A floor nurse pages you about a patient who is having a chest pain. You order an electro-cardiogram and rush to see the patient. He describes the pain as tight pressure and is demonstrably sweating and gasping for air. The ECG comes back with acute ST-segment elevations in inferior leads, and you diagnose a myocardial infarction. You start giving the patient oxygen and give him sublingual nitro-glycerin and morphine for pain. You also give him another medication, which you have read may prolong his survival in this situation. What class of medication is it?

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A floor nurse pages you about a patient who is having a chest pain. You order an electro-cardiogram and rush to see the patient. He describes the pain as tight pressure and is demonstrably sweating and gasping for air. The ECG comes back with acute ST-segment elevations in inferior leads, and you diagnose a myocardial infarction. You start giving the patient oxygen and give him sublingual nitro-glycerin and morphine for pain. You also give him another medication, which you have read may prolong his survival in this situation. What class of medication is it?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

Non-selective ß-blockers are contraindicated in:

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3 of 5

Each of the following parasympathomimetics is paired with an appropriate therapeutic use EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: D

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Question 4 of 5

Monoamine oxidase enzyme (MAO) is responsible for:

Correct Answer: C

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Question 5 of 5

Which of the following is not a therapeutic use of adrenaline:

Correct Answer: C

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