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Why would a comatose patient regain consciousness after the administration of naloxone?
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The comatose patient would regain consciousness after naloxone administration if the patient was comatose in the first place due to an opiate overdose. Naloxone is a competitive antagonist of opioids used to reverse their effect, which includes most notably respiratory depression.
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What is the first area you wash if the patient is a comatose patient?
face
State of unconsciousness where patient cannot be aroused?
comatose
Who is a comatose patient?
Anyone who is in a deep or prolonged state of unconsciousness, usually due to an illness or injury, is considered to be comatose.
What would keep a comatose patient from getting pressure ulcers?
To keep a comatose patient from getting pressure ulcers they should be kept on a turning schedule. It would also benefit them to have an air mattress on their bed.
How do you feed a comatose patient?
Can be by Enteral feeding (NGT feeding , PEG or PEJ)
What is the purpose of changing position in bed on a comatose patient?
To prevent bed sores.
What are the interaction effects of morphine and naloxone?
Morphine is an Opiod Analgesic designed to relieve severe to moderate pain in patients and is a controlled substance. Naloxone (or NarCan) is an Opiod Antagonist and is designed to reverse the effects of an overdose in opiates (i.e. Morphine). Most opiates have a longer half life (stay in your system longer) than Naloxone so administration may need to be repeated several times and the patient monitored for respiratory distress and o2 saturation as opiate overdoses can cause various dangerous symptoms which require supportive treatment alongside the Naloxone.
How do use the word Consciousness in a sentence?
After the accident, the patient lost consciousness.Regaining consciousness, the woman could not recall what happened.In the 1960s, LSD users believed the drug raised their consciousness.
Do surgeons have to pull the plug on brain dead or comatose Patients along with regular doctors?
Surgeons are "doctors" so... yes. (Assuming the comatose patient is actually on a said machine constantly operated solely for the purpose of maintaining life) <--Which is rare
Can the legal guardian of a comatose patient change the beneficiary on a life insurance policy?
No, not unless the legal guardian is the owner of the policy. 4lifeguild
When describing a patient level of consciousness using the AVPU scale V representig what?
Voice or Verbal
Is suboxone on opiate?
Suboxoneâ„¢ is the brand name for a prescription medication containing two drugs, one of which is an opiate and the other an opiate antagonist (a compound that occupies the same receptor sites as an opiate without causing any of the effects of an opiate).The opiate in Suboxone is buprenorphine hydrochloride, and the anti-opiate, technically called an opiate antagonist or an opioid antagonist, is naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate. Don't worry about the "hydrochloride" or the "dihydrate" names. They are only artifacts of how the drugs are chemically separated from impurities when the drugs are manufactured. Regardless of the strength of the medication prescribed, the amount of buprenorphine relative to the amount of naloxone is 4:1.You may know that Suboxone is not used to treat pain; it is used to treat opiate dependence, and that is part of the reason that it contains naloxone. Naloxone is the antidote for opiate overdose. It is given to an opiate overdose patient by injection only for two reasons: 1) An overdose patient needs the antidote in his system as soon as possible. 2) When it is taken orally, only about a measly 3% of the naloxone ends up in the patient's blood. The remaining 97% is destroyed by the liver.Suboxone is supposed to only be taken sublingually (placed under the tongue). When taken that way, almost all of the opiate and naloxone gets into the patient's bloodstream. In other words, the bioavailabilities of the drugs are nearly 100%. However, if the thin film were swallowed instead, most of the opiate would get to his bloodstream while only about 3% of the naloxone would be bioavailable.
