General Pharmacology (Pearson chapters 18-10) EMT B 117

Aspirin

Used to reduce clotting ability of blood to prevent and treat clots associated with myocardial infarction.

Oral Glucose

A form of glucose given by both to treat an awake patient with an altered mental status and history of diabetes

Oxygen

Oxygen! Hypoxic

Activated Charcoal

Powder prepared from charred wood, premixed with water. It is used to treat certain poisonings or overdoses. It will absorb poisons and help prevent absorption.

Naloxone

antidote for narcotic ovedoses

Bronchodilator Inhaler

Assist A spray device with mouthpiece to spray for asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis. constrict bronchial tubes making breathing easier

Nitroglycerin

A drug that helps to donate the coronary vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood.

Epinephrine

A drug that helps constrict the blood vessels and relax passages of the airway.

Five Rights

1. Right patient

2. Right time to administer

3. Right med

4. Right dose

5. Right route

6. Right to education

7. Right to refuse

8. Document

Side effects with taking aspirin

-heartburn, diarhhea, dizziness

Symptoms related to the lack of oxygen in heart muscle

Acute Coronary syndrome

What is infarction?

Infarction is the process of tissue death (necrosis) due to a lack of blood supply, often occurring in the heart or brain. It is usually the result of a totally occluded coronary blood vessel.

Side effect of administering nitroglycerin?

Drop in blood pressure

Conditions that narrow or block the arteries of the heart are​ called:

coronary artery disease

Which of the following refers to chest pain that occurs when blood supply to the heart is reduced and a portion of the heart muscle is not receiving enough​ oxygen?

Angina pectoris

Your patient has a weakened section of the arterial wall that is ballooning. This is known as​ a(n)

aneurysm

An insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to an area of the body is​ called:

ischemia

What causes jugular vein distension?

The pressure backup from the vena cava in​ right-sided congestive heart failure causes