CH.16

Question 1

EMT can administer at least 6 medications in the field

What are they:

Answer 1

Aspin, Oral Glucose, Oxygen, Prescribed bronchodilator, inhalers, nitroglycerin, and epinephrine

Question 2

Some EMT systems permit EMT to administer the two additional drugs

Answer 2

Activated Charcoal and Naloxone

Question 3

Why would you administer Aspirin

Answer 3

To relieve headaches, Patients with chest pain in the heart area, or to treat a fever.

Question 4

In the event of a heart attack you would administer Aspirin to your patient in order to?

Answer 4

Reduce the blood’s ability to clot and work to prevent the clot formation that damages the heart

Question 5

There are few reasons why not to administer Aspirin to patients

Answer 5

Allergies, Gastrointestinal bleeding

Question 6

What is Oral Glucose

Answer 6

A kind of sugar that can be taken b the mouth

Question 7

Oral glucose can be administered to patients who are

Answer 7

conscious, with an altered mental state and a history of diabetes

Question 8

Oxygen

Answer 8

Pure oxygen is a drug treatment used to treat patients whose medical and trauma conditions cause them to be hypoxic. (Low in oxygen)

Question 9

Activated Charcoal

Answer 9

Powder prepared from charred wood which is premixed in water

Question 10

Activated charcoal will absorb

Answer 10

some poison and help it from being observed into the body

Question 11

Prescribed Bronchodilator Inhalers

Answer 11

Medication for patients with difficulty breathing

Question 12

Most often patients with diseases such as What are prescribed inhalers

Answer 12

Asthma, Emphysema, or chronic bronchitis

Question 13

The Bronchodilator is designed to

Answer 13

enlarge constricted bronchial tubes, and make breathing easier