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Adrenergic

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Refers to the sympathetic nervous system
(epinephrine)

See ‘sympathomimetics’ card

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Agonist

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medications that stimulate and effect

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Antagonist

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Medications that inhibit an effect

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Drug profile

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Provides essential information about a drug

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Cholinergic

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Referes to parasympathetic nervous system

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Pharmacokinetics

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study of how drugs enter the body, how they are metabolized and eliminated

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Pharmacodynamics

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study of drugs effects on the body

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Drug profile componants

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  • Trade name
  • generic name
  • drug class
  • machanism of action
  • indications
  • contraindications
  • route of administration
  • side effects
  • supply (dose)
  • Special considerations
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Sympathomimetics

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Adrenergic drugs
- mimics effects of sympathetic nervous system
- exmpl: Epinephrine

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Alpha 1,2
Beta 1,2

Actions

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Alpha 1: Vasoconstriction, smooth muscle constriction
Alpha 2: regulates alpha 1
Beta 1: increase HR, heart force
Beta 2: smooth muscle dialation

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Anticholinergic

Define

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  • antagonist medication
  • Inhibits effects of parasympathetic nervous system
    E.x. Atropine and naloxone
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“relative” contraindications

Define

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  • Contraindications that allow for some descretion
    E.x withholding a drug may be more harmful than administering it
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Enteral administration

Define

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  • Drugs that enter the body through the digestive system
  • oral (PO)
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Parenteral

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  • enter the body through all other avenues other than enteral
    E.x sublingal, inhaled, intramuscular
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onset

Define

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How long it takes the medication to begin the desired effect

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peak

Define

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  • How long until the medication reaches its peak effect
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Duration

Define

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  • How long medication will maintain desired effect
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Enteral components

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  • Slow onset
  • Safe
  • Unpredictable absorption
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intramuscular components

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  • Parenternal route
  • Rapid absorbtion
  • Not as fast as IV or IO
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MAD

Define

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  • Mucosal atomizer device
    E.x. Noloxone
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Sublingal components

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  • Under tongue
  • Faster onset than oral
  • Considered either enteral or parenteral
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5 rights + one

Love NREMT

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  • Right patient
  • Right drug
  • Right route
  • Right dose
  • Right time
  • Right documentation
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analgesics

Define

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  • Intravenous or over the counter pain medication
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Activated charcoal

Common names

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  • Actidose
  • Charcoal Aid
  • Liqui-Char
  • Super-Char
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Aspirin | Common names
* ASA * Anacin * Bayer
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Epinephrine | Common names
- Epipen - Auvi-Q
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Atropine | Common names
* Rafa auto injector
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Naloxone | Common names
- Narcan - Evzio
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MDI | Define
* Albuterol * Proventil * Ventolin
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Oral Glucose | Common names
- Glutose - Inst-glucose
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Nitroglycerine | Common names
* Nitrostat * Nirtolingual * NitroMist
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Acute coronary syndrome
conditions caused by acute reduction of blood flow to the heart
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Angina
Transient chest pain due to lack of O2 to the heart muscle * typically caused by plauque buildup in coronary arteries (atherosclerosis) * Releived within 10 min of rest
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Unstable angina
Angina pectoris - unpredictable onset - unreleived by rest
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Myocardial ischemia | Define
Lack of oxygen to muscle
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Myocardial infarction | Define
Death to heart muscle becuase of lack of oxygen
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Silent MI | Patient populations that are more likely to have a silent MI
* elderly patients * Women * Diabetics * Alcoholics
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AICD | Define ## Footnote Whats that do?
Automatic implantible cardioverter - difibrillator | like an AED this resets the heart ## Footnote This is not a pacemaker
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Pacemaker | Define
Helps regulate the patients cardiac rate
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Pacemaker malfunctioning S/S
* Dizziness * weakness * Bradycardia * Hypotension
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VAD | define ## Footnote Whats that do?
* Ventricular assist device * Might not have a pulse | Replaces the function of the ventricles
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ICD | Define
* Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Rate of compressions | AHA guidlines for cardiovascular resuscitation
* Rate of compression 10-20/min * Adult depth of compressions - 2-2.4 inches * Children depth - 1/3rd the depth of the chest approximatly 2 inches * Infants - depth 1.5 inches
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Hypothermic cardiac arrest AED rules | AHA guidlines
* 1 shock then transport
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indications for AED
* Pulseless adults and infants over 28 days old
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Special situations for AED
* AED may not deliver shock while moving in the ambulance * Adult pads can be used on peds * pediatric pads can not be used on adults
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cerebrovascular accident | Whats that?
Death of brain tissue due to interruption of blood flow This is stroke
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CPSS | Define
Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale
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CPSS | Components
* Facial droop * Arm drift * Slurred speech
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LPSS | Whats that?
Los angeles prehospital stroke screen
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Headache | RED FLAGS... OH NO
* Worst headache they have head * Sudden onset of severe headache * AMS * older than 50 * Immunocompromised * Hypertension * Fever * Stiff neck * vision changes * Signs of stroke * Recent trauma
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Special patient populations
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what age do organ start losing 1% of function every year
30
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Congestive heart failure unique S/S
- Distended/spongy abd - orthopnea - paroxymal nocturnal dyspnea - Upright position - crackles/wheezes - JVD - peripheral edema
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left sided heart failure | Pathophysiology and specific s/s
- left ventricle failure - fluid in lungs - left sided leads to right sided failure -pulmonary edema -dyspnea (exertion, at night, while supine) -cough
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Right sided heart failure | Pathophysiology and specific s/s
- left ventrical malfunction - fluid backsup into venous system -JVD -Pedal edema
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Compression to ventilation ratios | AHA guidelines
Single rescuer: 30:2 Adult: always 30:2 Children/infants(2 rescuers): 15:2 Meonates: 3:1
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Special CPR consideration for pregnant pt | AHA guideline
continuous lateral uterine displacement
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Special CPR consideration for Hypothermia | AHA guideline
Shock once then transport
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When does AED reanalyze for shock
after 2 mins
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Can AED deliver shock in moving ambulance
NO
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Cerebrovascular accident
Stroke Death to brain tissue due to interruption in the blood flow
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Are ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes more likely?
Ischemic (87%)
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CPSS
Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale - Facial droop - arm drift - Slurred speech
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LPSS
Los angeles prehospital stroke screen - like CPSS but more in depth - requires 9 assessments including GCS scale
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12 lead placement
V1 = fourth intercostal space right of sternum V2= fourth intercostal space left of sternum V3= directly between leads V2+V4 V4= fith intercostal space at mid-clavucular line V5= level with V4 at left anterior axillary line V6= level with V5 at left mid-axillary line (midpoint under armpit)
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AICD | what is and what do
Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators - Restarts pt heart
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Pacemaker | what is and what do
- helps regulates pts cardiac rate by serving as artifical source of electrical impulses to stimulate heart
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pacemaker malfunction s/s
- Dizzy - Weakness - bradycardia - Hypotension
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VAD | what is and what do ## Footnote special considerations
- replaces function of ventricals - pt may not have pulse - innacurate Spo2 reading - many vads have a ICD
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ICD | what is
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
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GCS | min and max score
min = 3 max = 15
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GCS | 3 componants to measure and their total scores
- eye opening (4) - verbal response (5) - motor response (6)
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GSC eye opening scores
Spontaneous = 4 to speech = 3 to pain = 2 none = 1
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GCS verbal response scores
Alert and oriented = 5 confused = 4 inappropriate = 3 Incomprehensible = 2 none = 1
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GCS motor response scores
obey commands = 6 localizes pain = 5 withdrawls from pain = 4 abnormal flexion = 3 abnormal extension = 2 non = 1
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Tonic phase is
loss of consciousness muscle rigidity
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Clonic phase is
jerking movement
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