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What is the correct dose of Narcan for an adult female
1mg per nostril for a total of 2mg, OR 4mg commercially prepared.
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How many times should you administer Narcan?
up to 10mg until respiratory depression has diminished, not necessarily until regain of consciousness.
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What is the dosage of Narcan for infants/todlers?
0.5mg per nostril for total of 1mg
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Who are you going to call for online medical direction?
Medical Control. Bonus 100pts What is the phone number?
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How long should you wait until administering another dose of Narcan?
5-10min
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Name a few opiates
Codeine, Morphine, Cocaine, ect.
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What is the dosage of narcan for a small child?
1mg per nostril for a total of 2mg
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Who can you call for help with substance determination?
Poison Control. Bonus 100pts for #
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Name a way of Narcan administration that an A/Paramedic could use which EMT's can not
IV administration
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How long could it take for Narcan to "kick in?"
10min
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What is your transport decision after giving narcan?
Transport!
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When calling a sepsis alert what temperatures do we look for?
<96.8 100.4<
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What is the most important aspect to control when an opioid overdose is suspected?
Airway/Breathing . can accept scene safety.
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What is a side effect of Narcan? Why?
Depression, it displaces basically what we can consider happy receptors.
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What is the first priority on scene
Scene safety
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Explain at the EMT level/not FF level how narcan works.
Narcan works by displacing the drug opiates off of the opiate receptors in the brain.
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Explain why it is a poor decision for a first responder to load the patient up with 10mg of Narcan all at once.
Narcan can only kick off so many ppm of an opiate, after that there is no special effect of adding more. Only side effects.
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