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Following return of spontaneous circulation, you are ordered to begin a lidocaine infusion at 3 mg/min on your 50-year-old patient. You add 2 g of lidocaine to a 500-mL bag of normal saline and are using a microdrip administration set. At how many drops per minute (gtts/min) will you set the IV flow rate?

Which of the following is a depolarizing muscle relaxant used to paralyze a patient as part of performing rapid sequence intubation?

Your patient is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia, with a heart rate of 180 BPM and a blood pressure of 112/78. Which of the following should be the first medication used to treat her?

Adivan is a trade name for:

A severely burned patient requires 4,500 mL of isotonic crystalloid solution over 8 hours, so medical control orders you to begin the infusion in the field. If your administration set allows 10 gtts/mL, at how many gtts/min will you set the IV flow rate in order to deliver the ordered amount of fluid?

Which drug produces bronchodilation, vasoconstriction and increased heart rate in the treatment of anaphylaxis?

A beta-1 adrenergic antagonist will have a ___________ chronotropic and inotropic effect on the heart. In other words, the heart rate and contractility will __________.

Which drug produces bronchodilation but does not produce vasoconstriction in treating anaphylaxis?

Which of the following medications is a benzodiazepine?

Which drug induces a dissociative state, resulting in sedation, amnesia, and analgesia?