Suffering Suffix-atash
Suffix that classifies a drug as a beta blocker.
-olol, -alol, -lol
Term for how drugs are transported into and out of the body.
Pharmacokinetics
Final phase of human trials.
Phase 4
Schedule 1
Class of antiarrhythmics that has 3 sub-categories, and involves the blocking of Sodium Channels.
Class 1
The abdomen, deltoid, and thighs are all acceptable sites for what medication administration (not IM, IV, IO, or Transdermal)?
SubQ, Subcutaneous
The "Right" an EMS provider is least likely to get wrong.
Right Patient, Patient
Suffix that classifies a drug as an ACE Inhibitor.
-pril
Term for the effects of a drug after they reach their target tissues.
Pharmacodynamics
Phase of human testing with the purpose of determining a medications pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and safe dose in humans.
Phase 1
Schedule of drugs with low to moderate potential for abuse.
Schedule 3
Class of antiarrhythmics that contains drugs like Amiodarone, and is for drugs that block Potassium Channels.
Class 3
The liver of a geriatric patient metabolizes this recreational substance more slowly than younger people.
Alcohol
The "Right" that has to do not only when a medication is given, but when it can be repeated.
Right Time, Time
Suffix that classifies a drug as an antihyperlipidemic.
-statin
The diffusion of water can be called:
Osmosis
Phase of human testing with the goall of refining the usual theraputic dose and collecting relevant data on side effects.
Phase 3
Schedule for drugs with low risk of abuse and dependence.
Schedule 4
Class of antiarrhythmics that blocks Beta receptor sites, also known as Beta Adrenergic Blockade drugs.
Class 2
Suspension
The "Right" that has to do with ensuring the correct absorption rate of a medication.
Right Route, Route
Suffix that classifies a drug as a local anesthetic.
-caine
Term that is the measure of the amount of a medication that is still active after the medication reaches its target tissue.
Bioavailability
Phase of human trials that involves testing the drug on a limited population that has the disease the medication is designed to treat, with the goal of determining the correct theraputic medication level, and watching for side effects.
Phase 2
Schedule for drugs that are considered dangerous, but have a clear and accepted theraputic medical use.
Schedule 2
Lidocaine and tocainide are examples of what class of antiarrhythmics?
Class 1, Class 1b
Color of the top of a blood tube that means the blood tube contains Sodium Citrate.
Light Blue, Blue
The "Right" that involves monitoring a patient after a medication is administered.
Right Response, Response
Suffix that classifies a drug as a Beta-2 Agonist.
-terol
ADME-the acronym for pharmacokinetics, stands for:
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Elimination
Phase of human trials that is usually performed in a "double blind" format on a large population of patients.
Phase 3
Schedule of drugs that contains most opioid analgesics available today.
Schedule 2
Class of antiarrhythmics that contains drugs like Verapamil and Diltiazem.
Class 4
This is the phase of the Pharmacokinetics acronym (ADME) that is not present when a drug is given intravenously, because the drug is injected directly into the blood stream.
Absorption
The "Right" that is the easiest to get wrong in the EMS setting.
Right Dose, Dose