Pharmacology
The right patient, medication, route, amount, and time.
What are the five rights of medication administration?
10 Y.O. male with a GSW to the right chest
RR- 0 breaths per minute
Radial pulse- 0 bpm/absent
Cap refill- >2 seconds
Mental status- not following commands
What is black?
Chest discomfort that resolves within five minutes with rest or the use of nitroglycerine tablets.
What is angina?
Time interval between the exposure of the pathogen and the onset of symptoms.
What is the incubation period?
Formed the first time the body is exposed to an allergen.
What is an antibody?
This medication is used in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome to inhibit the aggregation of platelets.
What is aspirin?
9 y.o. female with an avulsion to the right forearm
RR- 20 breaths per minute
Radial pulse- 124 bpm/present
Cap refill- <2 seconds
Mental status- able to follow commands
What is green?
Two cardiac rhythms that are potentially corrected with defibrillation.
What are ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia?
Infectious disease that causes inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis?
Amount of time an Epi-pen must be held in place.
What is 10 seconds?
The maximum number of allowable doses of nitroglycerine.
What is three?
65 y.o female with a GSW to the left anterior chest
RR-36 breaths per minute
Radial pulse- 120 bpm/present
Cap refill- <2 seconds
Mental status- able to follow commands
What is red?
The correct placement for defibrillation pads on a pedicatric patient.
What is anterior/posterior?
A bacterial infection that is characterized by a persistent cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss.
What is tuberculosis?
The most common sign of an allergic reaction.
What is itching or pruritis?
Contraindication for the administration of oral glucose to a diabetic patient.
What is the inabilty to safely swallow the glucose?
24 Y.O. female with a GSW to LUQ and not able to walk.
RR- 24 breaths per minute
Radial pulse- 110 bpm/present
Cap refill- <2 seconds
Mental status- able to follow commands
What is yellow?
Disease where the ventricles are unable to maintain adequate blood flow to the body, resulting in either pedal or pulmonary edema.
What is congestive heart failure?
Blood-borne pathogen that can survive for up to one week outside of the body, and is responsible for approximately half the cases of liver cancer in the world.
What is hepatitis B?
Conditions that must be met in order for an allergic reaction to be categorized as anaphylaxis.
What are respiratory distress or signs/symptoms of shock?
Parenteral route of the administration of epinephrine 1:1,000 during anaphylaxis.
What is intramuscular?
16 y.o. male with a GSW to the right upper leg
RR-12 breaths per minute
Radial pulse- 60 bpm/present
Cap refill- >2 seconds
Mental status- not able to follow commands
What is red?
This commonly occuring symptom of CHF is characterized by difficulty breathing while lying down.
What is orthopnea?
This system for dectecting sepsis in patients is based the clinical assessment of an altered mental status, respiratory rate greater than 22, and a systolic blood pressure below 100 mmHg.
What is the quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment? qSOFA
A severe life threatening allergic reaction where the blood vessels dilate, causing a drop in blood pressure,and the tissues in the lining of the respiratory system swell, interfering with the airway.
What is anaphylaxis?