Common Medications

[abcdefghijKIRA]

Hey all!

I'm soon going to be doing my consolidation placement in my local emerg dept and I was just wondering if any of you fantastic emerg nurses could help me out by giving me a list of the most common meds you deal with so I can really learn these well before going into my final placement!

Thanks for your help :)

-Kira

[futurecnm]

morphine

Dilaudid

toradol

zofran

phenergan

Nitro SL and drip

Heparin drip

lasix

BP lowering meds e.g. labetalol

[neneRN, BSN, RN]

Same as above poster except Phenergan (its no longer used in the facility)...

and I would add Cardizem, Levaquin, Solumedrol, Td, insulin, ASA...

[Aneroo, LPN]

Don't forget the antibiotics- Ancef, Rocephin, Azithromycin, Vancomycin...

ETA- Almost all of your ACLS drugs (bicarb, epi, atropine, adenosine, amio, dopamine, levophed...)

[Medic09, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Add Integrilin to the list.

And Ativan! NO ED can operate long without Ativan!

Blood products.

I think Metoprolol is more common in our dept. than Labetolol.

Fentanyl rounds out the list with the Morphine and Dilaudid.

Ketamine for sedated procedures.

Oh, did I mention the absolute necessity of ATIVAN?

[sfsn]

Also

Norco/Vicodin and Lortab

[JessicRN]

epinephrine

all the acls drugs (epi atropine,amniodarone,lidocaine etc)

bicarb,D50W,

toradol

reglan

any vaospressor levophed, neosynyphrene, dopamine, dobutamine,

Insulins

Good lUck

[TraumaNurseRN]

Haldol (lol....)

Ativan

ASA

Motrin

Morphine

Dilaudid

Zofran

Phenergan

Solumedrol

Etomindate

Succycholine

Amniodarone

Versed

Narcan

SL nitro/drip

Heparin bolus/drip

Methylprednisoline

Toradol

Demerol

Benadryl

Levophed

Dopamine

Adenosine

Dobutamine

Epi

Atropine

Lopressor

Novelox

Cipro

Keflex

Zithromax

Vancomycin

Insulin

Bicarb

etc.

[Aneroo, LPN]

Avelox. I couldn't remember the name, just could only remember that it was yellow. Was talking with one of my teachers today and someone who had pneumonia when "AVELOX!!!" popped into my head!