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EMT - Prehospital Emergency Care: Part 7:
General Pharmacology and Medication
Administration: Ch. 14: General Pharmacology
and Medication and Administration
actions. - ✔✔The administration of nitroglycerin causes the relaxation of blood vessels and
decreased workload for the heart. These effects are called the​drug's:

Circumstances under which it is not appropriate to administer a medication to a​patient, even though
it is warranted - ✔✔Which of the following is the definition of​contraindications?

indication. - ✔✔The MOST common use of a drug in treating a specific condition is called​the:

contraindication. - ✔✔Your patient requires​nitroglycerin, but you cannot give it because the blood
pressure is too low. This would be known as​a/an:

an undesired action of a drug in conjunction with the desired therapeutic effect. - ✔✔A side effect for
a drug​is:

​ etered-dose inhaler - ✔✔What type of drug is usually prescribed to a patient who has some type of
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respiratory​disease?

drugs. - ✔✔As an EMT who is responsible for giving​medications, you should know that the term
pharmacology is the study​of:

administration - ✔✔Your protocol allows you to take all steps necessary to give the patient oxygen
via a face mask. The procedure for giving the medication the EMT is going to follow is known as​
medication:

Assisted - ✔✔If you are going to help a patient administer his own EpiPen for an allergic reaction by
exposing the leg and taking the cap off the EpiPen before handing it to​him, it is known as what type
of drug​administration?

administration. - ✔✔Your protocol allows you to take all steps necessary to give the patient activated​
charcoal, which includes preparing the medication and then instructing him on when and how much to
drink. The procedure for giving the medication the EMT is going to follow is known as​medication:

, ​ MT's standard of care for drug administration. - ✔✔Taking careful drug​histories, understanding
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how drugs​work, and observing and documenting drug effects are all part of​the:

Assisted - ✔✔If you are going to help a patient take his own nitroglycerin​pill, this is known as what
type of drug​administration?

oxygen - ✔✔A medication carried on the ambulance guided primarily by pulse oximetry readings​is:

activated charcoal. - ✔✔A medication commonly carried on the ambulance used to adsorb an
ingested poison is

Oral glucose - ✔✔Which one of the following medications is carried on the ambulance to treat a
diabetic​emergency?

Aspirin - ✔✔Which one of the following medications is administered to a patient suffering from chest​
pain?

relax the bronchioles. - ✔✔A beta2 agonist is administered to the​patient, following your local​
protocol, to dilate the lower airways​and:

insulin. - ✔✔An EMT may assist in or administer all of the following​medications, EXCEPT:

atropine via​auto-injector. - ✔✔The care of a patient who displays the signs and symptoms of
anaphylaxis would include each of the​following, EXCEPT:

experiencing a headache.

Nitroglycerin is a medication that is used to treat cardiac patients with diseases of the coronary
arteries that deliver blood to the heart. Nitroglycerin is a​vasodilator; that​is, the desired actions
include dilating the blood vessels in the body. By doing​so, it reduces the workload of the​heart,
thereby decreasing the demand for oxygen by the heart muscle. In​addition, nitroglycerin dilates the
coronary arteries​themselves, increasing the supply of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle.
Headache is a side effect. - ✔✔When administering nitroglycerin to a patient who is complaining of
chest​pain, the desired actions include each of the​following, EXCEPT:

Epinephrine - ✔✔Which medication is acceptable for the EMT to administer or assist in​
administering?

metaproterenol via inhaler.

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