Set 1 Flashcards
Trade name: Calcium Chloride
CaCl or calcium chloride
Drug Class: Calcium chloride
electrolyte
Dose: Calcium Chloride
100-1000 mg IV in 10% solution
Indications: Calcium Chloride
renal dialysis
hyperkalemia (peaked T waves)
cardiac arrest
Contraindications: Calcium Chloride
patients on digoxin, Digoxin increases intracellular calcium, and CaCl supplementation causes digoxin toxicity
Brand name: Calcium Gluconate
calcium gluconate
Drug Class: Calcium Gluconate
Electrolyte
Dose: Calcium Gluconate
500-1000 mg IV in 10% solution
Indications: Calcium Gluconate
renal dialysis
hyperkalemia (peaked T waves)
cardiac arrest
Contraindications: Calcium Gluconate
patients on digoxin, Digoxin increases intracellular calcium, and CaCl supplementation causes digoxin toxicity
Trade name: furosemide
Lasix
Drug Class: furosemide
Diuretic
Dose: furosemide
Adult: 1 mg/kg; 40-80 mg; 2x home IV dose
Peds: 1 mg/kg IV
Trade name: Glucagon
GlucaGen
Drug Class: glucagon
Hormone
Dose: glucagon
1 mg IV (ca-channel blocker/b-blocker OD)
1 mg IM (hypoglycemia)
Indications: glucagon
Ca-channel blocker OD (second line) B-blocker OD (first line) increases intracellular calcium Food stuck in esophagus Hypoglycemia
Indications: furosemide
CHF
Pulmonary edema.
Pulls fluid from body, interstitial spaces, and lungs
given w/nitro, morphine for EMS
contraindications: furosemide
anuria, hypersensitivity