Schedules & Potbellies
Drugs such as heroin, and LSD which have high abuse potential and no recognized purpose.
What are schedule I drugs?
After selecting and cleaning the site, apply distal traction and insert the needle bevel up at 45 degree angle advance and drop the angle to 15 degrees after you see a flash.
What is IV insertion technique?
The activity of medications in the body over time, such as absorption, distribution, and elimination (How they get in and around)
What are pharmacokinetics?
Medication that initiates or alters a cellular activity by attaching to receptor sites, promoting a cellular response.
What is an agonist medication?
An abnormal or harmful effect due to a medication.
What is an adverse effect?
What are schedule IV drugs?
Select site, clean, stabilize and insert needle at 90 degree angle with constant pressure until you feel a pop.
What is IO insertion technique?
The biochemical and physiological effects and mechanism of action of a medication in the body (How medications produce a response)
What are pharmacodynamics?
Medications that prevent chemicals from reaching a cell receptor site, blocks a particular activity.
What is an antagonist medication?
A condition that develops following repeated use by a patient of a medication that result in decreased efficacy or potency.
What is tolerance?
Animal reproductive studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to fetus.
What is pregnancy category B?
Rock rocks
What is my favorite paralytic
Time for half of mediation concentration to be eliminated.
What is half life?
Medication that causes positive chronotropic, inotropic, and dromotropic effect on the heart.
What are the effects of Beta-1 agonist?
The relationship between the median effective dose and the median lethal or toxic dose.
What is the therapeutic index?
Adequate well controlled human studies have failed to demonstrate risk to the fetus in first trimester.
What is pregnancy category A?
Inserted midway between the angle of the jaw and the midclavicular line, aiming towards the shoulder.
What is proper technique for EJ insertion.
The movement and transportation of a medication throughout the bloodstream to tissues and cells and ultimately to the target receptor.
What is distribution?
Medications that have no direct effect on the heart and cause vasoconstriction.
What are Alpha agonists?
Pertaining to voluntary muscle movements that are distorted or impaired because of abnormal muscle tone.
What is dystonic?
Studies in humans or animals have demonstrated risk: benefit due to harm/risk to the fetus.
What is pregnancy category X?
Stretch the skin over cleansed area, insert needle at 90 degrees, aspirate, inject and remove.
What is the proper technique for IM medication administration.
Process of changing medication to a form available for use by body
What is biotransformation?
This medication is a nicotinic agonist.
What is succinylcholine?
A condition in which repeated doses of a medication within a short period rapidly cause tolerance, making the medication ineffective.
What is tachyphylaxis?