5 Written Questions

1. specific signs or circumstances under which it is appropriate to administer a drug to a patient.
2. Since epinephrine has a potent effect on the heart and vascular system, increased heart rate and blood pressure commonly occur after its administration to the patient.
3. As an EMT, you will carry activated charcoal, oral glucose, and oxygen on the ambu-lance.
4. a drug that helps to dilate the coronary vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood.
5. a powder, usually premixed with water, that will adsorb some poisons and help prevent them from being absorbed by the body.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most often patients with diseases like asthma, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis carry a " bronchodilator," a medication designed to enlarge constricted bronchial tubes, making breathing easier.
   1. indications
   2. bronchodilator
   3. contraindications
   4. Four rights
2. specific signs or circumstances under which it is not appropriate and may be harmful to administer a drug to a patient.
   1. indications
   2. contraindications
   3. nitroglycerin
   4. bronchodilator
3. a gas commonly found in the atmosphere. Pure oxygen is used as a drug to treat any patient whose medical or traumatic condition may cause him to be hypoxic, or low in oxygen.
   1. nitroglycerin
   2. epinephrine
   3. Four rights
   4. oxygen
4. Since many bronchodilators also have an effect on the heart, an increased heart rate and patient jitteriness are common side effects of treatment.
   1. bronchodilator
   2. routes of administration?
   3. side effects of epinephrine
   4. side effects of bronchodilator
5. Oral, or swallowed
   Sublingual, or dissolved under the tongue
   • Inhaled, or breathed into the lungs, usually in tiny aerosol particles as from an inhaler or as a gas such as oxygen
   • Intravenous, or injected into a vein
   • Intramuscular, or injected into a muscle
   • Subcutaneous, or injected under the skin
   • Endotracheal, or sprayed directly into a tube inserted into the trachea
   1. routes of administration?
   2. contraindications
   3. indications
   4. bronchodilator

4 True/False Questions

1. Four rights → Is this the right:
   patient?
   right medication?
   right dose?
   right route of administration?

   True        False

2. oral glucose → a drug that helps to dilate the coronary vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood.

   True        False

3. What medications can you assist the patient in taking → prescribed inhaler, nitroglycerin, and epinephrine auto- injector— are drugs that you, as an EMT, may assist the patient in taking if they have been prescribed for the patient by a physician.

   True        False

4. epinephrine → a gas commonly found in the atmosphere. Pure oxygen is used as a drug to treat any patient whose medical or traumatic condition may cause him to be hypoxic, or low in oxygen.

   True        False