Identify approved drugs for IO medication administration: Answer - Any
medication that can be given IV can go IO
Evaluate medical conditions and indications for sublingual medication
administration: Answer - Rapid absorption of meds with systemic delivery -
Nitro for cardiac pts
List approved drugs that can be administered via sublingual: Answer -
Nitroglycerine, Ativan, etc
Discuss the benefit of sublingual medication administration: Answer -
Absorbed very rapidly into the system and directly into the bloodstream
without going through the digestive system
Explain how to administer S/L medications: Answer - Tongue to roof of mouth,
sprayed or placed under tongue for absorption
Evaluate medical conditions and indications for buccal administration: Answer
- Diabetics/oral glucose admin
List approved drugs for buccal administration: Answer - Oral glucose
Explain the benefit to buccal medication administration: Answer - Good for
admin of hormones and enzymes
,Identify medical conditions and indications for topical administration of a
medication: Answer - Cardiac patients someone who needs an approved
topical medication applied
Identify approved drugs that can be administered topically: Answer -
Polysporin, polymyxin, Nitro, Nicotine, Fentanyl
Evaluate medical conditions and indications for oral med admin: Answer -
Cardiac issue, pain, fever, indications: patient must be able to swallow and
vomit and able to maintain own airway
List approved drugs that can be administered orally: Answer - ASA,
Acetaminophen, activated charcoal, capoten, etc
Explain the benefit to oral med admin: Answer - Longer lasting affect able to
admin many types of meds
List medical conditions and indications for rectal administration of a
medication: Answer - Unconscious, vomiting, patients who cannot cooperate
with oral or IV admin
List approved drugs to be administered rectal: Answer - Diazepam, Tylenol,
Kexelate
Evaluate medical conditions and indications for inhalations administration of a
medication: Answer - Respiratory disease, patient must have adequate tidal
volume and respiration rate
List approved drugs to be given by inhalation: Answer - Albuterol, Salbutomol
, List approved medications that can be administered by inhalation: Answer -
Albuterol, Salbutomol
Explain how to administer a medication via inhalation: Answer - In a conscious
patient use an aerochamber, instruct the patient to exhale place the chamber
to the lips and inhale after the medication is sprayed and to hold their breath
as long as they can. If pt is unresponsive then you can use a BVM if it has a
medication port, attached MDI to medication port spray the medication and
then give a couple of breaths. If the patient is conscious and not able to comply
you can use an aerosol mask and the patient will receive the medication when
they breath.
Evaluation medications and indications for intranasal med admin: Answer -
Unable to obtain IV access and you need to give them an approved intranasal
medication
List approved drugs to be administered via intranasal: Answer - Analgesics,
anticonvulsants, Narcan
. Evaluate the benefit to medication administration via intranasal: Answer -
Avoids first pass metabolism, safety (no needles), absorbed well, convenient
and do not need IV access
Explain how to prepare a patient for intranasal med admin: Answer - Draw up
the medication in the appropriate syringe and attach an atomizer, desired dose
shouldbe divided in half amongst each nare.
Identify components of a maintenance check: Answer - Check with the off-
going crew to assure that vehicle is in good operating conditions: lights, sirens,
the cab, under the hood, all operating equipment
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