Pharmacology Quiz 1

1. A 24-year-old man is believed to have taken a heroin overdose. Heroin is a synthetic opioid and has become an epidemic of abuse in the United States. What is the pharmacologic treatment of choice for opioid toxicity? 

2. A 37-year-old woman is in cardiac arrest. CPR is started within 1 minute of collapse, and defibrillation is provided at about 4 minutes following the arrest. Her initial rhythm is shown below.

She has been treated with increasing doses of biphasic defibrillation without success. Three doses of epinephrine 1 mg have been administered. What is the next step in management?

3. Atropine is given at a dose of 1.0 mg IV every 3 to 5 minutes to a maximum dose of:

4. Epinephrine is given IV to treat cardiac arrest in a dilution of:

5. Naloxone can be administered in opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies by: 

6. Signs of tricyclic antidepressant toxicity include all of the following EXCEPT: 

7. What are the physiologic effects of epinephrine?

8. Which one of the following statements is true?

9. You are assigned by your team leader to give vasopressors intravenously while attempting to revive a cardiac arrest patient secondary to status asthmaticus. Vasopressors are used to:

10. You are to administer naloxone to a patient with a drug overdose. How is naloxone administered?