Common ER Meds

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Trying to come up with a common ER med list to help better orient new staff....Any lists / suggestions/ special tips/ hints would be a great help to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wink2:

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Epinephrine

Amiodarone

Lidocaine

Mag Sulfate

Sodium Bicarb

Atropine

Adenosine

Lasix

Integrelin

Rocephin

Narcan

Valium

Romazicon

D50

Albuterol

Artovent

Xopenex

Benadryl

Prednisone

Solu-Medrol

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:nurse: haldol and ativan. oh wait that is for staff...

How about morphine, dilaudid, toradol, benadryl,PHENERGINE.

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Nitroglycerine

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Specializes in ED tech on a resp. therapist adventure.

This is a good thread, I will be looking these drugs up to see what they do.

There are two drugs used when they are going to intubate a pt. One of them is sux and the other begins with an "A", can anyone tell me what that other drug is? Thanks,

Nancy

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This is a good thread, I will be looking these drugs up to see what they do.

There are two drugs used when they are going to intubate a pt. One of them is sux and the other begins with an "A", can anyone tell me what that other drug is? Thanks,

Nancy

Amidate or its other name etomidate.

Any anesthesia reference will give you all you need to know.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

Another suggestion ... in the reference material that you put together, list the concentration/quantity these are provided in your facility, policies relevant to administration, typical starting doses and typical increments for titration.

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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

don't see Tigan.

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Specializes in Emergency.

I'm actually going to start orienting a nurse from England tomorrow. Came up with this list of the most frequent drugs ordered by our doc.

Frequently Prescribed Drugs

in the

Emergency Department

This list is in no way complete or comprehsive. The most common way ordered by our emergency physicans is noted in bold. Most drugs are ordered by trade names with a few exceptions.

Valium- diazepam

Prednisone

Solumedrol- methylprednisolone

Benadryl- diphenhydramine

Digoxin- lanoxin

Decadron- Dexamethasone

Anectine- succinycholine (sux)

Etomidate- Amidate

Diprovan- propofol

Tylenol- acetominophen

Motrin- ibuprofen

Aspirin, ASA- acetylsalicylic acid

Nitrobid, NTG- nitroglycerin

Rocephin- ceftriaxone

Morphine- ordered as this

Dilaudid- hydromorphone

Zosyn- piperacillin and tazobactam

Unasyn- ampicillin and sulbactam

Phenergan- promethazine

Reglan- metoclopramide

Cipro- ciprofloxacin

Heparin- heparin sodium

Toradol- ketorolac

Lopressor- metoprolol

Catapres- clonidine

Keflex,Ancef- cefazolin

Zithromax- azithromycin

Vicodin/Lortab- hydrocodone/acetominophen combo

Percocet- oxycodone/ acetominophen combo

Haldol- haloperidol

Ativan- lorazepam

Avelox- moxifloxacin

Lasix- furosimide

Plavix- clopidogrel

Lovenox- enoxaparin

This list does not include drugs covered in ACLS/PALS/NRP. I also felt if is she is unfamiular with any of the drugs she should be looking them up in the drug reference anyway, hence no dosages or how supplied. I also based this list on what gets ordered on an almost nightly basis. Nebulized meds were left off as RT dpes those.

Rj

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

didn't look super closely, so don't know if these are repeats:

Ondansetron (Zofran)

Metoprolol (Lopressor)

Vancomycin

Flagyl

Rocephin

Cardizem

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:nurse: haldol and ativan. oh wait that is for staff...

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

~Lori

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Think the one you are pertaining as "sux" is the suxamethonium and the "a" is the atracurium!both are use during intubation and both are neuromuscular blocker!hope it helps!:)

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