INSULIN (REGULAR, HUMALIN, NPH, ULTRALENTE, AND OTHERS)

Question 1

CLASS

Answer 1

HORMONE

Question 2

ACTIONS (3)

Answer 2

INCREASE GLUSE TRANSPORT INTO CELLS WHERE GLUCOSE CAN BE USED FOR CELLULAR METABOLISM

INCREASE GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS

INSULIN PREPARATIONS ARE CLASSIFIED AS RAPID ACTING (REGULAR), INTERMEDIATE ACTING (NPH, LENTE, SEMILENTE, AND LONG ACTING (ULTRALENTE, PROTAMINE ZINC)

Question 3

INDICATIONS (5)

Answer 3

DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1

DM TYPE II, IF UNABLE TO BE CONTROLLED WITH ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS

DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS

HYPEROSMOLAR HYPERGLYCEMIC NONKETOTIC COMA OF TYPE II DIABETES

INSULIN AND D50 MAY BE GIVEN TOGETHER TO LOWER POTASSIUM LEVELS IN HYPERKALEMIA

Question 4

CONTRAINDICATIONS (2)

Answer 4

HYPOGLYCEMIA

NEVER ADMINISTERED IN THE PREHOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT BY MICTS

Question 5

ADVERSE REACTIONS (2)

Answer 5

S/S OF HYPOGLYCEMIA

ALLEGIC REACTION