Volume 1 Chapter 10 Pt. 1

Agents used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease

• Person
• Drug
• Dose
• Route
• Time
• Documentation

Measures used to decrease your risk of exposure to blood and other bodily fluids

A condition free of all pathogens

Limited to one area of the body

Throughout the body

Free of all lifeforms. Highest level of Asepsis

Careful handling of equipment and self to prevent contamination

Cleaning agent that is toxic to living tissue

Cleaning agent that is not toxic to living tissue

• -Minimize use in moving ambulance
• -Properly dispose of all sharps
• -Recap needles only as last resort

Rigid, puncture-resistant container clearly marked as biohazard

• -Indication for use
• -Dosage and Route
• -Patient response (positive or negative)

-Document vitals and condition before and after medication administration

Material applied to and absorbed through the skin or mucous membranes

• Percutaneous (Skin or mucous membranes)
• Pulmonary (Inhaled)
• Enteral (Through the GI tract)
• Parenteral (Other routes, IV, IO, etc)

• Transdermal
• Mucous Membrane

Absorbed through the skin

• Tongue (Sublingual)
• Cheek (Buccal)
• Eye (Aural)
• Nose (Nasal)
• Ear (Ocular)

Beneath the tongue

Between cheek and gums

Drug administered through the mucous membranes of the eye

• o.d. = right eye (oculus dexter)
• o.s. = left eye (oculus sinister)
• o.u. = both eyes (oculus uterque)

Drug administered through the mucous memrbrane of the nose

Device that produces a fine aerosol mist that permits wide and even distribution of a medication across the nasal mucosa

Drug administered through the mucous membranes of the ear and ear canal

Drawing of medication into the lungs along with air during breathing

Placement of medication in or under the skin with a needle and syringe

• Nebulizer
• Metered dose inhaler
• Endotracheal tube

• Inhalation aid that disperses liquid into aerosol spray or mist
• -Mouthpiece
• -Medication reservoir
• -Oxygen port
• -Relief valve
• -Oxygen tubing
• -Oxygen source

Handheld device that produces a medication spray for inhalation

• Oxygen
• Naloxone
• Atropine
• Vasopressin
• Lidocaine
• Epinepherine

Through the GI Tract

• Oral
• Gastric tube
• Rectal

• Capsules
• Tablets
• Pills
• Enteric/coated capsules
• Elixirs
• Emulsions
• Lozenges
• Suspensions
• Syrups

Change in a medications chemical composition that occurs in the liver

Medication packaged in a soft pliable form for insertion into the rectum

A liquid bolus of medication that is injected into the rectum

Concentrated mass of medication

Outside of the GI tract

• Plastic tube with which liquid medications can be drawn up, stored and injected
• Has a barrel, plunger and needle adapter

• Hollow metal tube used with the syringe to administer medications
• Has a hilt, shaft and bevel

The size of a needle's diamaeter. Typically 18-27 ga

• Glass ampules
• Single and multidose vials
• Nonconstituted drug vials
• Prefilled syringes
• Intravenous medication fluids

• Name of medication (generic and trade)
• Expiration date
• Total dose and concentration

Breakable glass vessel containing liquid medication

Plastic or glass container with a self-sealing rubber top

Vial with two containers, one holding a powdered medication and the other holding a liquid mixing solution

Syringe packaged in a tamper-proof container with the medication already in the barrel

Parenteral medication packaged in an IV bag and adminstered as an IV infusion

Liquid medication delivered through a vein

• Intradermal injection
• Subcutaneous injection
• Intramuscular injection
• Intravenous access
• Intraosseous infusion

• Within the dermal layer of the skin
• (10-15 degrees with bevel up)

• The layer of loose connective tissue between the skin and muscle
• (45 degrees)

• Within the muscle
• (90 degrees)

• Deltoid
• Dorsal Gluteal
• Vastus lateralis
• Rectus femoris