EMT Pharmacology Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Term | Definition |
The 6 "Rights" of medication administration | Right Patient Right Medication Right Dose Right Time Right Route Right Documentation |
Enteral Route | Oral, Rectal, naso/orogastric |
Percutaneous Route | Topical (transdermal) Sublingual Buccal Ocular nasal Aural (ear) |
Parenteral Route | Intradermal Subcutaneous (SQ/SC) Intramuscular (IM) Intravenous (IV) Intraosseous (IO) Intramuscular (IM) Intravenous (IV) Intraosseous (IO) |
Pulmonary Route | Inhalation (MDI/Nebulizer) Endotracheal (paramedic scope) |
Movement of drugs in the body as they are absorbed, distribution, metabolized and excreted | Pharmacokinetics |
Nature of absorbing surface, blood flow to site of administration, solubility of the drug, Ph, Drug concentration, dosage form, route of entry, bioavailability | Factors affecting Absorption |
Diffusion, Osmosis, Filtration | Mechanisms involved in Absorption |
The transport of an absorbed drug to target site | Distribution |
A series of chemical alterations drugs undergo within the body- in preparation for excretion | Biotransformation |
Elimination of the waste products of drug metabolism | Excretion |
The study of effects on the body | Pharmacodynamics |
Plasma Level Profile, Biological Half Life, Therapeutic Threshold, Therapeutic Index | Drug response factors |
The time it takes for plasma level of a drug to decrease to half the measured amount | Half Life |
Age body mass gender environment and time of administration existing pathology | Factors altering Drug Responses |
symptoms that mimic naturally occurring disease states | Iatrogenic Response |
Synergism | Two drugs working together |
Potentiation | One drug multiplying or prolongs effects of another |
Antagonist | drug that prevents receptor stimulation by binding to a receptor site |
Hypersensitivity | AKA drug allergy |
Idiosyncratic reaction | abnormal or unexpected reaction peculiar to a certain patient |
Tolerance | individual capacity to endure certain medication- require larger dosage to achieve desired response |
Drug allergy | reaction occurring in a person who has been previously exposed to a drug and has developed antibodies |
Delayed reaction (serum sickness) | a type of hypersensitivity |
Anaphylactic reaction | Acute, systemic allergic reaction |
Cross tolerance | increased tolerance to drugs in the same class/family |
Drug dependance | physical or psychological need to use a drug or substance regularly |
Tachyphylaxis | A rapid development or tolerance |
Cumulative effect | successively stronger, larger or more effective- result from several doses administered or when absorption is faster than metabolism/excretion |
Drug toxicity | result of overdosage, ingestion of a drug not intended for internal use or buildup of a drug in system due to impaired metabolism or excretion |
Drug Names | chemical, trade, generic, "official" (official name is how it is listed in reference material) |
Body system | what system of the body does a drug affect |
Class of agent | What class is the drug |
mechanism of action | how does this drug work on the body |
actions, pharmacokinetics, indications | physiological action of the drug, reasons why drug is given |
contraindications/interactions | reasons why not to give a drug |
Dosage | amount/range of amount of drug to give based on indications/age/weight of patient |
Route of administration | how to deliver specific medications |
Plant sources | Alkaloids (ie:atropine, morphine) Glycosides (ie:Digitalis) Gums (ie:xanthan-used as a suspending agent) Oils (ie:eucalyptus) |
Animal sources | oxytocin, insulin, some vaccines, some birth control |
Mineral sources | Iodine, calcium, iron, sodium bicarbonate, calcium chloride, magnesium sulphate |
Synthetic sources | Lidocaine, diazepam, demerol, |
Microorganisms | some antibiotics such as penicillin, streptomyocin |
Teratogenic | any agent that interferes with or alters the normal development of a fetus with results that are evident at birth |
Polypharmacy | unwanted duplication of drugs- common in elderly patients that have multiple medications |
Therapeutic Index | comparison of the amount of medication that causes the therapeutic effect with the amount that causes toxic effect |
Created by:
staggeringduck
Popular Paramedic/EMT sets