Down South Gaming - QAS
Indications
Acute Heart attack
Warnings
Major Surgery: past 3 months
Major Trauma: past 3 months
Dosage
50mg Syinge pre loaded, use as much as necessary then discard.
Route: IV (Pre loaded syringe)
Onset of action: 30 seconds
Duration of action: 5-10 minutes
Notes
Patients need to be aware of the potential side-effects of the medicine prior to administration
The following statement outlines important key messages and should be read to the patient
prior to administration:
"your ECG (heart tracing) shows that you are having a heart attack. The best treatment or
you right now is a clot dissolving drug called Tenecteplase, and the sooner you receive this
medication, the lower your risk of long-term, severe heart muscle damage.
Before l give you this medication, l want to let you know the potential risks
The most serious risk of receiving this medication is stroke which affects about 1 in 100 patients.
Other risks include bleeding which is not life-threatening and occurs in approximately 4 in 100
patients treated. Some patients can have an allergic reaction or other effects that are generally
not cause or concern. We can manage these bleeding and allergy risks if they occur on the way
to hospital.
The risks l have just listed will be the same if we delay, and you then go on to receive this
treatment in hospital. The longer his treatment is delayed the worse the damage to your heart
muscle will be."