Opioids
This opioid promotes analgesia and decreases the proportion of dead space in ventilation, thus reducing dyspnea.
What is Morphine?
Used in IM form for severe allergic reactions or in IV form for cardiac arrest.
What is epinephrine?
This white powder addictive stimulant drug is made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America.
What is cocaine?
This common gastrointestinal symptom when administering Narcan too quickly.
What is vomiting?
If given into an IV line it should be injected as proximally as possible, and followed by a rapid saline flush.
What is Adenosine?
A synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
What is Fentanyl?
Used to treat opioid dependence, it can be used to stabilize someone in withdrawal and to promote recovery from opioid use disorder.
What is Suboxone?
Sometimes used as a date rape drug, this dissociative drug is often used medicinally for sedation and anesthetic procedures.
What is Ketamine?
Symptoms of this physiological state include small, constricted “pinpoint pupils”, falling asleep or loss of consciousness, and apnea.
What is an overdose?
What is 2 ml?
This drug is 2-8x more potent than morphine but with shorter duration and greater sedation.
What is hydromorphone (Dilaudid)?
The concentration of Epinephrine for severe allergic reactions.
What is 1:1000?
Street names include Big H, Black Tar, Hell Dust, and Smack.
What is Heroin?
This medication slows conduction through the AV node, causing a horrible feeling that some patients report "it feels like I am going to die".
This type of syringe is based on unit metrics and must only be used for this kind of medication in order to avoid dosing errors.
What is Insulin?
A controlled-release pain relief medication that released over several hours instead of all at once and can cause weakness or dizziness.
What is OxyContin?
A life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications.
What is Narcan?
This extremely addictive substance causes anxiety, confusion, insomnia, mood problems, violent behavior, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, weight loss, severe dental problems, intense itching leading to skin sores from scratching.
What is Methamphetamine or Crystal Meth?
Uncontrolled or involuntary eye movements may occur with administration of this drug during sedation.
What is Ketamine?
Usually ordered as 10 units of regular insulin IV and 1 ampule of D50, with calcium gluconate, for this health condition.
What is hyperkalemia?
A long-acting opioid agonist, reduces opioid craving and withdrawal and blunts or blocks the effects of opioids.
What is Methadone?
Identified as a "fight or flight" hormone, this chemical works to treat hypotension due to a life-threatening complications by making a constricting effect on your blood vessels.
What is Norepinephrine?
Young adults are the most frequent user of this drug, which long term use of can lead to a condition that leads to repeated and severe bouts of vomiting.
What is marijuana?
A headache is the most prominent side effect of this therapy in patients seen for ACS.
What is Nitroglycerin?
In the event that medications are not administered, they must be returned to Pyxis or wasted as soon as possible, but no that than this time frame from original removal.
What is two (2) hours?