Where is it?
Oxygen Wrench
What is attached to each O2 cylinder.
PO
What is Per Oral?
Drug given most often by MFR's
What is Oxygen?
SPO2 of 85%
What is an indication to give Oxygen?
The name on a prescription drug.
What is the patient?
Oral Glucose
What is the front pouch?
Two ways to administer Naloxone.
Dose for ASA
What is chewing 2- 81 mg tablets
Patient with GI Bleed, active bleeding or Allergy to the drug.
What are the contraindications of ASA?
When you ensure to keep track of what medications were administered and at what time.
What is the right documentation?
Acetylsalicylic Acid come in this form, dose and is located here.
What is tablet form, 81 mg, front pocket?
This is the route of administration for salbutamol in pre-hospital care.
What is inhalation?
When someone has low blood sugar, they need this drug, at this dose.
What is Oral Glucose and 25 mg.
You should not give this medication to a patient who cannot protect their airway.
What is Oral Glucose?
This “right” means checking how much medication to give based on protocols or doctor orders
What is the Dose?
This is where the O2 (in use and extra cylinder) is stored on R101.
What is in the Med bag compartment bottom shelf.
For this route, EMS on scene has a patient with chest pain spray "Nitro" under their tongue.
What is sublingual?
Relaxes smooth muscles of the bronchioles which relieves bronchospasms and reduces airway resistance
What is Salbutamol (Ventolin- blue inhaler)
A Drug that has no contraindications in an emergency situation
What is Epinephrine?
You give glucose because the patient’s blood sugar is low. Which “right” does this show?
What is the right reason?
Narcan- location, amount
What is the front pocket, 2- 4 mg sprays
Medication given via this route passes through the nasal mucosa and enters the bloodstream rapidly.
What is the intranasal route?
Indications that a patient requires Narcan
Pinpoint Pupils, Ineffective Breathing, Altered LOC, Low Pulse Rate, Low Blood Pressure
A condition where patient is drowsy, confused, has slurred speech and breath could smell like alcohol or fruit.
What medication can we give?
What are indications of a blood sugar high or Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)?
MFR's do not have a medication to administer for this condition.
When patient refuses medication, even during an emergency, this is the correct action for an MFR to take.
Document and respect the patients wishes.
Items included in the BGL Monitor Kit
What is the monitor/device, test strips, Band-Aids, 2x2" gauze, alcohol wipes and lancets.
This route bypasses the digestive system, delivering medication directly into the muscle.
What is the intramuscular (IM) route?
What is the purpose of giving ASA during a suspected heart attack?
What is to help prevent a heart attack from getting worse by slowing down clot formation. (Makes platelets "more slippery")
Contraindications and complications for administering a medication per oral?
Contraindications- What is actively vomiting, unable to follow commands/unconscious or unresponsive, NPO.
Complications- What is delayed action via this route.
You’re about to administer epinephrine for anaphylaxis and double-check the label to avoid giving the wrong medication. Which “right” are you ensuring?
What is the right drug?
This is where the Oxygen is stored on E101
What is the center compartment in the back seat of cab as well an extra cylinder underneath (by snacks).
These are the routes of the drugs that we can administer as MFR's
What is Intranasal (Narcan), Per Oral (ASA, Oral Glucose, Inhalation (O2, inhalers), Intramuscular (epi-pen)
These are the steps to give an Epi-pen
What is confirm 7 rights, remove cap, press firmly to patients thigh (orange to the thigh, blue to the sky), hold for 3 seconds.
Inhalers given to help with bronchospasm.
What are Salbutamol (Ventalin) and Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent)?
These are the 7 rights to administer a medication.
What is the right person, dose, time, reason, documentation, medication and route?