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What emergency drugs would you give for an asthma attack and how would you administer them?

A

Salbutamol metered dose 0.1mg via inhaler and oxygen via face mask

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What emergency drugs would you use to treat anaphylaxis and how are they administered?

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Adrenaline 1:1000 intramuscular injection to be given by qualified person and oxygen via face mask

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What emergency drugs would you give to treat an epileptic fit and how would you deliver them?

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Oxygen (if possible) via face mask and midazolam bux cal gel if the fit is prolonged orally

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What emergency drugs would you give to treat hypoglycaemia and how would they be administered?

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If conscious, glycogel orally.
If unconscious, glucagon 1mg via instramuscular injection by qualified person

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What emergency drugs would be given to someone suffering an angina attack and how would they be administered?

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GTN spray metered dose 0.4mg sublingual and oxygen via facemask

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What emergency drugs would you give someone suffering a heart attack (myocardial infarction) and how would you administer them?

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Aspirin 300mg orally and oxygen via face mask

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What is myocardial infarction?

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Heart attack

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Which medical emergency can be described as extreme heart burn?

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Angina

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What medical emergency is mostly related to diabetes?

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Hypoglycaemia

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What does hypoglycaemia mean?

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Blood sugars are too low

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What can cause an anaphylactic shock?

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Severe allergic reaction

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In a medical emergency the patient has been administered salbutamol via inhaler. Which medical emergency would this be?

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Asthma attack

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Adrenaline 1:1000 via intramuscular injection is used to treat which medical emergency?

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Anaphylaxis

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Why would midazolam buccal gel be administered during a medical emergency?

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If an epileptic fit was prolonged

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A patient is experiencing hypoglycaemia but remains conscious. What emergency drugs would you administer?

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Glucogel orally

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A patient is experiencing hypoglycaemia and is unconscious, what emergency drugs would you administer?

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The qualified person would administer an intramuscular injection of 1mg of glucagon

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For what medical emergency would you administer a GTN metered dose 0.4mg sublingually?

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Angina attack

18
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Which two emergency drugs require administrating via intramascular injection?

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Adrenaline 1:1000 and Glucagon 1mg

19
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For which medical emergency is oxygen NOT required?

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Hypoglycaemia

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For which medical emergency may it not be possible to gain access to administer oxygen?

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Epileptic fit

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