Medication
Most common medication administered
Oxygen
This body system has to deal with breathing/ ventilatory status
Respiratory system
A rout of administration given between the cheek and the gums.
Buccal
What is the normal respiratory rate of an average adult.
12-20
What does a antagonist medication do?
A antagonist is a drug that counteract the action of something else.
"An antagonist is a drug that blocks opioids by attaching to the opioid receptors without activating them. Antagonists cause no opioid effect and block full agonist opioids. Examples are naltrexone and naloxone."
With what medication route may a pressure bag be required?
What the intraosseous.
What are the 5 components of scene size-up?
BSI
Scene Safety
MOI/NOI
Number of patients
Need for additional resources.
What is the first step to administration of any medication?
Use of proper PPE
What are the three types of respiration
External
Internal
Cellular
What does a agonist medication do?
A agonist is a drug that bind to a receptor and cause a response.
"An agonist is a drug that activates certain receptors in the brain. Full agonist opioids activate the opioid receptors in the brain fully resulting in the full opioid effect. Examples of full agonists are heroin, oxycodone, methadone, hydrocodone, morphine, opium and others."
If a patient uses their own auto-injector what route of administration did they use.
Intramuscular (IM)
What is your secondary assessment composed of?
Obtaining vial signs and performing a systematic physical exam of the patient.
What is the parenteral route of administration?
A route of administration other then the GI tract
What muscles of the chest wall are responsible for the regular rise and fall with inspiration.
What is the Diaphragm
What do Sympathomimetics do?
Mimic the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.
What muscle is accessed through the anterior thigh?
Rectus femoris muscle
In a child younger then 1 year of age where do you check of a pulse.
If the pulse rate is lower then what would you initiate CPR?
In a child younger then one palpate the brachial pulse.
In infants initiate CPR with a HR less then 60bpm.
What route of administration do you give with the use of a 24-26 gauge needle
Subcutaneous
Nasopharynx, ororpharynx and laryngopharynx.
What drug legislation made heroin and marijuana illegal
Narcotic Control Act (1956)
In what medication route may the medication be taken up in the proximal part of the GI tract without reaching the intestines.
Sublingual Administration
When life-threatening bleeding is present.
Name at least 5 of the 10 rights of medication administration.
Right patient, Right medication, Right Dose, Right route, Right time, Right pt education, Right to refuse, Right assessment, Right evaluation.
What pleura lines the thoracic cavity
Parietal pleaura
Name the 7 parts of SLUDGEM symptoms
Salivation, Lacrimation (tearing), Urination, Defecation, Gastrointestinal upset, Emesis, Muscle twitching/ Miosis (pupillary constriction)