Drug contraindications

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Adrenaline

None

Amiodarone

Torsades De Pointes

Aspirin

(4) Allergy or HS, bleeding tendency, < 16yo, T1 trauma

Atropine

Nil

Benzyl Penicillin

Life threatening allergy

Calcium gluconate

Nil

Clopidogrel

(5) Bleeding tendency; allergy or HS; any exclusion via thrombolysis checklist; < 18yo; pregnancy or breast feeding

Compound Sodium Lactate

Nil

Droperidol

(3) HS; < 14yo; Parkinson's Disease

Enoxaparin Sodium

Allergy or HS; Any exclusion per thrombolysis checklist

Fentanyl

(5) Altered LOC; Epistaxis or occluded nasal passages; < 1yo; allergy; pregnant women >20wks gestation

Fexofenadine

Allergy or HS; < 12yo; previous administration within 24hrs

Frusemide

BP < 100 sys; < 16yo

Glucagon

Nil

Glucose 10%

Nil

Glucose Gel

Nil

Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN)

BP < 90 sys; pulse < 50/min or >150/min; < 16; erectile dysfunction drugs (viagra, levitra, cialis)

Hydrocortisone

Allergy to corticosterioids, sodium succinate or sodium phosphate; infection except pts with adrenal insufficiency; peptic ulcer

Ibuprofen

Bleeding tendency; allergy to NSAIDs; peptic ulcer; dehydration; renal impairment; pregnancy; heart failure; < 7yo; multiple previous doses

Ipratropium Bromide

Allergy or HS; Glaucoma

Ketamine

Allergy; psychosis; < 14yo; 1st or 2nd trimester pregnancy

Lignocaine

Allergy or HS

Methoxyflurane

Malignant hyperthermia; decreased LOC, pre-eclampsia or eclampsia; untreated renal failure, < 1yo; behaviourally disturbed; tetracycline use