administering meds

Question 1

a drug or other substance that is used as a remedy for illness

Answer 1

medication

Question 2

a chemical substance that is used to treat or prevent a disease or condition

Answer 2

drug

Question 3

What medications are carried on the EMS unit?

Answer 3

• oxygen
• oral glucose
• activated charcoal
• aspirin

Question 4

Administer oxygen to pts. who you suspect to be:

Answer 4

• hypoxic
• hypoxemic
• complains of dyspnea
• respiratory distress
• signs of shock
• poor perfusion
• heart failure
• Spo2 reading less than 94%
• unknown oxygen saturation reading

Question 5

Glucose

Answer 5

• a simple sugar found in the blood

- primary energy source for the body cells

Question 6

Oral glucose is administered to a pt. with:

Answer 6

-a history of diabetes who is suspected if having a low blood glucose level.

Question 7

Oral glucose is administered:

Answer 7

-It is absorbed in the mouth & through the intestines & eventually into the blood.

Question 8

Activated Charcoal

Answer 8

is a fine black powder that is designed to absorb, or bind, an ingested poison to the charcoal.

Question 9

Activated Charcoal works by:

Answer 9

after ingestion of a poison, the poison will be carried by the charcoal through the digestive tract & then eliminated in a bowel movement.

Question 10

Aspirin is administered to a pt. who:

Answer 10

is having chest discomfort or pain that is related to the lack of oxygen getting to the heart.