Pharmacology
Standing orders and protocols
What is offline medical control?
Radio, phone, or in person orders from a physician.
What is on-line medical direction?
Glucagon Dose
What is 1mg?
What is the Mechanism of Action for Aspirin
What is to reduce platelet aggregation?
The six rights of medication administration.
What are:
"Patients Do Drugs Round The Day"
A medication that binds with a receptor and blocks its anticipated effect
What is antagonist?
'what the drug does to the body'
What is pharmacodynamics?
A device attached to the end of a syringe that turns liquid medication into a fine mist.
What is an atomizer?
An opioid antagonist.
What is Naloxone?
Epinephrine weight-based dose?
What 0.01 mg/kg ?
An action of a drug that is not its intended effect.
What is a side effect?
'what the body does to the drug'.
What is pharmacokinetics?
The dose of aspirin that EMTs can give to a patient having cardiac chest pain.
What is 324mg?
Toxins are adsorbed by this substance to prevent them from being absorbed into the body.
What is activated charcoal?
Nitroglycerine Dose
What 0.4 mg?
Drug that takes a route other than gastrointestinal tract
What is enteric?
A medication that binds to a receptor and causes an effect much like a key opens a lock.
What is an agonist?
The correct dosage for nebulized Albuterol.
Extra credit: the correct LPM for Albuterol.
What is 2.5mg/3mL?
What is 6-8 LPM?
A beta2 receptor agonist that promotes bronchodilation.
What is Albuterol?
Dose for Activated Charcoal
1-2 g/kg
A side effect that is harmful.
What is an adverse effect?
Situations in which it is inappropriate to give a specified medication.
What is contraindication?
Narcan Dose
What is 0.4 - 2mg?
Cannot be given to patients who have taken erectile dysfunction medication within 24 hours.
What is Nitroglycerin?
Dose for DuoNeb
0.5 mg Ipratropium Bromide
2.5 mg Albuterol
Total= 3mg of medication/3ml