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A powder, usually premixed with water, that will absorb some poisons and help prevent them from being absorbed by the body.
Activated charcoal
Specific signs or circumstances under which it is not appropriate and may be harmful to administer a drug to a patient.
Contraindications
A drug that helps to constrict the blood vessels and relax passages of the airway. It may be used to counter a severe allergic reaction.
Epinephrine
Specific signs or circumstances under which it is appropriate to administer a drug to a patient.
Indications
A spray device with a mouthpiece that contains an aerosol form of a medications that a patient can spray into his airway.
Inhaler
A drug that helps to dilate the coronary vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood.
Nitroglycerin
A form of glucose (a kind of sugar) given by mouth to treat an awake patient (who is able to swallow) with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes.
Oral glucose
A gas commonly found in the atmosphere. Pure oxygen is used as a drug to treat any patient whose medical or traumatic condition may cause him to be hypoxic, or low in oxygen.
Oxygen
The study of drugs, their sources, characteristics, and effects.
Pharmacology
Any action of a drug other than the desired action.
Side effect