EC Chp 16 General Pharmacology Flashcards

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Pharmacology

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The study of drugs, their sources, their characteristics and their effects

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Aspirin is used for what

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To reduce clotting ability of blood to prevent and treat clots associated with myocardial infarction

  • patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin
  • chewable ones
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Oral glucose

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A form of glucose given by mount to trace an awake patient who is unable to swallow with an altered mental stands and has a history of diabetes

Placed under the tongue

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Oxygen

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Pure oxygen is used to treat any patient whose medical or traumatic condition may cause him to be hypoxia or low on oxygen

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Activated charcoal

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Used to treat poisoning or overdoses

It absorbs the poison and helps prevent the body from absorbing it.

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Examples of Medicine used in inhalers

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Albuterol ( Ventolin, Proventil, Volmax)

Levabuterol ( Xopenex)

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Side effect of inhaler

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Increased heart rate and patient jitters

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Nitroglycerin

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Drug that helps dilate the coronary vessels which supply the hear muscle with blood

  • helps to relieve Chest pain of cardiac origin

Be sure to ask patient if they have taken ED medicine as it they are also cause dilation of blood vessels

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Atomizer

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A device attached to the end of a syringe that atomizes medication (turns into very fine droplets)

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What are the 3 possible names of medication

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Generic

And 1 or more trade (brand) names

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Indication

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Specific signs or circumstances under which it is appropriate to administer a drug to a patient

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Contraindications

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Specific signs or circumstances under which it is not appropriate and may be harmful to administer a drug to a patient

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Side effect

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Any action of the drug other than the desired action

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Untoward effect

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An effect of a medication in addition to its desired effect that may be potentially harmful to the patient. And is unexpected

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What is a suspension medication

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A thick slurry of activated charcoal in water

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16
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Sublingual medication is taken where?

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Under the tongue

Ex. Sprays such as nitroglycerin

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5 rights

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  1. Do i have the right patient?
  2. Is it the right time to administer this medication
  3. Is this the right medication?
  4. Is this the right dose?
  5. Am I giving this medication by the right route of administration
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Routes of administration

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  • Oral or swallowed
  • Sublingual or dissolved under the tongue
  • Inhaled, breathed into the lunges
  • Intranasal
  • Intramuscular
  • Subcutaneous or under the skin
  • Intraosseous or injected into the bone marrow
  • Endotracheal or sprayed directly into a tube inserted in the trachea
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Pharmacodynamics

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The study of effects of medications on the body