saphenous vein?
What is the medial malleolus?
This class of medications reduces the heart rate and blood pressure.
What are Beta-blocking agents?
A type of passive transport where molecules move across a cell membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Because it follows the concentration gradient, the process does not require cellular energy.
What is facilitated diffusion?
The time that a medication concentration can be expected to remain above the minimum level needed to provide the inteded action.
What is duration of action?
Two medications bind together to produce an inactive substance.
What is neutralization?
The femur IO site infuses through this blood vessel?
What is the femoral vein?
This class of medication alters GI secreation activity and decreasesGI motility.
What are antidiarrheals?
A process in which medication moleculles temporarily attach to proteins in the blood plasma, significantly altering medication distribution in the body.
What is plasma protein binding?
These receptors inhibit the release of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in the sympathetic nervous system.
What are alpha-2 receptors?
The action of one medication increases or decreases the the ability of the body to metabolize the medication.
What is altered metabolism?
The manubrium IO site infuses through this blood vessel.
What are the internal mammary and azygos veins?
This class of medications constrict blood vessels; increase cardiac output, BP, and heart rate.
What are sympathomimetics?