sedation midterm 3 Flashcards
5 routes of drug administration
Oral
Inhalation
I.V.
I.M.
Transmucosal/Transdermal
What is the positive of oral/enteral sedation?
- Acceptance
- No special skills
- Low side effects
- No extra equipment
- Pt can take night before
- No extra state permit?
What is the disadvantage of oral sedation?
- Variable absorption
- First pass effect. When you eat something, it has to go to the liver FIRST. It may become inactive, so may not end up in the brain
- Lunch will affect absorption of your oral sedation – fattier the meal, the more likely it’ll bind to your drug
- more anxious you are, the LESS likely you are to absorb a drug – know this exam
- MAY reach maximum sedation AFTER discharge – know this for exam
How long to reach peak blood levels via ORAL?
Average patient will reach peak blood levels 1 hour after taking the oral sedation
What are the positive of inhalation?
1) Rapid onset with peak effect
2) Can titrate
3) Quick elimination and patient can drive home
Negatives of inhalation?
- Special equipment
- Special skills
- Need compliance
- Waste gas
What is the positive of IM sedation?
1- Least cooperation of all techinques
2- No skills
3- Useful in emergencies
4- Bypasses the gut
What is the negative of IM sedation?
- Titration difficult
- Hurts
- Parenteral route needs advanced monitoring because you can kill the kiddo
- WHEN YOU CANNOT FIND A VEIN ON A PATIENT
Indication of IM?
If you have someone that is agitated and violent and being just a bitch, IM them. Maybe with ketamine?
What does it mean to titrate a drug?
You can slowly increase levels until you achieve satisfactory levels of sedation
What is the positives of IV drugs?
- Fastest onset
- Can titra
- Most predictable
- Best route to emergency drugs
- Predictable amnesia
What is the A priori logic?
This means without thinking. Because you can titrate and figure out the ideal dose for a patient with IV, but in reality, the A Priori logic doesn’t really hold water since people find a way to fuck it up
What is the negatives of IV drugs?
1- Special skills 2- Need cooperations 3- Special equiment 4- Adverse drug 5- Malpractice
Is there a first pass effect of inhalation?
NO, not metabolized at all
What are 4 things you should you monitor when doing sedation?
- CNS – this is like talking back, etc. That’s the best way to monitor
- Respiration – most COMMON cause
- Cardiovascular
- Temperature