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Camporedondo, Bryan C. RLE8 - Group5 Emergency Drugs: Atropine Sulfate

Atropine, nitroglycerine, morphine sulfate, lidocaine, epinephrine, vasopressin, magnesium sulfate, furosemide, adenosine, and naloxone are emergency drugs that are used to treat various medical conditions. The document provides the dosages and indications for each drug to treat issues like bradycardia, cardiac arrest, pain, arrhythmias, asthma, edema, and opioid overdose.

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Camporedondo, Bryan C. RLE8 - Group5 Emergency Drugs: Atropine Sulfate

Atropine, nitroglycerine, morphine sulfate, lidocaine, epinephrine, vasopressin, magnesium sulfate, furosemide, adenosine, and naloxone are emergency drugs that are used to treat various medical conditions. The document provides the dosages and indications for each drug to treat issues like bradycardia, cardiac arrest, pain, arrhythmias, asthma, edema, and opioid overdose.

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CAMPOREDONDO, BRYAN C.

RLE8 - Group5

EMERGENCY DRUGS

ATROPINE SULFATE

DOSAGE:
 Bradycardia: 0.5 mg IV every 3-5 mins, maxof 0.04 mg/kg
 Cardiac Arrest: 1 mg every 3-5 mins
Nerve and Organophosphate symptoms: may repeat in 2 mg increments q 3 mins
titrated to relief symptom.
Indication:
>Pre-op meds/pre-anesthetic meds
>To restore cardiac rate and arterial pressure during anesthesia when vagal
>To lessen the degree of A-V heart block
>To overcome severe carotid sinus reflex
>Antidote for cholinergic toxicit

NITROGYCERINE
Dosage
 0.3-0.4 mg SL q 5 min, max 3 doses.
 Every 6 hrs except for midnight (cream)
 Wear 12 hrs a day for skin patc
Indication
 Angina pectoris
 CHF associated with AMI
 Cardiac load reducing agent
 Hypertensive Crisis

MORPHINE SULFATE

Dosage
 Oral: 10–30 mg q 4 hr PO. Controlled-
release: 30 mg q 8–12 hr PO or as directedby physician; Kadian: 20–100 mg PO
daily–24-hr release system; MS Contin: 200 mgPO q 12 h
 IV:2.5–15 mg/70 kg of body weight in 4–5mL water for injection administered over
4–5 min, or as directed by physician. Continuous IV infusion: 0.1–1 mg/mL in 5%
dextrose in water by controlled infusion device.

Indication
 Relief of moderate to severe acute and chronic pain
 Preoperative medication
 Analgesic adjunct during anesthesia
 Intraspinal use with microinfusion devices for the relief of intractable pain
 Unlabeled use: Dyspnea associated with acute left ventricular failure and pulmonary
edema

LIDOCAINE
Dosage

♣ IV: 0.7-1.4 mg/kg body weight. No more than 200 mg within 1 hour period

♣ IM: 4-5 mg/kg body weight

INDICATION:
♣ Anesthesia
♣ Arrhythmias
♣ Control of Status epilepticus refractory to other treatment

EPINEPHRINE

Dosage
 Cardiac arrest: 1 mg IV of 1:10,000 solution q 3-5 min; double dose if administering
via ET tube
 Anaphylaxis: 0.1- 1 mg SQ or IM of 1:1000 solution
 Asthma: 0.1-0.3 mg SQ or IM of 1:10,000 solution
 Refractory bradycardia and hypotension: 2-10ug/mi

Indication
 Asthma
 Bronchitis
 Emphysema
 All cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis
 Used for symptomatic bradycardia.
 Relief of bronchospasm occurring during anesthesia
 Exercised-induced bronchospasm

VASOPRESSIN

Dosage
 Prevent and treat abdominal distention: initially 5 units IM gives subsequent
injections q3-4 hours increasing to 10 units if needed.

Indication
♣Diabetes Insipidus
♣Abdominal Distention
♣GI bleeding
♣Esophageal varices

MAGNESIUM SULFATE

Dosage
 Arrhythmia: IV 1-6 grams over several minutes, then continuous IV infusion 3-
20mg/min for 5-48 hours.
Indication
♣Mg replacement
♣Arrhythmi

FUROSEMIDE (Lasix)
Dosage
 Pulmonary edema: 40 mg IV
 Edema: 20 to 80 mg PO every day in the morning
 HPN: 40 mg PO bid. Dosage adjusted based on response

Indication
 Acute pulmonary edema
 Edema
 Hypertension

ADENOSINE

Dosage:
 6mg

NARCAN

Dosage:

0.02 – 2mg

Indication:

 For respiratory depression

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