Principles Of Pharmacology Flashcards
Medications are absorbed into the blood stream through variously body tissues through all methods except
Intravenous injection
What is pharmacology
The study of drugs
What two things do medications do?
Prevents disease
Relieves pain
What is an agonist
Causes stimulation of reveptors
What is antagonist
Bonds to receptors and blocks other medications
What is dose
Amount of medication given
What are unintended effects?
Effects you expect to happen
What are untoward effects
Effects not expected
What is a nonproprietary name mean?
A generic name
Ibuprofen
What is a trade name?
A manufacturers brand name
Tylenol
How are enteral medications given?
Through the body
What does PR and PO mean?
Per rectum and per oral
What does intravenous (IV) mean
In vein
What does intraosseous (IO) mean
In bone
What does subcutaneous (SC) mean?
Under skin
What does intramuscular (IM) mean?
In muscle
How do you administer nitroglycerin?
By sublingual (SL)- under the toungue
What is transcutaneous (transdermal)
Through the skin
What Is intranasal (In)?
Into the nostril
What forms do medications come in? (7)
Tablets/capsules Solutions/suspensions Metered dose inhalers Topical medications Transcutaneous medications Gels Gases for inhalation
When can you administer medication?
With order from medical control
Direct orders given online
Standing orders that are part of local protocals
What are six rights of medication administration
Right patient Right medication Right dose Right route Right time Right documentation
When do you not give patients activated charcoal?
If they have altered level of consciousness
Or who have ingested an acid, alkali, or petroleum
Systolic Bp must be at least what to administer nitroglycerin (NTG)?
120
What do you do before give NTG?
Check blood pressure
Obtain order to administer
What does NTG do
Relieves angina pain (cardiac pain)
Increases blood flow
Relaxes veins
What does epinephrine do
–Controls fight-or-flight response
–Primary medication for delivery IM
–Also called adrenaline, released inside body under stress
–Sympathomimetic
–Increases heart rate and constricts blood vessels
What are four contraindications for epinephrine?
–Do not give to patients with hypertension
hypothermia
myocardium infarction
wheezing.
After giving medications what do you document?
–Reassessed vital signs –Patient’s history –Assessment –Treatment –Response findings
