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Medication & Drugs
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Information
Please always assess the situation and determine the measurement of pain in the patient before giving any pain medication (analgesics). Ask for the pain on a scale of 1 to 10, with ten being the worst, and then go from there.
PepperminT
Come as sweets and are hard candy.
Uses
- Nausea
- Reward for children and patients
- Blood loss
Asprin
(Pain Scale: 2-5)
Information
Aspirin is gained from the plant Salix “salix alba” or also called “willow tree”.
The “A” is for acetyl chloride, the “spir” for spiraea ulmaria (the plant from which salicylic acid was derived) and the “in” is a common ending for medicine.
Uses
- Aspirin comes in form of powder and is always diluted in water
- It is used for
- Small aches like headache or muscle pain
- Help reduce fever
- Is a blood thinner, so can be used for strokes
Side Effects
- Due to it being a blood thinner, the patient is of a high risk of losing too much blood and/or losing it at a much higher rate that usually
- This can result in heavy bleeding or even bleeding out when out in the wild and getting injured heavily.
- PLEASE ensure that you wont give this to active on duty lawmen, nor to hunters that spend most of their time out in the wild
Phinacetin
(Pain Scale: 3-6)
Information
Phenacetin was introduced in 1887 in Elberfeld, Germany. It was introduced by a German company named Bayer. It is one of the first synthetic fever reducers to go on the market. It is also known as one of the first non-opioid analgesics without anti-inflammatory properties.
Uses
- Phenacetin comes in form of a Pill and should be swallowed with water
- Used as an analgesic/painkiller for low to mild pain
- Used as a treatment for fever
Side Effects
- With an “overdose” can cause headaches, dizziness and even seizures
Swamp Herb
(Pain scale: 3-6)
Information
Swamp herb is an herbal medicine that was widely used by natives before we inserted it in our own studies as well. Dr. Francis Matthews researched on the positive and negative effects on the human body.
Please always ensure the patient smokes it in front of you. You have to log it in the prescription log. Please make sure to log it immediately after giving it to the patient. Write a report about it later on. Patients can get ONE swamp herb joint per day.
Uses
- Can be used in brownies, tinctures or as joint
- Helps with lesser pains, aches
- Helps with shakes (anxiety)
- Helps with nausea
- Helps with minor sleeping problems and stress
Side Effects
- Hunger and thirst
- Watering of the eyes
- Possible slight anxiety when taken the first time and when in a non calm environment
- Dry mouth
- Slight memory loss (rare)
- Makes sleepy
Coca Cola
(Pain Scale: 4-6)
Information
It has awakening effects on the human body and brain and can be used in different situations.
Uses
- Coca Cola is a liquid soda that is mixed with cocaine.
- Used for headaches and other small aches
- Used when fainting/dizziness occurs
- Used for light and mild concussions to keep patient awake
Side Effects
- Can cause addiction when taken too often
- Can cause blood to thin and heart rate to increase in small amounts
Laudanum
(Pain Scale: 5-7)
Information
Laudanum is a pain killer that is gained out of an opium alcohol mixture. Opium is gained out of the poppy plant. It helps with pain and can calm people down, children as well. It is one of our most potent pain killers.
Uses
- Laudanum is a liquid which should be administered in drops to a liquid (Tea)
- Used for aches, breaks, post surgery pains
- Used for headaches
- Used for insomnia treatments
- Used for menstrual cramps
Side Effects
- Makes patient woozy, loopy and tired
- Is highly addictive
- Can lead to nausea, headaches, etc.
Cocaine
(Pain scale: 5-8)
Information
Cocaine comes in a pulver form and is used for many different things nowadays. It is extracted and processed from coca plants.
Uses
- As a powder that can be given nasally (snorted), orally or sprinkled in IVs
- Used as an energetic or ‘keep-me-up’
- Prescribe for pain relief and numbing
- Sprinkle onto wound to numb the area
- Or mix with water for any eye related numbing (if in doubt, ask optometrist)
- Used to raise a heart rate
- Sprinkle into an IV or give orally (Rub on gums) to raise pulse.
Side Effects
- Due to it raising the pulse, it is bad for people with a high pulse
- When given intravenously or orally, it will work as a blood thinner, making blood rush faster throughout the body
- Addiction
- Side effects here can be paranoia and delusions as well as usual side effects
Heroin
(Pain scale: 5-7)
Information
Heroin is a pain killer and cough medication. It is made out of opium poppy, which is where we gain opium from. When planted, the flower produces a milky fluid, which is the source of raw opium. It then turns into a brownish-black sap after being harvested. After extracting the morphine, it was boiled and was therefore made into heroin.
It is seen as a “non-addictive” replacement for morphine.
Uses
- Heroin is a white/brown powder that can be administered nasally (snorted), orally or via injection
- Used in treatments of Bronchitis
- Used in treatments of Tuberculosis
- Used for any kind of cough-inducing illnesses
- For example a cold
- Used to make fussy babies cry less
- Used as a pain medication
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Headaches
- Do administer orally only → please do not inject in a person
Side Effects
- Constipation
- Nausea, vomiting
- Dry mouth
- Sleepiness and nodding off
- Slowing of heart and breathing rates
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
Morphine
(Pain Scale: 8-10)
Information
Derived from opium, morphine was first sold in 1827 to control pain. Morphine was the original synthetically manufactured opiate and it has powerful analgesic effects. When used properly, it’s improved the quality of life for many pain patients. It’s a pain medication from the same family of opiates such as laudanum. It’s also an equally potent pain killer and can even be given as an injection when the patient is in excruciating pain.
Uses
- Morphine is a liquid that should be injected via syringe
- Used for aches, breaks, post surgery pain
- Used to slow down pulse and relieve blood pressure (e.g. artery bypass)
- When used on doctors or lawmen, they need to be off duty for 1 to 2 days (sun ups and downs in county)
Side Effects
- Makes patient tired, loopy and dizzy
- Is highly addictive
- Make sure to carefully assess the situation before administering the painkiller as it will get the patient very high, lower the heart rate to a degree and make them quite loopy
- Can lead to nausea, headaches, etc.
ANTISEPTICS & DISINFECTANTS
Please ensure to wipe any excess, to avoid infection or further damage!
Distilled/purified water salt mixture
Uses
- Used for cleaning wounds internally and externally, rinsing, and cleaning tools
- Careful with amounts
Brownish/yellowish tinted liquid, which can give a better vision of the wound as it stains the skin/tissue.
Uses
- ONLY used for cleaning superficial wounds (f.e. scratches) and sutures
Note: NOT used for deep wounds/internal, puncture wounds, severe burns
Orangish liquid. Be careful with amounts.
Uses
- Can be used to clean internal wounds
- Can be used to clean tools
- Used for cleaning sutures and wounds
Note: NEVER mix internally with carbolic acid but externally can be used as a good disinfectant
A reddish liquid that dries quickly. Be careful with amounts
Uses
- Clean tools
- Can be used to clean internal wounds
- Used for cleaning sutures and wounds
Note: NEVER mix internally with potassium bromide but externally can be used as a good disinfectant
Is a powder that should be diluted with clean water. Be careful with amounts.
Uses
- Clean tools
- Clean burns
- Rinse mouth to treat flu
- Drink to treat poisoning (f.e. morphine/toxin/snake bites)
Note: NEVER mix it with Sugar (f.e. sweet desserts if ingested). Keep in a cool area as it is FLAMMABLE! Don’t mix it with anything else but water!
SEDATIVES & REVERSALS
Ether
Alcohol derivative (sedative) is used to put patients to sleep for invasive surgeries or if the patient is experiencing unbearable pain for a procedure to continu
Usage
- Apply some ether onto a clean cloth and set over the nose and mouth for the duration of the procedure
- Remove after the procedure and either wake the patient with smelling salts or allow them to wake on their own (other wakening procedures can be used as well)
Ammonia (Salts)
A small tube-like container containing Ammonia that wakes patients up from an unconscious state.
Usage
- Crack tubing to release odor and wave under the nose.
- Common side effects include nausea and dizziness after consciousness is regained