AAOS (12 ed) EMT Chapter 12: Principals of Pharmacology Questions & Answers Already Passed!!

9 rights of medication administration - Important 6 rights: right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, and right documentation Other 3 right education right to refuse right response/evaluation A 31-year-old female is experiencing an acute asthma attack. She is conscious and alert, but in obvious respiratory distress. After assisting her with her prescribed MDI, you should: A. check the drug's expiration date to ensure that it is still current. B. reassess the patient and document her response to the medication. C. administer another treatment in 30 seconds if she is still in distress. D. contact medical control and apprise him or her of what you did. - B. reassess the patient and document her response to the medication.A 37 year old male is found unconscious in his car. His airway is patent and his respirations are rapid and labored. As you and your partner are assessing and treating the patient, a police officer hands you a medication named alupent, which he found in the backseat of the patients car. This medication suggests that the patient has a history of - Asthma a 49-year-old-male with an extensive cardiac history presents with 2 hours of crushing chest pain and shortness of breath. He is pale and diaphoretic and tells you that he feels like he is going to die. His medications include nitroglycerin, sildenafil (Viagra), and enalapril (Vasotec). His blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to administering supplemental oxygen if needed, you should: A. administer one nitroglycerin and call medical control. B. obtain physician approval to give the nitroglycerin. C. place him in a supine position and transport at once. D. ask him if he took his Viagra within the past 24 hours. - D. ask him if he took his Viagra within the past 24 hours. A 62 year old male presents with crushing chest pain, which he describes as being the same kind of pain that he had with a previous heart attack. He has prescribed nitroglycerin but states that he has not taken any. After administering 100% oxygen and contacting medical control, you should - Assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less than 100 A drug is contraindicated for a patient when it: A. may cause harm or have no positive effect. B. produces actions other than the desired ones. C. is used to treat a multitude of conditions.D. is used to treat a specific medical condition. - A. may cause harm or have no positive effect. A medication with antagonistic properties is one that: A. blocks receptor sites and prevents other chemicals from attaching to them. B. produces a cumulative effect when mixed with the same type of medication. C. stimulates receptor sites and allows other chemicals to attach to them. D. enhances the effects of another medication when given in a higher dose. - A. blocks receptor sites and prevents other chemicals from attaching to them.