Assignment Overview
This discussion is based on the required textbook reading and ALL unit material. Please review these, before contributing to the discussion.
Alignment to Unit Student Learning Outcomes [USLOs]
Upon completing this assignment, you will be able to:
Recognize factors influencing drug administration in an emergent situation.
Identify the major pharmacological classes of special use medications.
Summarize mechanisms of action of the pharmacological classes and major prototypes of special use medications.
Classify the major pharmacological indications of special use medications.
Recognize therapeutic considerations of each major prototype of special use medications as applicable.
Drug Prototypes
Emergency use (crash cart drugs) Reversal agents
Adenosine (a-den-oh-seen) (Chapter 23)
Epinephrine (ep-i-nef-rin) (Chapter 6)
Norepinephrine (nor-ep-i-nef-rin) (Chapter 6)
Amiodarone (am-ee-oh-da-rone) (Chapter 23)
Dobutamine (doe-byoo-ta-meen)/dopamine (dope-a-meen) (Chapter 6, 22)
Calcium chloride (Chapter 38)
Sodium bicarbonate (Chapter 33)
Magnesium sulfate (Chapter 40)
Vasopressin (vay-soe-press-in) (Chapter 40)
Atropine (at-ro-peen) (Chapter 23)
Nitroglycerin (nye-tro-gli-ser-in) (Chapter 22)
Diazepam (dye-az-e-pam) (Chapter 16)
Lidocaine (lye-doe-kane) (Chapter 23)
Phenytoin (fen-i-toyn) (Chapter 16)
Verapamil (ver-ap-a-mil) (Chapter 23)
Naloxone (Narcan) (nal-ox-one) (Chapter 18, 19)
Flumazenil (flu-maz-e-nil) (Chapter 12)
N-acetylcysteine (a-se-teel-sis-teen) (Chapter 32)
Digoxin immune Fab (di-jox-in im-myoon fab) (Chapter 23)
Neostigmine (nee-oh-stig-meen) (Chapter 7, 9)
Protamine sulfate (proe-ta-meen) (Chapter 27)
Vitamin K (Chapter 27)
Assignment In preparation for the cumulative final exam, please pick any prototype drug above and discuss the following. Concept maps or graphics are also acceptable. (USLO 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5)
Pharmacological class
Mechanism of action
Indications
Therapeutic considerations