Emergency Crash Cart
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| Activated Charcoal | Class-
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| Atropine | Class- Anticholinergic
Action- reduce muscle spasms and fluid secretions; treat spasms in the stomach, intestine, bladder, or other organs
Side Effect- dry mouth, blurred vision, photophobia, tachycardia
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| Diphenhydramine | Class- Antihistamine
Action- reduce the effects of natural chemical histamine in the body; treat runny nose, watery eyes, hives, skin rash, itching and other cold or allergy symptoms
Side Effect- sedation, sleepiness, dizziness, disturbed coordination,
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| Epinephrine | Class- Sympathomimetic catecholamine
Action- Acute allergic reactions, cardiac rhythm restoration during cardiac arrest
Side Effect- elevation of heart rate/blood pressure; headache, tremor, dizziness, lightheadedness, nervousness, weakness, and excitab
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| Furosemide | Class- Loop diuretic
Action- prevents your body from absorbing too much salt; treat fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, liver disease, or a kidney disorder
Side Effect- chest pain, chills, cough or hoarseness, fever, headach
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| Instant Glucose | Class- sterile solution
Action- provide fluids containing various amount of sugars to your body
Side Effect- increased urination, pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site
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| Insulin | Class- Hormone
Action- treat diabetes mellitus
Side Effect- anxious feeling, behavior change similar to being drunk, blurred vision, cold sweats, confusion, convulsions (seizures), Dizziness, hand excessive hunger
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| Lidocaine | Class- Anesthetic
Action- numbing medication; by blocking the nerve signals in your body; which reduces the pain or discomfort caused by invasive medical procedures; also used to treat irregular heart rhythms; also given as epidural (spinal block) to red
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| Local Anesthetics | Class- Anesthetic
Action- numb the surrounding area (where it is injected) by blocking pain signals from being sent to the brain; used during dental procedures; during labor and for other minor operative procedures
Side Effect- flushing or redness of th
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| Nitroglycerin | Class- Nitrate vasodilator
Action- works by relaxing (widening) blood vessels; treat HNT, chest pain in certain patients by getting more O2 to the heart
Side Effect- Bloating or swelling of the face, arms, hands, lower legs, or feet; difficult or labore
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| Normal Saline | Class-
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| Phenobarbital and diazepam | Class-
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| Sodium bicarbonate | Class- Antacid
Action- neutralizes stomach acid; relieve heartburn and indigestion
Side Effect- Frequent urge to urinate; headache (continuing); loss of appetite (continuing); mood or mental changes; muscle pain or twitching; nervousness or restlessness
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| Solu-Cortef | Class- anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid
Action- intravenous or intramuscular administration; allergic states; dermatologic diseases; endocrine disorders; gastrointestinal diseases
Side Effect- aggression; anxiety; blurred vision; decrease in the amount
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| Verapamil | Class- calcium channel blocker
Action- relax the muscles of your heart and blood vessels; treat hypertension; angina (chest pain); certain heart rhythm disorders
Side Effect- blue lips and fingernails; blurred vision; burning, crawling, itching, numbnes
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