Side effects

Question 1

ADRENALINE

Answer 1

• DYSRHYTHMIAS
• HTN
• PUPIL DILATION
• TREMOR
• ANXIETY
• PALPITATIONS
• TACHYCARDIA

Question 2

AMIODARONE

Answer 2

• BRADYCARDIA
• HYPOTENSION
• POLYMORPHIC TACHYCARDIAS
• NAUSEA
• TREMOR
• DIZZINESS
• PARASTHESIA
• HEADACHES

Question 3

ASPIRIN

Answer 3

• HEARTBURN
• NAUSEA
• GI BLEEDING
• INCREASED BLEEDING TIME
• ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION - ASTHMATICS
• REYES SYNDROME <12YO
• OVERDOSE

Question 4

ATROPINE

Answer 4

• TACHYCARDIA/PALPITATIONS
• DILATED PUPILS/BLURRED VISION
• DRY MOUTH
• URINARY RETENTION
• CONFUSION, RESTLESSNESS
• HOT, DRY SKIN

Question 5

COPHENYLCAINE

Answer 5

• ORAL ADMIN. MAY CAUSE A TRANSIENT BITTER TASTE

- PAUSE BETWEEN SUBSEQUENT DOSES

Question 6

FENTANYL

Answer 6

• N+V
• RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
• HYPOTENSION/BRADYCARDIA

Question 7

GLUCAGON

Answer 7

• N+V
• GASTRIC PAIN
• TRANSIENT RISE OF BP FOR PTS TAKING BETA BLOCKERS

Question 8

GLUCOSE 10%

Answer 8

• HYPERGLYCAEMIA
• DIURESIS
• TISSUE NECROSIS
• THROMBOPHLEBITIS

Question 9

GLUCOSE ORAL GEL

Answer 9

• AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION

Question 10

GTN

Answer 10

• HYPOTENSION
• TACHYCARDIA
• FLUSHING
• HEADACHE

Question 11

HEPARIN

Answer 11

• HAEMORRHAGE

Question 12

NORMAL SALINE

Answer 12

• HYPERVOLEMIA

Question 13

IPRATROPIUM

Answer 13

• HEADACHE
• NAUSEA
• DRY MOUTH
• SKIN RASH

Question 14

KETAMINE

Answer 14

• ELEVATED BP AND HR
• HYPERSALIVATION
• TRANSIENT LARYNGOSPASM
• TRANSIENT APNOEA OR RESP DEPRESSION
• RANDOM PURPOSELESS MOVEMENTS, MUSCLE TWITCHING AND RASH ARE COMMON
• EMERGENCE REACTIONS

Question 15

LIGNOCAINE

Answer 15

• TINNITUS, DIZZINESS, ANXIETY, CONFUSION, PERIORAL NUMBNESS
• CVS EFFECTS: BRADYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION, DYSRHYTHMIAS
• CNS EFFECTS
• RESP DEPRESSION

Question 16

METHOXYFLURANE

Answer 16

• LIGHT-HEADEDNESS
• DIZZINESS
• DROWSINESS
• NAUSEA
• MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Question 17

MIDAZOLAM

Answer 17

• RESP DEPRESSION
• HYPOTENSION
• ANTEROGRADE/RETROGRADE AMNESIA
• CAUTION IS PTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Question 18

NALOXONE

Answer 18

• WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
  - AGGRESSION
  - AGITATION
  - N+V
  - DILATED PUPILS
  - LACRIMATION

Question 19

ONDANSETRON

Answer 19

• HEADACHE
• MALAISE/FATIGUE
• DROWSINESS
• DIZZINESS
• RASH.ALLERGY

Question 20

OXYGEN

Answer 20

• CO2 RETENTION IN COPD PTS
  - CAN CAUSE ACIDOSIS AND ORGAN
  DYSFUNCTION
• HIGH CONC CAN LEAD TO INCREASED FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION –> CELLULAR DAMAGE

Question 21

PARACETAMOL

Answer 21

• NIL IN THERAPEUTIC DOSES

Question 22

PREDNISOLONE

Answer 22

• VOMITING

- SIDE EFFECTS OCCUR FOLLOWING PROLONGED USE AND ARE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE IN AN EMERGENCY SETTING

Question 23

SALBUTAMOL

Answer 23

• TACHYCARDIA

- MUSCLE TREMOR