Emergency Flashcards
1
Q
Acute Asthma attack
A
mild moderate
severe
life threatening
near fatal
oxygen salbutamol steroids
Add ipratropium bromide if needed
2
Q
salbutamol
A
hypokalaemia
arrhythmias
3
Q
Alcohol withdrawal
A
admit: seizures, delirium tremens, young, vulnerable people
seizures -> lorazepam
DT-> oral lorazepam -> if persist -> haloperidol
4
Q
status epilepticus
A
single seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes
or
two or more seizures within five minutes without the person returning to normal between them
toxic metabolic
SOP
