Emergency Care In The Streets –
Pharmacology Questions And Verified
Answers 2025
The ______, or the percentage of RBCs in the intravascular space,
decreases in response to an increase in overall blood plasma volume
during pregnancy -Answer:-Hematocrit
Respiratory tidal volume and minute volumes increase, while the
inspiratory and expiratory _______ volumes decrease during
pregnancy -Answer:-Reserve
GI _______ decreases as pregnancy progresses -Answer:-Motility
Pregnant patients have better renal function in a ______ position than
when ______ -Answer:-Supine, upright
FDA Pregnancy Categories -Answer:-A - Studies failed to
demonstrate fetal risk
,B - Animal studies have not demonstrated fetal risk but there are no
human studies
C - Studies in animal have revealed fetal risk or studies are not
available
D - Positive evidence of fetal risk, but benefits may acceptable
X - Contraindicated in pregnant women
In situations where there is a direct threat to the life of the patient, it
is often necessary to administer a higher-risk medication to
preserve the life of the mother, regardless of risk to the unborn
_______ -Answer:-Child
______ and certain _______ are common prehospital medications
known to cause fetal harm -Answer:-Aspirin and benzodiazepines
Types of Medical Errors -Answer:-Diagnostic
Treatment
Preventative
Other
,Pharmacologic interventions are based on a patient's actual or
anticipated illness, injury, presenting complaint, sign, or symptom.
This condition should match the use or indication listed on the
profile for specific medication. ______ (Desired) Response -Answer:-
Therapeutic
Certain medications require frequent repeated dosing, careful
titration, or continuous administration to obtain or maintain the
desired response. These medications are capable of demonstrating
_____ ______. Several smaller doses of a medication produce the same
clinical effect as a larger, single dose of that same medication.
Decreases risks of a larger dose -Answer:-Cumulative action
The term side effect is often used to mean ______ effect. The term _____
effect more clearly indicates the possibility of serious consequences
-Answer:-Adverse, adverse
______ (______) causes significant hemodynamic and EKG changes that
are not known to occur with ondansetron -Answer:-Promethazine
(Phenergan) - antiemetic
, Certain antibiotics and antisiezure medications are known to cause
______-______ syndrome, a severe, possibly fatal medication reaction
that mimics a burn -Answer:-Stevens-Johnson
Adverse effects occasionally occur that are completely unexpected
and not previously known to occur with a particular medication.
These effects are _______ medication reactions. Involve abnormal
susceptibility to a medication -Answer:-Idiosyncratic
Animal testing establishes the _____ _____ _____ (LD50), which is the
weight-based dose of medication that causes death in 50% of the
animals tested -Answer:-Median lethal dose (LD50)
Manufacturers determine the _____ _____ _____ (TD50) for a particular
adverse effect of the medication, which means that 50% of the
animals tested had toxic effects at or above this weight-based dose -
Answer:-Median toxic dose (TD50)
Pharmacology Questions And Verified
Answers 2025
The ______, or the percentage of RBCs in the intravascular space,
decreases in response to an increase in overall blood plasma volume
during pregnancy -Answer:-Hematocrit
Respiratory tidal volume and minute volumes increase, while the
inspiratory and expiratory _______ volumes decrease during
pregnancy -Answer:-Reserve
GI _______ decreases as pregnancy progresses -Answer:-Motility
Pregnant patients have better renal function in a ______ position than
when ______ -Answer:-Supine, upright
FDA Pregnancy Categories -Answer:-A - Studies failed to
demonstrate fetal risk
,B - Animal studies have not demonstrated fetal risk but there are no
human studies
C - Studies in animal have revealed fetal risk or studies are not
available
D - Positive evidence of fetal risk, but benefits may acceptable
X - Contraindicated in pregnant women
In situations where there is a direct threat to the life of the patient, it
is often necessary to administer a higher-risk medication to
preserve the life of the mother, regardless of risk to the unborn
_______ -Answer:-Child
______ and certain _______ are common prehospital medications
known to cause fetal harm -Answer:-Aspirin and benzodiazepines
Types of Medical Errors -Answer:-Diagnostic
Treatment
Preventative
Other
,Pharmacologic interventions are based on a patient's actual or
anticipated illness, injury, presenting complaint, sign, or symptom.
This condition should match the use or indication listed on the
profile for specific medication. ______ (Desired) Response -Answer:-
Therapeutic
Certain medications require frequent repeated dosing, careful
titration, or continuous administration to obtain or maintain the
desired response. These medications are capable of demonstrating
_____ ______. Several smaller doses of a medication produce the same
clinical effect as a larger, single dose of that same medication.
Decreases risks of a larger dose -Answer:-Cumulative action
The term side effect is often used to mean ______ effect. The term _____
effect more clearly indicates the possibility of serious consequences
-Answer:-Adverse, adverse
______ (______) causes significant hemodynamic and EKG changes that
are not known to occur with ondansetron -Answer:-Promethazine
(Phenergan) - antiemetic
, Certain antibiotics and antisiezure medications are known to cause
______-______ syndrome, a severe, possibly fatal medication reaction
that mimics a burn -Answer:-Stevens-Johnson
Adverse effects occasionally occur that are completely unexpected
and not previously known to occur with a particular medication.
These effects are _______ medication reactions. Involve abnormal
susceptibility to a medication -Answer:-Idiosyncratic
Animal testing establishes the _____ _____ _____ (LD50), which is the
weight-based dose of medication that causes death in 50% of the
animals tested -Answer:-Median lethal dose (LD50)
Manufacturers determine the _____ _____ _____ (TD50) for a particular
adverse effect of the medication, which means that 50% of the
animals tested had toxic effects at or above this weight-based dose -
Answer:-Median toxic dose (TD50)
