NCTI PARAMEDIC PHARM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A.pdf

NCTI PARAMEDIC PHARM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Amiodarone - ✔✔Anti-Arrhythmic.
VT, VF.
300mg IVP; 150mg/ 50mg ~10mins.

✔✔Aspirin - ✔✔NSAID, Platelet inhibitor.
MI.
160-325mg PO.

✔✔Atropine - ✔✔Parasympatholytic.
Bradycardia.
0.5mg IV; max 0.04mg/kg.

✔✔Digoxin - ✔✔Inotropic agent.
AF, CHF.
0.25-0.50mg IV.

✔✔Epinephrine - ✔✔Sympathomimetic.
Cardiac arrest.
0.5-1.0mg IV 1:10,000.

✔✔Heparin - ✔✔Anti-coagulant.
Post MI, CVA, PE.
50iu/kg -> 800-1000iu/hr.

✔✔Labetalol - ✔✔Adrenergic blocker.
Hypertension.
20mg slow IVP ~2 mins.

✔✔Lidocaine - ✔✔Calcium channel blocker.

, VT, VF.
1-1.5mg/kg IV; 0.5-0.75mg/kg; max 3.

✔✔Magnesium sulfate - ✔✔Electrolyte.
Torsades, VT, VF.
1-2g 10ml ~10mins; 100ml ~60mins.

✔✔Morphine - ✔✔Narcotic.
MI.
2-10mg IV titrate.

✔✔Nitroglycerin - ✔✔Nitrate vasodilator.
MI, CHF, Hypertension.
0.4/1.6mg SL; 1/2-3/4"; 20mcg/min.

✔✔Plavix - ✔✔Platelet aggregate inhibitor.
ACS, stroke.
75mg.

✔✔Procainamide - ✔✔Calcium channel blocker.
VT, VF, SVT, PVCs.
20mg/min IV.

✔✔Verapamil - ✔✔Calcium channel blocker.
SVT, AF, AF w/ RVR.
5mg IVP ~2mins -> 10mg; max 20mg.

✔✔Metabolic drugs - ✔✔Atropine.
Benadryl.
Calcium chloride.
D50.
Glucagon.
Ibuprofen.
Magnesium sulfate.
Narcan.
Sodium bicarbonate.

✔✔Atropine - ✔✔Anti-cholinergic.
Organophosphates.
2-5mg IV.

✔✔Benadryl - ✔✔Anti-histamine.
Anaphylaxis.
25-50mg slow IV, IM, PO.