The nurse contacts the pharmacy to have the antidote for nerve agent poisoning available when victims of a mass casualty event arrive in the emergency department. The agent that the nurse is requesting is:
1. methylprednisolone.
2. acetylcysteine.
3. protamine sulfate.
4. atropine sulfate.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Methylprednisolone is not an antidote.
Rationale 2: Acetylcysteine is not the antidote for nerve gas poisoning.
Rationale 3: Protamine sulfate is not the antidote for nerve gas poisoning.
Rationale 4: The antidote for nerve gas is the anticholinergic drug atropine sulfate.
Global Rationale: The antidote for nerve gas is the anticholinergic drug atropine sulfate. The remaining drugs do not have this indication.
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