Fill in the Blank Exercise 9.02

CDC

Centers for disease control and prevention

DMAT

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams

DMORT

Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team

The primary transportation system of the cardiovascular system is responsible for the ____of medications to the target organ or tissue.

Distribution

EAP

Emergency Action Plan

HICS

Hospital incident command system

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NPRT

National Pharmacy Response Teams

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

___is the study of the interaction of drug molecules with target cells of living tissue.

Pharmacodynamics

The term used to describe the entire processes absorption, distribution, biotransformation/metabolism, and excretion is called __

Pharmacokinetics

____is the study of medications and their actions, including drug origins, properties, and uses.

Pharmacology

POD

Point of Distribution

SNC

Strategic National Stockpile

There are two barriers known as the ___-____and ____barriers found within the body that can prevent certain medications from passing through to the tissue on the other side.

blood, brain, placental

Some medications require an energy source known as a____to carry the drug from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration.

cation

Absorption of a local anesthetic can be slowed by the additive____which causes ___

epinephrine, vasoconstriction

Medications must be excreted primarily through the_____ (organs), although some medication excretion can occur fecally or via sweat, saliva, exhalation or breast milk.

kidneys

The organ which is responsible for the metabolism (breaking down) of medications in a process known as biotransformation is the___

liver

The drug is absorbed or taken into the blood- stream by the capillaries from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. This process of diffusion is a ____mechanism which requires no energy.

passive transport