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EMT - Prehospital Emergency Care: Part 7:
General Pharmacology and Medication
Administration: Ch. 14: General Pharmacology
and Medication and Administration questions and correct answers (elaborations) with 100% accurate , verified , latest fully updated , 2024/2025 ,already passed , graded a+, ...
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 thedrug's:
Circumstances under which it is not appropriate to administer a medication to apatient, even though
it is warranted - ✔✔Which of the following is the definition ofcontraindications?
indication. - ✔✔The MOST common use of a drug in treating a specific condition is calledthe:
contraindication. - ✔✔Your patient requiresnitroglycerin, but you cannot give it because the blood
pressure is too low. This would be known asa/an:
an undesired action of a drug in conjunction with the desired therapeutic effect. - ✔✔A side effect for
a drugis:
etered-dose inhaler - ✔✔What type of drug is usually prescribed to a patient who has some type of
M
respiratorydisease?
drugs. - ✔✔As an EMT who is responsible for givingmedications, you should know that the term
pharmacology is the studyof:
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 tohim, it is known as what type
of drugadministration?
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 asmedication:
, MT's standard of care for drug administration. - ✔✔Taking careful drughistories, understanding
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how drugswork, and observing and documenting drug effects are all part ofthe:
Assisted - ✔✔If you are going to help a patient take his own nitroglycerinpill, this is known as what
type of drugadministration?
oxygen - ✔✔A medication carried on the ambulance guided primarily by pulse oximetry readingsis:
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
diabeticemergency?
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 thepatient, following your local
protocol, to dilate the lower airwaysand:
insulin. - ✔✔An EMT may assist in or administer all of the followingmedications, EXCEPT:
atropine viaauto-injector. - ✔✔The care of a patient who displays the signs and symptoms of
anaphylaxis would include each of thefollowing, 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 avasodilator; thatis, the desired actions
include dilating the blood vessels in the body. By doingso, it reduces the workload of theheart,
thereby decreasing the demand for oxygen by the heart muscle. Inaddition, nitroglycerin dilates the
coronary arteriesthemselves, 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
chestpain, the desired actions include each of thefollowing, EXCEPT:
Epinephrine - ✔✔Which medication is acceptable for the EMT to administer or assist in
administering?
metaproterenol via inhaler.
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