General Pharmacology

Question 1

A woman is discovered unresponsive. She has shallow respirations at 6-times-a-minute, no radial pulse, pinpoint pupils, and a weak carotid. There are empty bottles labeled morphine around her. What medication should you use to help this patient?

Answer 1

Naloxone

Question 2

Your patient has high pitch wheezes in all lung fields, SOB, chest tightness, and coughing. Her vitals are BP 116/64, HR 96, and RR 24. What should you use?

Answer 2

Administer albuterol via a nebulizer

Question 3

What dose of ipratropium bromide should you use for a 60-year-old with a severe asthma attack

Answer 3

0.5mg nebulized

Question 4

Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen are all NSAIDS. True or false

Answer 4

False. Aspirin is not an NSAID.

Question 5

How does aspirin effect the body

Answer 5

It inhibits platelet aggregation

Question 6

Name two anticholinergic agents

Answer 6

Atrovent and Atropine

Question 7

Cardizem is administered

Answer 7

over 2 minutes

Question 8

What medication should you administer first in asystole?

Answer 8

Epinephrine

Question 9

Amiodarone is what class of antidysrhythmic medication

Answer 9

III

Question 10

Medications for bronchoconstriction stimulate

Answer 10

Beta 2 receptors

Question 11

Naloxone is an

Answer 11

opioid antagonist