Paramedic Drug Cards

• Trade: Toradol 
• Class: NSAID
• MOA: inhibits the production or prostaglandins in inflamed tissue, which decreases the responsiveness of pain receptors. 
• Indications: Moderately severe acute pain
• Contraindications: Patients with a hx of peptic ulcer disease or GI bleed, patients with renal insufficiency, hypovolemic patients, 3rd trimester pregnancy, nursing mothers, allergy to other nsaids, stroke or head trauma, having surgery within the next 7 days.  
• Side effects:  headache, drowsiness, dizziness, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, N/V, Diarrhea.
• Dosing:

Adult 

IV 30mg

IM 60mg 

Senior (65 and older)/ Pediatric < 50kgs

IV 15mg

IM 30mg

• Trade: Morphine
• Class: Opiate agonist/Narcotic Analgesic 
• MOA: Binds to the opiate receptors. Reduces stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system caused by pain and anxiety. Reduction of sympathetic stimulation reduces heart rate, cardiac work, and myocardial O2 consumption
• Indications: moderate to severe pain including chest pain associated with ACS, CHF, and pulmonary edema.
• Contraindications: Respiratory depression, shock.
• Side effects: Respiratory depression, hypotension, N/V, dizziness, lightheadedness, sedation, diaphoresis, euphoria, seizures, cardiac arrest, anaphylactoid reaction.
• Dosage:

Adult  

2-10mg IV/IO/IM

Pediatric 

< 110 lbs 0.025 – 0.2mg/kg IV/IO/IM

• Trade: Sublimaze
• Class: Narcotic Analgesic 
• MOA: Binds to opiate receptors producing analgesia and euphoria
• Indication: Pain
• Contraindication: Use caution in traumatic brain injury, Respiratory depression 
• Side effects: Respiratory depression, apnea, hypotension, N/V, dizziness, sedation euphoria, Sinus bradycardia, sinus tachycardia, palpitations, HTN, diaphoresis, syncope
• Dosing

Adult 

50-100mcg IM/IV

Pedi 

1-2mcg/kg IM/IV

• Trade: Valium 
• Class: Benzodiazepine
• MOA: Binds to the benzodiazepine receptor and enhances the effects of GABA
• Indications: Anxiety, Skeletal muscle relaxation, anticonvulsant 
• Contraindications: Children younger then 6 months, acute angle glaucoma, CNS depression, alcohol intoxication. 
• Side effects:  Respiratory depression, drowsiness, fatigue, headache, pain at the injection site, confusion, nausea, hypotension, cardiac arrest at high doses
• •Dosing:

Adult: 

Anxiety: 2-10mg IV/IM

Seizure: 5-10mg IV/IO

Pediatric:

Anxiety: 0.2 – 0.3mg/kg IV/IM

Seizure:  Older then 5 years: 1mg IV/IO

Older then 30 days less then 5 years: 0.2 to 0.5mg IV/IO

                Neonate: 0.1-0.3mg/kg IV/IO

• Trade: Tegretol 
• Class:  Anticonvulsant 
• MOA: Binds preferably to voltage gated Sodium channels in their inactive conformation, which prevents repetitive and sustained firing of an action potential.
• Indications: Partial and generalized tonic – clonic seizures 
• Contraindications: AV Block, bundle branch block, agranulocytosis, bone marrow supression, monoamine oxidase inhibitor therapy
• Side effects: Dizziness, drowsiness, ataxia, N/V, blurred vision, confusion, headache, transient diplopia, visual hallucinations, life threatening rashes.
• Dosing:

Adult:

200mg PO

Pediatric:

6-12 years old: 100mg PO

        Less then 6: 10mg/kg PO

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Trade – Cardene

Class – Calcium Channel blocker 

MOA – Blocks calcium movement into the smooth muscle of the blood vessel walls, causing vasodilation.

Indication – Angina, HTN

Contraindication – Aortic stenosis, hypotension, use caution in heart failure, cardiac conduction abnormalities, Cerebrovascular disease, depressed AV node conduction. 

Side effects – Edema, headaches, flushing, sinus tachycardia, hypotension 

Dosages :

Adult: 5mg/hr IV/IO 

Pedi: 0.5 – 5 mcg/kg/min

• Trade – Cyanokit
• MOA:  Antidote, cyanide poisoning adjunct Binds with cyanide to form nontoxic cyanocobalamin, preventing its toxic effects; excreted renally
• Indications: Treatment of known or suspected cyanide poisioning.
• Contraindications:  None is the emergency setting
• Side Effects:  Hypertension, allergic reactions, GI bleeding, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, dyspnea, dizziness, headache, injection site reactions.
• Dosage:  

Adult: 5 g IV infusion over 15 minutes at a rate of 15 mL/min.

Pedi:  70 mg/kg IV one time, may be repeated one time at the same dose.

• Trade – Isoptin
• Class – Calcium Channel blocker
• MOA – Blocks calcium from moving into the heart muscle cell, which prolongs conduction of the electrical impulses through the AV node.
• Indications – AF, HTN, paroxysmal SVT, Paroxysmal SVT prohylaxis
• Contraindications – 2nd or 3rd degree AV block, Hypotension, cardiogenic shock, Sick sinus syndrome, WPW.
• Side effects – Sinus bradycardia, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree AV blocks, CHF, reflex tachycardia, transient asystole, hypotension.
• Dosing 

Adult

 2.5-10mg IV/IO over 2 minutes. May repeat at 5-10mg every 15-30 mins to a maximum dose of 30mg

Pedi 

1-16 years old: 0.1mg/kg IV/IO max single dose 5mg over 2mins may repeat in 30 mins to a max dose of 10mg

• Trade – Plavix
• Class – Antiplatelet 
• MOA – Blocks platelet aggregation by antagonizing the IIb/IIIa receptors 
• Indications – ACS, chronic coronary and vascular disease, ischemic stroke.
• Contraindications – Hx of intracranial hemorrhage, GI bleed or trauma.
• Side effects – Nausea, Abdominal pain, hemorrhage. 
• Dosing : 

Unstable angina pectoris or non Q wave AMI.

Adult – Loading dose 300-600mg PO

Pedi – Not recommended for pedi patients