Chapter 18 - Post Test

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Which of the following drugs comes in two different medication​ forms?

Nitroglycerin

In its pure​ form, what element is used as a drug to treat any patient whose medical or traumatic condition may cause the patient to be​ hypoxic?

Oxygen

Which of the following medications is used to correct​ hypoxia?

Oxygen

How would your knowledge of pharmacodynamics affect the way you administered a medication to a​ 4-year-old patient?

Pediatric patients often require smaller doses than do adults.

Which of the following statements is​ correct?

Which of the following statements is​ correct?

After administration of​ nitroglycerin, your patient develops​ hypotension, a drop in blood pressure. This is​ called:

a side effect

Which of the following shows the best documentation of a dose of nitroglycerin that was given to a​ patient?

"Nitro 0.4 mg spray was administered sublingual at 1730 hrs with relief of chest​ pain."

Your patient has taken an unknown quantity of amitriptyline. Which class of medication is​ this?

Antidepressant

Which of the following is an antidysrhythmic​ agent?

Calan

Which of the following is the definition of contraindications​?

Circumstances under which it is not appropriate to administer a medication to a patient

The​ patient's IV is not running properly. Which of the following would be a likely​ cause?

Clamp on tubing closed

Your patient is having chest​ pain, and has a bottle of prescribed nitroglycerin.​ However, the expiration date has worn off the​ bottle, and the patient does not know how old the medication is. What is your best course of​ action?

Contact medical direction for advice.

Which of the following medications is typically administered by EMTs to patients who are suffering severe allergic​ reactions?

Epinephrine

Which of the following components is not typically readied in setting up an IV administration​ set?

IV needle

Which of the following must be included on your PCR after administration of a medication to your​ patient?

The effects of the drug

Epinephrine, which is administered for severe allergic​ reactions, helps to reverse the effects of the allergic reaction​ by:

relaxing airway passages

An example of a suspension administered by EMTs​ is:

activated charcoal

Which of the following statements about medication administration is​ correct?

Once the medication has been​ administered, you cannot take it back.

What is the best way to ensure that you understood the orders given by​ on-line medical​ direction?

Repeat the orders back to the physician.

Which of the following would be considered one of the​ "five rights" of medication​ administration?

Right dose

An EMT is ordered by medical direction to administer nitroglycerin sublingually to a patient with chest pain. The EMT places the nitroglycerin tablet on the​ patient's tongue and tells her to chew and swallow the medication. The EMT has failed in which of the​ "five rights" of medication​ administration?

Right route of administration

If a medication has an intranasal route of​ administration, it is administered via​ the:

nose

The route describes how the medication is actually given to or taken by the patient. Which of the following is true of medication​ routes?

The route that is chosen controls how fast the medication is absorbed by the body.

Which of the following is the appropriate route for sublingual nitroglycerin administration by the​ EMT?

Under the tongue


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