The Heart & Lungs
This gas is the most commonly administered prehospital medication, given to treat suspected hypoxia.
What is Oxygen?
This medication reverses respiratory depression caused by opioid overdoses and can be given by Basics via the IN, IM, or SQ routes.
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
This gel-like medication is administered orally to conscious patients experiencing symptomatic hypoglycemia.
What is Oral Glucose?
To provide high-flow oxygen via a non-rebreather mask, the regulator should be set to this flow rate.
What is 10 to 15 Liters per minute?
This term describes a condition or situation where a medication should NOT be given because it could harm the patient.
What is a contraindication?
In New Mexico, EMT-Basics administer this medication to patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) because of its anticoagulant properties.
What is Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)?
This oral medication acts as a gastrointestinal adsorbent for ingested poisons, preventing the toxin from being absorbed into the body.
What is Activated Charcoal?
This sympathomimetic drug is administered for anaphylaxis because it causes bronchodilation and vasoconstriction.
What is Epinephrine?
The New Mexico protocol dose for Aspirin in a suspected cardiac event (preferably chewable).
What is 160-324 mg?
The "Six Rights" of medication administration include Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Route, Right Time, and this final crucial step.
What is Right Documentation?
This Beta-2 agonist is inhaled to relax bronchial smooth muscle in patients experiencing wheezing from asthma or COPD.
What is Albuterol?
You should withhold Activated Charcoal if the patient has ingested corrosive acids/alkalis, or if they have this significant neurological presentation.
What is an altered mental status (or inability to swallow/protect their airway)?
Uniquely in the NM Basic scope, this oral over-the-counter medication can be given to pediatric patients to treat fever during long transports to prevent febrile seizures.
What is Acetaminophen (Tylenol)?
The standard single dose of sublingual Nitroglycerin that you may assist a patient in taking.
What is 0.4 mg?
Before administering an MDI (Metered Dose Inhaler) like Albuterol, you must ensure the prescription belongs to the patient and perform this physical action to the canister.
What is shake it vigorously?
Under NM guidelines, an EMT-Basic can administer this inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator, but only in combination with or after Albuterol.
What is Ipratropium (Atrovent)?
New Mexico EMT-Basics are authorized to use IM auto-injectors containing Atropine and Pralidoxime to treat exposure to this specific hazard.
What are chemical weapons or nerve agents?
If utilizing an EpiPen for a pediatric patient experiencing anaphylaxis, you will administer the medication into this preferred muscle.
What is the vastus lateralis (lateral thigh)?
When drawing up Epinephrine 1:1,000 from a vial using a syringe for adult anaphylaxis, the NM EMT-Basic scope dictates that no single dose should be greater than this volume.
What is 0.3 ml (or 0.3 mg)?
An EMT-B checking a patient's blood sugar with a glucometer prior to administering oral glucose is assessing this specific type of indication.
What is an objective indication (or a measurable vital sign)?
An EMT-Basic may assist a patient with their prescribed sublingual Nitroglycerin for unrelieved chest pain, but ONLY after securing this specific permission.
What is online Medical Control (or contacting Medical Direction)?
When administering Naloxone via the Intranasal (IN) route, you should use this plastic device attached to the syringe to turn the liquid into a fine mist.
What is a Mucosal Atomizer Device (MAD)?
In New Mexico, if an auto-injector is unavailable, an EMT-Basic is specifically allowed to draw up Epinephrine 1:1,000 using a pre-measured or TB syringe for administration via these two injection routes.
What are Intramuscular (IM) and Subcutaneous (SQ)?
The pediatric weight-based dose for Acetaminophen in the NM EMT-Basic guidelines.
What is 10 to 15 mg/kg?
A patient with suspected cardiac chest pain wants to take their prescribed Nitroglycerin, but their systolic blood pressure is 90 mmHg. You withhold the drug because of this physiological reason.
What is Nitroglycerin is a vasodilator (which would drop their blood pressure into severe hypotension)?