Principles of Pharmacology - Administering part 1 Flashcards
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As an EMT, you may only administer medications for which you have ___
An order from medical control
The general steps of administering any medication to a patient are called ___
The rights of medication administration
After medication has been administered, you will need to ___
Reassess the patient to see if it worked
If the order to administer medication is given via online medical control, it is important that you ___
Repeat the order back to the physician. The echo technique
The “rights” of medication administration
- Right patient
- Right medication & indication
- Right dose
- Right route
- Right time
- Right education
- Right to refuse
- Right response & evaluation
- Right documentation
Method used to prevent a medication error
Verbal cross-check procedure
Verbal cross-check procedure
A1. “Med Check”
B1. “Ready”
A2. “I am going to give (medication name, dose, and route) for (indication)”
B2. “Contraindications?”
A3. “None (if none)”
B3. “Volume?”
A4. Show the medication container and the syringe, tablets, or device that is used to measure the dose
B4. “Give it” (if agree it is correct)
How to do verbal cross-check by yourself
Pause and say both sides out loud
Circumstances for an EMT administering medication
- Peer-assisted medication
- Patient-assisted medication
- EMT-administered medication
You are assisting medication to yourself or your partner
Peer-assisted medication
Assisting the patient with the administration of their own medication
Patient-assisted medication
You directly administer a medication to a patient
EMT-administered medication
Medications for infants and children are typically ordered based on their weight in ___
Kilograms
How to convert pounds to kilograms
Divide the pounds by 2.2
Dosing for infants and children is expressed as ___
mg or mL per kg of body weight
What tool to use to estimate weight
Broselow tape
Steps for oral medication administration
- Rights of administration
- Take standard precautions
- Confirm the medication is not expired
- Obtain medical direction per local protocol
- Confirm that the patient has a patent airway and is able to swallow or follow instructions, then instruct the patient to swallow or chew the medication
- Monitor the patient’s condition and document
Extremely low blood glucose level
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia can be caused by an excess of ___
Insulin
A simple sugar that is readily absorbed by the bloodstream
Oral glucose
As an EMT you can give glucose only by ___
Mouth
The reason that oral glucose acts faster than fruit or a soda
Its a simple sugar
Never give anything by mouth to a patient with ___
A decreased LOC
Aspirin is also called ___
Acetylsalicylic acid or ASA
