Amiodarone - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ACLS Post Test 3 (Latest 2024 / 2025 ) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. A 48-year-old man became unresponsive shortly after presenting to you with nausea and generalized chest discomfort.You observe gasping breathing and are unsure if you feel a pulse.You should know: A. Call for help and begin chest compressions. B.Wait until breathing stops and then check again for a pulse. C. Begin chest compressions only if you are certain a pulse is absent. D.Observe the patient for...

Normal Length for PR, QRS, and QT intervals. correct answers PR 0.12-0.20 sec, QRS 0.08-0.12 sec, and QT interval less than or = to 450 ms or half the R-R interval Big box on ECG readings = ___ seconds? correct answers 0.20 seconds Little boxes on ECG readings = ____ seconds? correct answers 0.04 seconds The mA that achieves capture is the _______ _________ correct answers pacing threshold Defibrillation energy settings (biphasic and monophasic) correct answers biphasic 120-200 j and...

Exam 1: NR293/ NR 293 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice Exam| 100% Correct Questions and Verified Answers (2023/ 2024 Update) -Chamberlain Q: A nurse is assisting with the administration of an IV injection to a client. For which of the following reasons should the nurse inject the medication slowly? A. to reduce toxicity risk B. to improve the absorption pattern C. to prevent medication dilution D. to protect against embolism Answer: A. to reduce toxicity risk Q: A nurse is ...

PALS Pre course Self-Assessment Answers 2023|2024 RATED A+ Section 2: Pharmacology Answers A 9-year-old boy is agitated and leaning forward on the bed in obvious respiratory distress. The patient is speaking in short phrases and tells you that he has asthma but does not carry an inhaler. He has nasal flaring, severe suprasternal and intercostal retractions, and decreased air movement with prolonged expiratory time and wheezing. You administer 100% oxygen by a nonrebreathing mask. His SpO2...

Warfarin interactions - ANSWER-FLAMES o Fluconazole o Levofloxacin (really increase INR) o Amiodarone (worse interaction - decrease warfarin dose *by 50%*) o Metronidazole (decrease warfarin dose *by 1/3*) o Erythromycin (macrolides in general but this one is the worse) o Sulf-TMP CYP Inducers - ANSWER-PS PORCS o Phenytoin o Smoking o Phenobarbital o Oxcarbazepine (and eslicarbamazepine) o Rifampin o Carbamazepine (and its auto-inducer) o St. John's wort CYP Inhibitor...

Nitroprusside purpose - Answer- decreases preload and afterload by vasodilation (mainly afterload) Dobutamine mechanism of action - Answer- contractility Dopamine at a low-end dose "renal dose" - Answer- 0.5-4mcg/kg/min increases renal and mesentric perfusion Dopamine at a mid-range dose - Answer- 4-10mcg/kg/min increases contractility and heart rate Dopamine at a high-range dose - Answer- greater than 10mcg/kg/min vasoconstriction and increases BP Dopamine and Levophed inf...

Clinical Therapeutics, Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) Stable Narrow Complex: Adenosine Clinical Therapeutics, Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) Stable Wide: Amiodarone Diagnosis, Acute coronary syndrome: If left coronary artery is ischemic, what are the ECG changes? ST elevations V5, V6, I and avL Diagnosis, Coarctation of the aorta o CXR: rib notching, and "3 sign" o Difference in BP upper and lower extremities Diagnostic Tests, Coarctation of the ao...

What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg Do you pace sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Digoxin and beta blockers How do you treat sinus tachycardia? - Answer-treat the underlying cause What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg or epinephrine What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? - Answer-Atrial...

What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment? Safety Tolerability Efficacy Practicality Treatment accessibility Treatment compliance Pharmacokinetics How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?) Pharmacodynamics What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action) Define First-generation antipsychotics Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond w...

BKAT Critical Care Review (2022/2023) Rated A+ Normal Central Venous Pressure (CVP) range 2-8 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range 6-12 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range 20-30 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range 5-15 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM) 11-20 mmHg Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range 800-1200 mmHg Preload volume left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole What is preload affected by? venous return ...