emergency drugs mnemonic
Here’s a mnemonic to remember emergency drugs:
“During moments of clinical urgency, nurses rely on mnemonic devices to quickly recall critical interventions. Among these aids, ‘LEAN’ serves as a beacon to the complexities of their critical care situations. Each letter of ‘LEAN’ stands for a powerful medicine, creating a chain of memory that nurses can easily understand and administer immediately. Plays an important role in emergency care such as:
- Lidocaine: A medication used in cardiology to treat ventricular arrhythmias, such as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, by stabilizing the heart’s electrical activity.
- Epinephrine: In cardiology, epinephrine is used as a life-saving medication during cardiac arrest to stimulate the heart and increase blood pressure by acting on adrenergic receptors.
- Atropine sulfate: Often used in cardiology to increase heart rate, atropine sulfate is administered to treat symptomatic bradycardia (slow heart rate) by blocking the action of the vagus nerve on the heart.
- Naloxone: While not directly related to cardiology, naloxone is sometimes used in emergencies where opioid overdose leads to respiratory depression and cardiac arrest. Its rapid administration can reverse the effects of opioids, restoring normal breathing and heart function.
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