Cardiac
This is a small pill placed under the tongue to relieve chest pain and given up to 3 times in 5 min intervals
Nitroglycerin .04mg
Your front line med for this problem
Oxygen 2-15 Lt
This is the "pink stuff" and usually taste like bubble gum. It's used for general small infections.
Amoxicillin
This was the original fever reducer and pain reliever.
Aspirin
When doing a patient assessment the letter P stands for?
Povoking
This is very commonly used to help with chest pain and shortness of breath
Oxygen 2 - 6 Lt / min
This is commonly used as a inhaler carried my asthmatics
Albuterol 1-2 puffs
This is a capsule usually taken 2 the first day and then once a day for a total of 5 days
Azithromycin
This medicine is used to reverse or stop reactions caused be a histamine response.
Benadryl
When doing a patient assessment the letter Q stands for?
Quality
This is given in four small pills to and chewed up then swallowed. Dose is 324mg.
Aspirin
This is the second line med for SOB and is usually given in an nebulizer form.
Xopenex
This is a strong broad band antibiotic that covers most infections and is a great jump start to treatments.
Rocephin IM
This medicine is used for fevers and pain but is was primarily designed to stop inflammation.
Motrin
When doing a patient assessment the letter R stands for what two things?
Rate & Region
This is for pain is the easier meds do not work.
Morphine 4mg
This is a slow acting but long lasting steroid used to keep the inflammation in the lung down.
Prednisone
This is used to treat many bacterial infection including urine, skin, and respiratory. can be PO or IV form.
Keflex
This medicine is best know for stopping fevers but should cautiously used in children under 6 months
Tylenol
When doing a patient assessment the letter S stands for?
Severity ( Pain scale )
When confirmed to be a full blown heart attack (STEMI) this is given to save heart tissue.
Heparin dose weight dependent
This is the third line med for treatment in nebulizer form.
Duoneb
This is a combination of two other medicines used when bacteria from becoming resistant to amoxicillin.
Augmentin
This medicine is used to reverse the effects of narcotics on the body.
Narcan
When doing a patient assessment the letter T stands for?
Time & Tempo