Exam 11: Pharmacology of Emergency Medications

Ms. Hammerhill experiences cardiac arrest. As life-saving measures are begun, she demonstrates hemodynamically significant bradycardia and abruptly flatlines. The drug she will most likely be given is:

High doses of epinephrine generally result in:

When stimulated, ?1 receptors:

Mrs. Traynor experiences extravasation of sodium bicarbonate. Now she must be monitored for:

Although it is not her physician's first choice for treatment of cardiac arrest, when Mrs. Traynor begins to experience ____, her physician administers sodium bicarbonate.

Mr. Bray is to receive an intravenous infusion of dopamine. This can be delivered:

The highest survival rate following cardiac arrest occurs in patients who:

?1 receptors:

The medical staff will monitor Ms. Trent for possible signs of:

When Ms. Trent experiences hypotension in the hospital, secondary to congestive heart failure, she is given an intravenous infusion of dopamine. Her physician requests a high-dose dopamine treatment. A high dose is generally considered to be any dose ____ mcg/kg/min.

If Mr. Vega receives atropine via slow intravenous push:

Ms. Harper receives lidocaine to treat her ventricular tachycardia. However, after administration, she begins to develop signs of psychosis, seizures, and respiratory depression. Ms. Harper has never experienced any of these symptoms before. This most likely indicates that her lidocaine:

While experiencing cardiac arrest, Mr. Ferris is given ____, which is the pharmaceutical equivalent of adrenaline.

Myocardial necrosis is a risk that can occur with ____ administration of epinephrine.