Antidotes Flashcards
DOC for OD of tricyclic antidepressants - also good for vtach with a pulse
sodium bicarb
DOC for digoxin toxicity with 3rd degree heart block
digibind
DOC to treat children with rat poison (coumadin) and with bleeding per rectum
FFP or vitamin K
DOC for benzodiazepine OD
Flumazenil
DOC for alcoholic pts, pts who’ve ingested ethylene glycol, and or methanol OD with findings of coffin-shaped crystals that glow yellow if you shine a blue light on it
fomepizole
DOC fo cholinergic overdose
atropine or Pralidoxime (2-pyridine aldoxime methyl chloride,) or 2-PAM
DOC for children overdosed on iron with GI bleeding and followed by comatose
Deferoxamine or Dimercaprol
DOC for cocaine OD with CP, diaphoresis, and hyperthermia
phentolamine or benzos
DOC to reverse GI medicines that relieve nausea, or emesis
Benadryl
DOC for beta blocker and CCB OD
glucagon
DOC fo tylenol OD
Mucomyst or N-acetylcysteine
DOC for opiate OD
Naloxone/Narcan
DOC for anticholinergic OD
Neostigmine or Tensilon
DOC for Wenicke’s encephalopathy
Thiamine
DOC for aspirin OD
sodium bircarb