What Are the Commonly Used Emergency Medications?
Jun 13, 2019
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Shen Yonghua
Introduction
Commonly used emergency drugs include:
1. Epinephrine—primarily used for resuscitation in cardiac arrest and anaphylactic shock.
2. Atropine—primarily used for bradycardia and acute organophosphate poisoning.
3. Dopamine and norepinephrine—primarily used for shock management.
4. Isoproterenol—primarily used for bradycardia, among other indications.
Commonly Used Emergency Medications:
1. Epinephrine: Primarily used for resuscitation in cardiac arrest and anaphylactic shock.
2. Atropine: Primarily used for bradycardia and acute organophosphate poisoning.
3. Dopamine and norepinephrine: Primarily used for treating shock.
4. Isoproterenol: Primarily used for treating bradycardia.
5. Digoxin (Lanatoside C): Primarily used for acute heart failure and rapid arrhythmias.
6. Sodium nitroprusside: Primarily used for blood pressure reduction and management of heart failure.
7. Lidocaine: Primarily used for ventricular arrhythmias.
8. Nitroglycerin: Primarily used to relieve angina pectoris and acute heart failure.
9. Furosemide: Primarily used for acute heart failure and intracranial pressure reduction.
10. Dexamethasone: Primarily used for acute urticaria, anaphylactic shock, and acute asthma exacerbation.
11. Promethazine: Primarily used for antiallergic effects, anti-vertigo, and antiemesis.
12. Anisodamine (654-2): Primarily used to relieve smooth muscle spasm in the gastrointestinal tract, biliary ducts, and ureters.
13. Pralidoxime (2-PAM): Primarily used for acute organophosphate poisoning.
14. Mannitol: Primarily used for dehydration and intracranial pressure reduction.
15. Diazepam: Primarily used to control epileptic seizures.
16. Naloxone: Primarily used for opioid overdose and disorders of consciousness.
17. 50% dextrose injection: Primarily used for hypoglycemia rescue.
