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Medication - Ambulance drugs Flashcards

1
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What is adrenaline 1:1000 used for?

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Anaphylaxis
life-threatening asthma

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How is adrenaline 1:1000 administered?

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IM Prefilled syringe

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What is amiodarone used for?

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shockable cardiac arrest after 3rd shock

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How is amiodarone administered?

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IV prefilled syringe

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What is aspirin used for?

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Evidence suggested of MI

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6
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How is aspirin administered?

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tablet form

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What is atropine used for?

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Bradycardia (under 40 per minute)
PSVT
Low systolic BP
Poor perfusion to the extent to impair mental function

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How is atropine administered?

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IV pre-filled syringe

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What is benzyl penicillin used for?

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  • a non-blanching rash (petechial or purpuric)
  • signs of sepsis
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10
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How is benzylpenicillin administered?

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comes as a solute for a solution, and then injection

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What is chlorphenamine used for?

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  • Severe anaphylactic reactions after initial resuscitation
  • Symptomatic allergic reactions causing patient distress
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12
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How is chlorphenamine administered?

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oral solution, tablet, injection

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What is clopidogrel used for?

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STEMI under some other conditions

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14
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How is clopidogrel administered?

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tablet

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What is furosemide used for?

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pulmonary oedema due to acute heart failure

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16
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How is furosemide administered?

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IV

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17
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What is glucagon used for?

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Unconscious hypoglycaemic patient, when IV access isn’t possible

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18
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How is glucagon administered?

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Powder to be mixed with water for IM injection

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19
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What is glucose 5% used for?

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hypoglycaemic patient’s when oral is not possible and a rapid improvement in clinical state is needed, or they have not responded to IM after 10 minutes

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20
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How is glucose 5% administered?

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IV

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21
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What is glucose 10% used for?

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Hypoglycaemia when oral is not possible, and a rapid improvement in needed, or unconscious hypoglycaemia
- further management if no response to glucagon after 10 minutes

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22
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what is GTN spray used for?

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  • Cardiac chest pain due to angina or MI
  • breathlessness due to pulmonary oedema in acute HF when systolic is above 110
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23
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How is GTN spray administered?

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sublingual spray

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What is hydrocortisone used for?

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  • severe or life-threatening asthma
  • anaphylaxis
  • adrenal crisis
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How is hydrocortisone administered?

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powder for solution for injection, IV

26
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What is hypostop gel used for?

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Hypoglycaemia in a conscious patient with no risk of choking

27
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How is hypostop gel administrered?

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tube of oral gel

28
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What is ibruprofen used for?

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  • mild pain
  • pyrexia
  • soft tissue injuries
29
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How is ibruprofen administered?

30
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What is ibruprofen sachet used for?

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solution version of ibuprofen

31
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What is ipratropium bromide used for?

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  • severe or lift threatening asthma
  • asthma unresponsive to salbutamol
  • exacerbation of COPD unresponsive to salbutamol
32
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How is ipratropium bromide administered?

33
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What is misoprostol used for?

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  • post-partum haemorrhage within 24 hours of birth
  • life-threatening bleeding when under 24 weeks pregnancy and confirmed miscarriage
34
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How is misoprostol administered?

35
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What is naloxone used for?

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opioid overdose causing respiratory depression, cardiac arrest, or unconscious

36
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How is naloxone administered?

37
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What is ondansetron used for?

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  • treatment of nausea and vomiting
38
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How is ondansetron administered?

39
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What is paracetamol (calpol) 120mg/5ml used for?

A

mild to moderate pain, or pyrexia with discomfort in 3 months to 5 years old

40
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How is paracetamol (calpol) 120mg/5ml administered?

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oral suspension

41
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What is paracetamol (calpol six+) 250mg/5ml?

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mild to moderate pain, or pyrexia with discomfort in age 6 and above

42
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How is paracetamol (calpol six+) 250mg/5ml administered?

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oral suspension

43
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What is IV paracetamol used for?

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Severe pain to reduce opioid usage

44
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What are paracetamol tabs used for

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mild to moderate pain, or pyrexia with discomfort

45
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How are paracetamol tabs administered?

46
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What is salbutamol used for?

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  • asthma attack where inhaler hasn’t worked
  • COPD exacerbation
  • Expiratory wheeze
47
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How is salbutamol administered?

48
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What is sodium chloride (500ml) used for?

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-anaphylaxis
-sepsis
-ketoacidosis
-haemorrhage with <90 systolic
-burns over quarter of the body
-crush syndrome

49
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How is sodium chloride (500ml) administered?

50
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What is TXA used for?

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  • major trauma with significant internal or external bleeding
  • recent head injury with reduced GCS
  • post partum haemorrhage if misoprostol doesn’t work
51
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How is TXA administered?

A

IV over 10 minutes

52
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What is adrenaline 1:10000 used for?

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Cardiac arrest: immediately if non-shockable
After 3rd shock if shockable

53
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How is adrenaline 1:10000 administered?

A

IV rapidly

54
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What is dexamethasone used for?

55
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How is dexamethasone administered?

A

oral solution

56
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What is diazepam used for?

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  • symptomatic cocaine toxicity
  • prolonged convulsions over 5 minutes, or more than 3 in an hour, and CURRENTLY CONVULSING
57
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How is diazepam administered?

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IV or rectally

58
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What is Entonox used for?

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  • labour pain
  • moderate to severe pain
59
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How is entonox administerd?

A

inhalation

60
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What is morphine used for?

A
  • pain associated with suspected MI
  • Severe pain
61
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How is morphine administered?

A

IV or can be oral

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