All about Meds
This should be obtained when receiving a patient from a long-term care facility.
What is a MAR?
(Medication Administration Record)
Gloves should be immediately changed to prevent possible accidental dosing of the provider after giving a patient this topical medication.
What is nitro paste?
This should never be done with enteric (time-release) medications.
What is cut or crush?
The delivery of medication from the site of administration to various organs in the body.
What is distribution?
Patient, medication, dose, route, time, and documentation.
What are the 6 Rights?
Cost, Inability to read the label or manipulate bottles/syringes, Unable to tolerate side effects, Impaired mental capacity, Does not believe in the medication regimen
What are the reasons a patient may be non-compliant with meds?
These medications are intended for systemic absorption and are often abused by chewing.
What are Transdermal Patches?
20-30 minutes, but can take up to an hour.
What is the onset of PO meds?
The deactivation of drugs in the body where drugs are chemically deactivated or changed into an inactivated form in preparation for excretion.
What is Drug Metabolism?
Used to hold the eye open for flushing with saline or water.
An unintended and undesired result of taking a drug in appropriate doses.
What is an adverse reaction?
Pull the lower ear lobe down and backward.
What are the instructions to give parents trying to give their toddler ear drop meds?
Doing this can prevent aspiration when giving a PO medication.
What is placing the patient in a sitting upright position?
The movement of a drug from the site of administration into the bloodstream.
What is Absorption?
This fluid is better for patients that are septic.
What are Ringers? (LR)
Will also accept plasmalyte or buffered crystalloids.
A condition that makes it unsafe to administer a particular drug.
What is a Contraindication?
Route commonly used in small children having seizures.
What is Rectal? (PR)
The reason EMS providers tell patients to chew their aspirin.
What is more rapid absorption?
The ultimate removal of drug molecules from their sites of action and and elimination from the body.
What is excretion?
What are contraindications of PO med admin?
This should be checked three times.
What are medications?
(When removing, when drawing it up, and just prior to giving it to the patient.)
The common route used in EMS is under the patient's tongue.
What is sublingual?
What is Tylenol or Motrin? (fever reducer)
The kidneys and liver.
Where are most drugs metabolized?
Frequent assessment of breath sounds and smaller boluses should be done when giving fluid to these patients.
What are CHF patients?