Published in AEMT. Tags: cardiovascular.
Your heart is at the center of your circulatory system. This system is a network of blood vessels, such as arteries, veins, and capillaries, that carries blood to and from all areas of your body. Your blood carries the oxygen and nutrients that your organs need to work properly. Blood also carries carbon dioxide to […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: artificial ventilation.
Capnometry is a non‐invasive monitoring technique which allows fast and reliable insight into ventilation, circulation, and metabolism. In the prehospital setting it is mainly used to confirm correct tracheal tube placement. In addition it is a useful indicator of efficient ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation due to its correlation with cardiac output, and successful resuscitation. It helps […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: endocrine.
Paging Dr. Whipple Hypoglycemia is often defined by a plasma glucose concentration below 70 mg/dL; however, signs and symptoms may not occur until plasma glucose concentrations drop below 55 mg/dL. The symptoms of Whipple’s triad have been used to describe hypoglycemia since 1938. For Whipple’s triad, the practitioner must first recognize symptoms of hypoglycemia, then obtain low blood glucose, […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: infectious disease.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. People with HIV who get effective HIV treatment can […]
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Introduction Positive pressure ventilation is a form of respiratory therapy that involves the delivery of air or a mixture of oxygen combined with other gases by positive pressure into the lungs. As gas enters the lungs, the interalveolar pressure increases until a change in flow or pressure are detected by the machine delivering the mixture, […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: Emergency Medications.
Indications Crystalloid fluids are a subset of intravenous solutions that are frequently used in the clinical setting. Crystalloid fluids are the first choice for fluid resuscitation in the presence of hypovolemia, hemorrhage, sepsis, and dehydration. Other clinical applications include acting as a solution for intravenous medication delivery, delivering maintenance fluid in patients with limited or no enteral nutrition, blood […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: Medication Administration.
Intravenous Route This directly administers the medications to the systemic circulation. It is indicated when a rapid drug effect is desired, a precise serum drug level is needed, or when drugs are unstable or poorly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. It is also the route utilized in patients with altered mental status or severe nausea […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: Medication Administration.
Intranasal Route This can be utilized in administering nasal decongestants for cold or allergy treatment. Other uses include desmopressin for the treatment of diabetes insipidus or intranasal calcitonin for the treatment of osteoporosis. Factors that affect the rate of absorption of drugs via the nasal route are: The rate of nasal secretion – The rate […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: Emergency Medications.
Contraindications Each medication administration route has unique contraindications, and the healthcare team members need to recognize them. An oral medication route is contraindicated for patients who cannot tolerate oral drugs, such as those who have altered mental status or have nausea or vomiting that hinder them from safely ingesting the drug orally. A rectal route […]
Published in AEMT. Tags: Medication Administration.
Oral This is convenient and is indicated for patients who can ingest and tolerate an oral form of medication. Some medications with short half-lives are administered orally as timed-release or sustained-release forms that get absorbed over several hours. Advantages: Ease of administration Widespread acceptance by the patients. Disadvantages: Variable absorption rates Degradation of some drugs […]