Wean this drug which is used to raise blood pressure by 0.01 mcg/kg/min.
What is Epinephrine
100
What antibiotic is both an IV and a neb?
What is Tobramycin?
100
Stop this post operative anticoagulant 24 hours after administering the first dose of Aspirin.
What is Heparin?
100
This electrolyte is used to treat Torsades de Pointe.
What is Magnesium?
100
This drug is incompatible with NS.
What is Amiodarone?
It is not compatible with anything with NS including D5 1/2 NS+20 KCL.
200
Don't wean this drip for acute changes because the half life is too long.
What is Milrinone
200
This antibiotic should be given slowly or it will cause Red Man's Syndrome. The dose needs to be adjusted if the patient has kidney failure by drawing trough levels, never peak levels.
What is Vancomycin?
Remember to hold the dose until you have spoken with the pharmacist about the patient's trough level.
200
Patients generally go home on this drug after a Fontan procedure. There is new evidence supporting sending patients home on Aspirin after a Fontan, but that doesn't always happen.
What is Coumadin?
200
These drugs can all be given via ETT - Lidocaine, Epinephrine (1:1,000), Atropine and ????
What is Narcan?
In the Neonatal world, Epi 1:10,000 is used but there is a different dose for ETT administration. BE CAREFUL not to confuse those.
200
Lasix, Esmolol and Versed are all incompatible with this drug.
What is Milrinone?
It is no longer recommended to run Esmolol peripherally. If both are ordered, Polina recommends running Milrinone peripherally.
300
Wean this drip that peripherally vasodilates when your blood pressure is too low.
What is Nipride, Propofol, Fentanyl.
300
This drug needs to sit for 1/2 hour primed in the tubing before it can be hung.
What is insulin?
300
Patients will get this drug if they have a clot currently or a history of clotting. Remember to draw a level 4 hours after administering your dose.
What is Lovenox?
A LMWH, which goes in a blue top tube, needs to be drawn 4 hours after administering Lovenox.
300
This drug is given rapidly and causes a pause in your rhythm.
What is Adenosine?
300
Premade Heparin bags are incompatible with which drug (electrolyte)
What is Calcium?
It isn't the Heparin and Calcium that are incompatible. It is the preservatives in Heparin that are incompatible with Calcium.
400
Don't fash push this pain medicine because you will cause chest wall rigidity.
What is Fentanyl
400
Wht drug should only be hung if the color is clear or brown and thrown if it is blue? This drug is also light sensitive and needs to be covered.
What is Nipride
400
Patients could get this drug if their INR is unstable.
What is Vitamin K?
400
This drug is used to treat bradycardia due to vagal stimulation.
What is Atropine?
400
True or False... If you run incompatible medications together you will immediately have problems.
What is False?
500
Wean this drug slowly as you near off, or you will cause rebound pulmonary hypertension.
What is Nitric Oxide
500
This drug is used on the floor to treat a positive base excess, but it's primary indication is to treat elevated ocular pressure by causing a gentle diuresis.
What is Diamox?
500
After a bioprosthetic valve replacement, patients go home on what anticoagulant drug?