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Exam 5 Emergency Kit Level 3&4 drugs Flashcards

1
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Level 3 drugs are ___ drugs?

A

advanced cardiac life-support drugs

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2
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What alkalinizing agent?

A

sodium bicarbonate

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3
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Sodium bicarbonate used for?

A

only used for heart after defibrillation/CPR/lidocaine

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4
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What is not frequently used due to many adverse effects?

A

sodium bicarbonate

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5
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What must you document before giving sodium bicarbonate?

A

metabolic acidosis

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6
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What analgesic?

A

morphine sulfate

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7
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Morphine sulfate used for?

A

anxiety/pain due to MI

when non-opioid analgesics are unresponsive

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8
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What anti-dysrhythmic?

A

lidocaine (Xylocaine)

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9
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Lidocaine (Xylocaine) used for?

A

acute ventricular dysrhythmias (related to MI)

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10
Q

Drug of choice for suppression of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?

A

lidocaine (Xylocaine)

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11
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What anti-dysrhythmic?

A

bretylium tosylate (Bretylol)

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12
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Bretylium tosylate (Bretylol) used for?

A

life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias not responsive to lidocaine (Xylocaine)

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13
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2 other anti-dysrhytmics?

A

procainamide (Pronestyl)

verapamil (Calan)

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14
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Procainamide (Pronestyl) used for?

A

suppressing premature ventricular complexes and recurrrent ventricular tachycardia not controlled by lidocaine

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What does verpamil (Calan) used for?

A

management of supraventricular tachycardia that does not require cardioversion

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16
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What anti-cholinergic/anti-dysrhythmic?

A

atropine (Sal-Tropine)

17
Q

Atropine (Sal-Tropine) used for?

A

restore heart rate and arterial pressure
lessen AV heart block
overcome bradycardia/syncope

18
Q

What calcium salt?

A

calcium chloride

19
Q

Calcium chloride used for?

A

acute hyperkalemia
hypocalcemia or
calcium channel blocker toxicity

20
Q

What endogenous catecholamine?

A

epinephrine (Adrenalin)

21
Q

Epinephrine (Adrenalin) used for?

A

cardia arrest

1:10,000 for IV or endotracheally

22
Q

What benzodiazepine antagonist?

A

flumazenil (Romazicon)

23
Q

Flumazenil (Romazicon) used for?

A

conscious sedation reversal

24
Q

What opioid antagonist?

A

naloxone (Narcan)

25
Q

Naloxone (Narcan) used for?

A

reverse opioid depression (respiratory depression)

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