Week Two Medications Contraindications

Question 1

activated charcoal
(Contraindications)

Answer 1

– Unprotected airway
– Altered mental status
– Absence of a gag reflex
– Ileus
– Intestinal obstruction
– Ingestion of:
– Petroleum distillates
– hydrocarbons
– heavy metals
– acids
– alkalis
– corrosives
– alcohols
– iron
– lithium
– solvents

Question 2

atropine sulfate
(contraindications)

Answer 2

All of the following contraindications are relative:
– Evolving MI
– Narrow-angle glaucoma
– GI obstruction
– Severe ulcerative colitis
– Toxic megacolon
– Bladder outlet obstruction
– Myasthenia gravis
– Hemorrhage with cardiovascular instability
– Thyrotoxicosis

Question 3

dextrose
(contraindications)

Answer 3

– Hyperglycemia
– Severe dehydration
– Anuria
– Diabetic coma
– Intracranial or intraspinal hemorrhage
– Glucose-galactose malabsorption
syndrome

Question 4

diphenhydramine hydrochloride
(contraindications)

Answer 4

– Newborns and premature infants
– Late stage pregnancy
– Breastfeeding mothers
– Asthma
– Narrow-angle glaucoma
– Benign prostatic hypertrophy
– Alcohol intoxication

Question 5

epinephrine
(contraindications)

Answer 5

– Coronary insufficiency
– Cardiac dilation
– Active labor
– Hyperthyroidism (relative)
– Uncontrolled hypertension (relative)
– Hypothermia (relative)
– Pulmonary edema (relative)
– Myocardial ischemia (relative)
– Hypovolemic shock (relative)

Question 6

glucagon
(contraindications)

Answer 6

– Pheochromocytoma
– Hyperglycemia
– Insulinoma