Rapid Sequence?
A depolarizing paralytic medication that increases serum potassium.
What is succinylcholine?
This is the legal act established in 1970 detailing which medications are considered controlled substances
What is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970?
Powder compressed into small discs.
What is a tablet?
The major receptors found in the heart.
What are beta 1 receptors?
How drugs get in and around
What is pharmacokinetics?
A sedative hypnotic medication that increases BP and ICP, while causing bronchodilation.
What is Ketamine?
These drugs have no medicinal use per the federal government
What are schedule I medications?
What is a capsule?
This receptor acts to vasoconstrict.
What is an alpha 1 receptor?
How drugs effect changes in the body.
What are pharmacodynamics?
Medications with side effects of CNS depression, hypotension, and apnea in high doses.
What are Versed, Valium, and Fentanyl? (also take benzodiazepines and/or narcotics)
These medications must be locked up at all times
What are schedule II-V, not I because you should not have them. If you do then we should hang out.
This route of medication delivery is often unreliable due to diaphoresis or hair.
What is transdermal?
This receptor bronchodilates and vasodilates peripherally.
What is a beta 2 receptor?
A classification in which there is known risk to fetus and the provider must weigh the risk benefit relationship.
What is pregnancy classification D?
Depresses brain stem activity and reticular system. Non-narcotic, non-barbiturate, sedative hypnotic.
What is the mechanism of action of Etomidate?
This law made the recreational use of opium illegal.
What is the Opium Exclusion Act?
The route of delivery for most respiratory medications.
What is nebulized or meter dose inhaler?
This receptor acts in a negative feedback loop to prevent vasoconstriction.
What is an Alpha 2 receptor?
Naloxone, atropine, vasopressin, epinephrine, lidocaine.
What are drugs that should not be poured down the endotracheal tube?
The Gum Elastic Bougie.
What is Missy's favorite airway management device?
Benzodiazepines occupy this level of the schedule system.
What is Schedule IV?
The bacteria utilized to produce a clot busting medication.
What is Streptococcus sp.
Agonism of a beta 1 receptor results in these three fancy words.
What is positive inotropy, chronotropy, dromotropy?
The amount of medication remaining at 15 hours when the initial dosing was 20mg with a known half life of 5 hours.
What is 2.5mg?