EMERGENCY/
CRITICAL CARE
DRUGS
PRESENTED TO- MS. JYOTI SHARMA
(ASST. PROF.)
PRESENTED BY- RUBALPREET KAUR (78)
- SAKSHI RACHAEL EMERSON (80)
CLASS - B.SC. NURSING 4TH SEMESTER
, INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS EMERGENCY DRUGS
EMERGENCY? Emergency drugs are those life-
“A sudden occurrence demanding saving medications that are stored
immediate action that may be due in a crash cart or emergency trolley
to a natural, technological, or man- and are used for the immediate
made cause, resulting in illness or management of critical, life-
injury of such severity that the threatening conditions such as
absence of immediate care could cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory
result in death or serious harm.” distress, seizures, anaphylaxis, and
poisoning.
, INDICATIONS OF EMERGENCY DRUGS
Cardiovascular Emergencies
● Cardiac arrest
● Bradycardia
● Shock / Severe hypotension
Arrhythmias Respiratory Emergencies
● Myocardial infarction / Angina • Severe asthma /
bronchospasm
• Anaphylaxis
• Respiratory depression due to
opioids
, INDICATIONS OF EMERGENCY DRUGS
Neurological Emergencies
● Seizures / Status epilepticus
● Raised intracranial pressure
● Poisoning / Drug overdose Electrolyte & Metabolic
Emergencies
• Hypoglycemia
• Hyperglycemia / DKA
• Hypocalcemia / Hyperkalemia
• Hypokalemia
• Eclampsia
• Metabolic acidosis
CRITICAL CARE
DRUGS
PRESENTED TO- MS. JYOTI SHARMA
(ASST. PROF.)
PRESENTED BY- RUBALPREET KAUR (78)
- SAKSHI RACHAEL EMERSON (80)
CLASS - B.SC. NURSING 4TH SEMESTER
, INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS EMERGENCY DRUGS
EMERGENCY? Emergency drugs are those life-
“A sudden occurrence demanding saving medications that are stored
immediate action that may be due in a crash cart or emergency trolley
to a natural, technological, or man- and are used for the immediate
made cause, resulting in illness or management of critical, life-
injury of such severity that the threatening conditions such as
absence of immediate care could cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory
result in death or serious harm.” distress, seizures, anaphylaxis, and
poisoning.
, INDICATIONS OF EMERGENCY DRUGS
Cardiovascular Emergencies
● Cardiac arrest
● Bradycardia
● Shock / Severe hypotension
Arrhythmias Respiratory Emergencies
● Myocardial infarction / Angina • Severe asthma /
bronchospasm
• Anaphylaxis
• Respiratory depression due to
opioids
, INDICATIONS OF EMERGENCY DRUGS
Neurological Emergencies
● Seizures / Status epilepticus
● Raised intracranial pressure
● Poisoning / Drug overdose Electrolyte & Metabolic
Emergencies
• Hypoglycemia
• Hyperglycemia / DKA
• Hypocalcemia / Hyperkalemia
• Hypokalemia
• Eclampsia
• Metabolic acidosis
