NREMT PARAMEDIC DRUGS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
, ACETAMINOPHEN - ANSWER Class: Anti-pyretic
Indications: Fever
Contraindications: Liver failure; hypersensitivity; exceed max dose
Side effects: Liver toxicity
Adult Dose: 1 g q 6 hours; max 4 g in 24 hours
Pediatric Dose: 15 mg/kg q 6 hours
Special info: Tylenol
ADENOSINE - ANSWER TRADE NAME: Adenocard
CLASS: Antiarrhythmic
ACTIONS: Slows (decreases) AV conduction
INDICATIONS: Symptomatic PSVT, including Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
PHARMACOKINETICS:
Onset: 20 - 35 seconds
Peak Effect: 20 - 35 seconds
Duration: 30 - 120 seconds
Half Life: 10 seconds
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Second or third degree heart block, sick-sinus syndrome,
known
hypersensitivity to the drug, dysrhythmias other than PSVT, reactive airway diseases
like asthmea.
PRECAUTIONS: Arrhythmias, including blocks, are common at the time of
cardioversion.
Use with caution in patients with asthma.
SIDE EFFECTS:
CNS: Dizziness, near syncope, syncope
CV: PVCs, PACs, sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, AV blocks, chest pain, facial
flushing,
headache
Resp: SOB, bronchoconstriction
GI/GU: Nausea
DOSAGE:
ADULT: 6 mg rapid IV bolus over 1-2s; after 1-2 minutes, 12-mg dose over 1-2
seconds.
PEDIATRIC: Initial dose: 0.1mg/kg; max 1st does = 6mg; Rapid IV bolus w/5cc flush
ROUTES: IV with 20cc flush
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
, ACETAMINOPHEN - ANSWER Class: Anti-pyretic
Indications: Fever
Contraindications: Liver failure; hypersensitivity; exceed max dose
Side effects: Liver toxicity
Adult Dose: 1 g q 6 hours; max 4 g in 24 hours
Pediatric Dose: 15 mg/kg q 6 hours
Special info: Tylenol
ADENOSINE - ANSWER TRADE NAME: Adenocard
CLASS: Antiarrhythmic
ACTIONS: Slows (decreases) AV conduction
INDICATIONS: Symptomatic PSVT, including Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
PHARMACOKINETICS:
Onset: 20 - 35 seconds
Peak Effect: 20 - 35 seconds
Duration: 30 - 120 seconds
Half Life: 10 seconds
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Second or third degree heart block, sick-sinus syndrome,
known
hypersensitivity to the drug, dysrhythmias other than PSVT, reactive airway diseases
like asthmea.
PRECAUTIONS: Arrhythmias, including blocks, are common at the time of
cardioversion.
Use with caution in patients with asthma.
SIDE EFFECTS:
CNS: Dizziness, near syncope, syncope
CV: PVCs, PACs, sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, AV blocks, chest pain, facial
flushing,
headache
Resp: SOB, bronchoconstriction
GI/GU: Nausea
DOSAGE:
ADULT: 6 mg rapid IV bolus over 1-2s; after 1-2 minutes, 12-mg dose over 1-2
seconds.
PEDIATRIC: Initial dose: 0.1mg/kg; max 1st does = 6mg; Rapid IV bolus w/5cc flush
ROUTES: IV with 20cc flush
