Indications Flashcards
ADRENALINE
CARDIAC ARREST LIFE-THREATENING ASTHMA ANAPHYLAXIS SEVERE CROUP POST ROSC
AMIODARONE
Cardiac arrest with persistent/shock resistant VF/pulseless VT, post 3rd shock
ASPIRIN
Patients with suspected ACS
ATROPINE
Symptomatic bradycardia, haemodynamically unstable due to bradycardia and associated with poor perfusion
- HYPOTENSION
- ALTERED CONSCIOUS STATE
- DIAPHORESIS
- SOB +/- CYANOSIS
- SYNCOPE
Organophosphate poisioning with cholinergic effects
COPHENYCAINE
- LOCAL PAIN - abrasions, small cuts and wounds
- RELIEF FROM MILD/MODERATE EPISTAXIS
- POST TONSILLECTOMY HAEMORRHAGE
- INTRA-ORAL HAEMORRHAGE
FENTANYL
- MOD TO SEVERE PAIN
- ACS WHERE GTN HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE
GLUCAGON
For hypoglycaemia where oral glucose cannot be administered and IV access cannot be obtained in a safe and timely manner
- ALTERED CONSCIOUS STATE IN A KNOWN DIABETIC OR OF OTHERWISE UNKNOWN CAUSE WHERE BGL < 4 mmol/L
SALBUTAMOL SULPHATE
BRONCHOSPASM AND RESP DISTRESS ASS/ W/ WHEEZE
- ACUTE BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
- BRONCHITIS
- SMOKE INHALATION
- SEV. ALLERGIC/ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS
- APO OF NON-CARDIAC ORIGIN
- SALT WATER ASPIRATION SYNDROME (SCUBA DIVERS)
- COPD
PREDNISOLONE
- MILD/MODERATE CROUP
- SEVERE CROUP AFTER NEB ADRENALINE
PARACETAMOL
- MILD/MOD PAIN
—- HEADACHE, SPRAIN/STRAIN, TOOTHACHE
—- COMPONENT OF MULTIMODAL ANALGESIC REGIME
OXYGEN
ADULT
- 94-98% (OR 88 - 92% FOR COPD)
PAEDIATRIC
- ALL PTS WITH SIGNIFICANT ILLNESS/INJURY
- NEWBORN RESUS SHOULD BE STARTED WITH ROOM AIR FOR FIRST FEW BREATHS
ONDANSETRON
- MOD/SEVERE NAUSEA
- ACTIVE VOMITING
- PROPHYLAXIS FOR EYE AND SPINAL INJURIES
NALOXONE
- REVERSAL OF RESP DEP IN SUSPECTED NARCOTIC OD
MIDAZOLAM
- PROLONGED SEIZURE ACTIVITY LASTING > 5/60 or RECURRENT/STATUS SEIZURE ACTIVITY
- FOCAL SEIZURE ACTIVITY
- PROLONGED >5/60
- GCS <= 12 - second-line IV agent for maintenance of sedation after DROPERIDOL administration for disturbed/abnormal behavior.
METHOXYFLURANE
PAIN