What Are the Commonly Used Emergency Medications?
Commonly used emergency medications 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.
5. Digoxin (Lanatoside C): primarily used for acute heart failure and rapid arrhythmias.
6. Sodium nitroprusside: primarily used for blood pressure reduction and heart failure control.
7. Lidocaine: primarily used for ventricular arrhythmias.
8. Nitroglycerin: primarily used for 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 exacerbations.
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: primarily used for acute organophosphate poisoning.
14. Mannitol: primarily used for dehydration and intracranial pressure reduction.
15. Diazepam: primarily used for seizure control.
16. Naloxone: primarily used for opioid overdose and disorders of consciousness.
17. 50% dextrose injection: primarily used for hypoglycemia rescue.
