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Ceftriaxone
side effects

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  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • skin rash
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Midazolam
Side effects

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  • Depressed level of consciousness
  • Respiratory depression
  • Loss of airway control
  • Hypotension
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Salbutamol
side effects

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  • sinus tachycardia
  • muscle tremor (common)
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Prochlorperazine
side effects

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  • CNS: sedation, blurred vision
  • CV: postural hypotension, QT prolongation (rare)
  • other: extrapyramidal (involuntary movements that you cannot control) reactions
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Paracetamol
side effects

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  • Hypersensitivity reactions including severe skin rashes (rare)
  • Haematological reactions (rare)
  • Hypotension (low blood pressure) has been reported with IV infusion, particularly in critically ill patients
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Ondansetron
side effects

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  • CNS: headache, dizziness
  • CV: QT prolonation (rare)
  • GI: constipation
  • other: visual disturbance, including transient loss of vision (rare, associated with rapid IV administration)
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normal saline
side effects

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none

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Naloxone
side effects

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Symptoms of opioids withdrawal:
- sweating, goose flesh, tremor
- nausea and vomiting
- agitation
- dilation of pupils, excessive lacrimation (the flow of tears.)
- convulsions

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Morphine
side effects

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CNS effects:
- drowsiness
- respiratory depression
- euphoria
- nausea, vomiting
- addiction
- pinpoint

Cardiovascular effects:
- hypotension
- bradycardia

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Methoxyflurane
adverse effects

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  • CNS: dizziness, drowsiness
  • CV: hypotension
  • GIT: nausea and vomiting
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Ketamine
adverse effects

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  • CV: hypertension, tachycardia
  • CNS: emergency reactions (e.g. vivid dreams, restlessness, confusion, hallucinations, irrational behaviour)
  • respiratory: transient respiratory depression and apnoea (rare)
  • GI: nausea and vomiting
  • other: injection site pain, lacrimation, hypersalivation, diplopia, nystagmus
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Ipratropium Bromide
side effects

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  • headache
  • nausea
  • sry mouth
  • skin rash
  • tachycardia (rare)
  • palpitations (rare)
  • acute angle closure glaucoma secondary to direct eye contact (rare)
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Glyceryl Trinitrate
adverse effects

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  • CV: hypotension, tachycardia, bradycardia (occasionally)
  • CNS: headache, dizziness, syncope
  • other: skin flushing
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Glucagon
side effects

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nausea and vomiting (rare)

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Glucagon
side effects

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none

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Dextrose 10%
Side effects

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none

17
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Dexamethasone
Side effects

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none

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Fentanyl
Side effects

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  • Respiratory depression
  • Apnoea
  • Rigidity of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles
  • Bradycardia
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Aspirin
Side effects

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  • Heartburn, nausea, gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Increased bleeding time
  • Hypersensitivity reactions
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Adrenaline
Side effects

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  • Sinus tachycardia
  • Supraventricular arrhythmias
  • Ventricular arrhythmias
  • Hypertension
  • Pupillary dilatation
  • May increase the size of MI
  • Feeling of anxiety/palpations in the conscious patient
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Heparin
Side effects

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  • Bleeding
  • Bruising and pain at the injection site
  • Hyperkalaemia
  • Thrombocytopaenia (mild to severe)
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Lidocaine
Side effects

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  • Allergic reactions are rare and may present as localised oedema, urticaria bronchospasm, and anaphylaxis

Signs of systemic toxicity include:
- CNS: tinnitus blurred vision, sudden change in conscious state, agitation, convulsions
- CV: hypotension, bradycardia, arrhythmias (e.g. conduction blocks, ventricular tachyarrhythmias), cardiac arrest

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Olanzapine
Side effects

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  • CNS sedation, dizziness
  • Other: extrapyramidal symptoms and QT prolongation are unlikely when administered at the approved doses
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Oxytocin
side effects

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nausea and vomiting

25
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Tenecteplase
side effects

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  • Bleeding - including injection sites, PCH, internal bleeding
  • Transient hypotension
  • Infrequent (allergic reaction including fever, chills, rash, nausea, headache, bronchospasm, vasculitis, nephritis and anaphylaxis)
  • rare (cholesterol embolism)

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