Pharmacology - Respiratory drugs: Memorization Tips for Nursing Students RN PN (MADE EASY)

hey guys nurse Mike here and welcome to simplenursing.com check out our brand new app and get access to our new pharmacology and Med search Mastery courses plus a massive quiz Bank loaded with detailed rationals to test your knowledge join for free click the link in our description below now for lower respiratory drugs we have two teams the BAM team and the slam team so bam is for our Bronco dilators that act to dial at the broni in the lungs and slam is our anti-inflammatory agents to soothe the inflammation so guys let's start with our Bronco team bam first off we have B for beta 2 Agonist these guys end in butol like LOL and LEL butol so guys just remember the B and butol is used for brutal asthma attacks since it's the first drug we use during severe asthma attacks and it's the fastest acting Bronco dilator so the enlex keyword here is it's the only rescue inhaler during acute asthma attacks to be used before steroid inhalers that's always a common enlex question now guys big caution here Cel metrol is a beta 2 Agonist as well but it's a slower acting not a rescue inhaler so not to be used during an acute asthma attack since it ends in terol and not buterol now it's used commonly with a combination of steroids for longer term control of moderate to severe asthma now a common enlex question is do not use fluticasone or Salim metrol for the first signs of acute asthma attack so during acute asthma attacks guys we give three drugs and to be honest sequence is key on the end click so use the memory trick a for the acute asthma attack aphel butol which is always used first during brutal asthma and not celim metrol which is the slower acting one I for ipratropium always use second which we'll be covering next and M is for metho pricone brand name suim metrol which is our steroid always to be used last since steroids act so slow and it has the word pricone which kind of sounds like prednizone so that's how you know it's a steroid now for the mechanism of action these are beta 2 agonists which activate beta 2 in the lungs which dilates the broni resulting in increased air flow but it also activates beta 1 in the heart which makes the heart go crazy fast so the common side effect is a rapid heart rate so just think albuterol amps up the body now expected side effects for albuterol just think of the 3T t for tardia and palpitations t for Tremor and T for tossing and turning at night keyword for exams are insomnia and difficulty sleeping so teach patients not to take it at bedtime and guys don't let the enlex trick you commonly chosen distractors not constipation that's a side effect for opioid pain meds and not hives that's totally an allergic reaction not expected finding now patient education a little side note for asthmatic patients we always avoid beta blockers that end an LOL like a tenolol which can cause Broncos spasms and avoid nids like Naproxin and ibuprofen which can worsen asthma now during an attack or a severe asthma attack we instruct patients to take two to four Puffs every 20 minutes for three rounds now the big key Point here guys write this down if it doesn't work after three doses then you notify the hcp thanks for watching for our full video and new quiz Bank click right up here to access your free trial and please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel last but not least a big thanks to our team of experts helping us make these great videos all right guys see you next [Music] time

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Keywords: Registered Nurse RN, Pharmacology, Cathy Parkes, RN, Nursing pharmacology, Pharm, beta 2 Agonist, Albuterol, levalbuterol, Anticholinergic bronchodilators, ipratropium, atrovent, tiotropium, Methylxanthines

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Length: 4min 23sec (263 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 20 2020