Final 11 and other Flashcards
What happens with the combination of anxiety and opiate medications
- A synnergistic effects can occur on respiration
* Too high of a dose can cause respiratory depression and lead to respiratory arrest
Define cardiac arrest
When the heart ceases to pump blood adequately to the body
Define epinepherine
Pharmaceutical equivalent to endogenous adrenaline
Describe the satiability of Dopamine
- stable up to 24 hrs. in solution
- commercially preparted solutions are stable until expiration date
- Imcompatable with sodium bicarbonate, Iron salts and oxidizing agents
Dopamine is incompatible with
- ____
- _____
- _____
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Iron salts
- Oxidizing agents
What is Amiodarone used for?
In what situations is it used?
used in patients experiencing cardiac arrest
- Used when patient has unknown heart rhythm disturbance
Amiodarone actions mimic _____ .
Antidysrhythmic
Commercially prepared emergency medication solutions are stable until when
Expiration date
Define cardiorespiratory arrest
It is when the heart ceases to pump blood adequality to the body and the patient is unable to breath causing the body to become inadequately oxygenated
What does CPR stand for
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
How are epinephrine metabolites excreted?
through the urine
What two colors do unstable emergency medications (like epinephrine) turn when no longer usable?
Pink and brown
Name two things that Vasopressin does
- Increase blood flow to organs
2. Increases oxygen delivery to the brain
Atropine must be administered via rapid ______ to avoid _____ effects
- IV push (rapid)
2. paradoxical
further decreases in HR
After cardiac arrest, ____ is used to treat V-tac
Lidocaine
