Medication Administraion Flashcards
Six rights
Dose
Route
Site
Time
Expiry
Patient
Medication
Three C’s
Colour
Concentration
Clarity
CPS
Compendium of pharmaceuticals
1/2 life
The time it takes for the amount of drugs, active sub in your body to reduced by half
Loading dose
Rapidly achieves the therapeutic response
Maintenance dose
Maintains the response
Addicted
Seeking and use that is compulsive
Habituation
No more stimulus from drug
First pass
Oral we give more
Drugs gets metabolized at pacific locations in the body… That results in a reduced concentration of the active drug upon reaching its site of action or systematic circulation
Sublingual
Under the tongue
Transdermal
Through the skin
Intramuscular injection inch of needle ?
1-1 1/2 inch
Intramuscular injection gauge needle
19-23 garage
Intramuscular injection degree insertion
90 degrees
How much can go into the vastus lateras
5ml