Emergency Drugs

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  1. 3. fibrillation Arrhythmia characterized by marked irregularity in rhythm and completely unidentifiable P waves and QRS complexes benzodiazepine Drug class including diazepam and midazolam; used in cases of status epilepticus
  2. 5. Vasoconstrictor that may be used as an alternative to, or in conjunction with, epinephrine
  3. 10. electrical activity Most common arrhythmia in cardiopulmonary arrest (three words)
  4. 12. Used to treat hypoglycemia or with insulin hyperkalemia
  5. 13. Strong alpha-adrenergic properties causing vasoconstriction; useful in cardiac arrest
  6. 14. Anti-arrhythmic agent used to treat ventricular tachycardia
  7. 16. The intratracheal dose of a drug is ___________________ the intravenous dose
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  1. 1. Reversal agent for opioids
  2. 2. Vagolytic drug most useful for ventricular asystole or pulseless electrical activity
  3. 4. Reversal agent for alpha-2-agonists
  4. 6. Reversal agent for benzodiazepines
  5. 7. Flatline ECG
  6. 8. The vein most desirable for IV injection of drugs in CPR
  7. 9. Passing an electrical current through the heart causing cardiac cells to depolarize and repolarize in a uniform fashion
  8. 11. thump Method of mechanical defibrillation with limited efficacy (two words)
  9. 15. Mnemonic for remembering which emergency drugs may be given intratracheally