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Trade name: Calcium Chloride

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CaCl or calcium chloride

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Drug Class: Calcium chloride

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electrolyte

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Dose: Calcium Chloride

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100-1000 mg IV in 10% solution

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Indications: Calcium Chloride

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renal dialysis
hyperkalemia (peaked T waves)
cardiac arrest

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Contraindications: Calcium Chloride

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patients on digoxin, Digoxin increases intracellular calcium, and CaCl supplementation causes digoxin toxicity

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Brand name: Calcium Gluconate

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calcium gluconate

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Drug Class: Calcium Gluconate

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Electrolyte

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Dose: Calcium Gluconate

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500-1000 mg IV in 10% solution

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Indications: Calcium Gluconate

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renal dialysis
hyperkalemia (peaked T waves)
cardiac arrest

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Contraindications: Calcium Gluconate

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patients on digoxin, Digoxin increases intracellular calcium, and CaCl supplementation causes digoxin toxicity

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Trade name: furosemide

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Lasix

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Drug Class: furosemide

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Diuretic

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Dose: furosemide

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Adult: 1 mg/kg; 40-80 mg; 2x home IV dose
Peds: 1 mg/kg IV

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Trade name: Glucagon

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GlucaGen

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Drug Class: glucagon

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Hormone

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Dose: glucagon

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1 mg IV (ca-channel blocker/b-blocker OD)

1 mg IM (hypoglycemia)

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Indications: glucagon

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Ca-channel blocker OD (second line)
B-blocker OD (first line)
increases intracellular calcium
Food stuck in esophagus
Hypoglycemia
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Indications: furosemide

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CHF
Pulmonary edema.
Pulls fluid from body, interstitial spaces, and lungs
given w/nitro, morphine for EMS

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contraindications: furosemide

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anuria, hypersensitivity

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Contraindications: glucagon

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known sensitivity, or pheochromacytoma

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Trade name: hydrochlorothiazide

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Drug class: hydrochlorothiazide

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Dose: hydrochlorothiazide

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edema: 15-200 mg/d x3 PO
hypertension: 12.5-100 mg/d x2 PO

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Indications: hydrochlorothiazide

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Not typically used in EMS

hypertension

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Contraindications: hydrochlorothiazide
anuria | hypersensitivity to this or other sulfonamides
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Trade Name: insulin
Humulin
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Drug Class: insulin
hormone
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Dose: insulin
Adult: 5-10 units IV/IM/SQ Peds: 2-4 units IV/IM/SQ
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Indications: insulin
hyperglycemia
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Contraindications: insulin
hypoglycemia | hypersensitivity
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Trade name; oxytocin
Pitocin
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Drug Class: oxytocin
hormone
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Dose: oxytocin
Bolus: 3-10 units IM | Drip 10-20 units in 500 mL D5W
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Indications: oxytocin
control post-delivery hemorrhage
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Contraindications: oxytocin
Pregnancy when induction of labor is not desired.
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Trade name: thiamine
Vitamin B1
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Drug Class: thiamine
vitamin
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Dose: thiamine
Adult: 50-100 mg IV/IM Peds: 10-25 mg IV/IM
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Indications: thiamine
Coma of unknown origin cardiac arrest w/known alcoholic cardiac arrest w/known alcohol poisoning Part of coma cocktail
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Contraindications: thiamine
hypersensitivity. Preparations contain aluminum, which may be likely to precipitate allergic or anaphylactic reaction with multiple doses over time.
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Generic name: thiamine
thiamine (B1)
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Generic name: Pitocin
oxytocin
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Generic name: Humulin
insulin
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Generic name: Calcium chloride
calcium chloride CaCl
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Generic name: calcium gluconate
calcium gluconate
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Generic name: Lasix
furosemide
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Generic name: GlucaGen
glucagon
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Generic name: HCTZ
hydrochlorothiazide

Drug Cards Sets 1-6 (4 decks)

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