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What Are Doing This Week

Week Off, back on Monday for Trimester Two

Updates

4/24

  • Website Created

4/27

  • Weeks 1-4 Medications added 
  • Sylibus for Trimester 1 added

4/28

  • Weeks 5-12 Medications added
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6/18

  • Finally logged on to add more stuff
  • Updated Sylibus for 2nd Trimester
  • Weeks 13-20 Medications added
  • Started Chapter Outlines Starting With Brady Chapter 28

Med Review

Here is a med from a past week

Glucagon - GlucaGen

Class: Hormone

Therapeutic Action: Natural polypeptide hormone produced by alpha cells of the islets of langerhans in the pancreas. When relesed it causes a breakdown of glycogen in to glucose and inhibits the synthesis of glycogen from glucose. Both actions increase the blood levels of glucose. Also increases the heart rate and myocardial contractility and improves AV conduction in a manner similar to that produced by catecholamines. It's actions are independent of beta blockade.

Emergency Use:To increase blood glucose levels in hypoglycemic patients without IV access.

Adult Dose: 1 mg IM/SC may repeat every 5-20 mins, To Reverse the effects of a Beta Blocker OD, 50-150 mcg/kg over 1 min

Pediatric Dose: 0.03 - 0.1 mg/kg/dose every 20 mins as needed with max dose of 1 mg, To reverse the effects of a beta blocker OD, 50-150 mcg IV over 1 min.

Contraindications: Hypersensitivity, but be precautious with pregnancy and that glucagon only works if there are glycogen stores in the liver.