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Venipuncture Week1-3
Pharmacology & Drug Administration
Question | Answer |
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What are Ethics? What are Biomedical Ethics? | Ethics is a system, or code of conducts & morals advocated by a particular individual or a group. Biomedical Ethics is a branch of ethics that deal with the medical profession. |
What are the 7 principles of Biomedical Ethics? | Autonomy, Beneficence, Confidentiality, Justice, Non Maleficence, Role Fidelity, Veracity. |
What is Autonomy? | Respecting the patient as a person. |
What is Beneficence? | The performance of good acts, acheived through active process with the goal to be good. |
What is Non Maleficence? | The avoidance of evil, the goal to do no harm. |
What is Role Fidelity? | Faithfulness & Loyalty |
What is Veracity? | To tell the truth & not lie. |
What are the common drug routes for contrast media? | IV the most rapid, Oral, Intrathecal (myelography), Intra-arterial, Pulmonary (aerosols/gases). |
What are the 5 R's (Right's) of drug administration? | The right Patient (2 forms of ID), right Drug (check 3 times), right Amount , right Route(oral/rectal/IV), right Time (time of day). |
What are the 7 components of a legal prescription? | Patient name/MR#/DOB/address, Drug name, Dosage, Dosage form, Route of administration, Date of written order, Physician signature. |
What is the difference between the trade name & the generic name of legal prescriptions? | The trade name is the name given by the manufacturer & begins with capital letters. The generic name is the name given by manufacturer prior to FDA approval & begins with lower case letters. |
What is Pharmacokinetics? | The energy process that controls absorption, distribution, metabolism & excretion? |
What are the processes of pharmacokinetics? | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism & Excretion |
What is Pharmacodynamics? | The study of how the effects of a drug are administered. The response of tissues to chemical agents at various sites on the body. |
What is the scale of I to V for in regards to minimally controlled to the possibility of dependency? | On a scale of I-V, schedule I has the high potential for dependence & Schedule V is minimally controlled. |
What is a side effect? What is an example? | An effect that is essentially not harmful. Nausea. |
What is an Adverse Reaction? What is an example? | An effect that is essentially harmful. Anaphylaxis. |
What is an example of a Toxic Reaction? | An overdose. |
What is a Side Effect? What is an Adverse effect? | Any predictable pharmacologic action on the body other than the intended action. Any unwanted effect is an adverse effect. |
What is the Lethal Dose? What is the Effective Dose? How's the Therapeutic Index calculated? | The lethal dose is the amount that is lethal to 50% of the population. The effective dose is the dose amount that gives a therapeutic effect to 50% of the population. As the LD/ED with the calculation closer to 1 being more dangerous. |
What is the AC area? | The AnteCubital area. |
What is an extravasation? | When the IV infused contrast or drugs goes into the surrounding tissue. |