A nurse is making rounds on the unit and enters a patient's room to find the patient unresponsive in the bathroom with a bottle of diazepam (Valium) beside her
The nurse should immediately call for assistance and prepare to administer which of the following drugs?
a. Naloxone (Narcan)
b. Phenobarbital (Luminal)
c. Bromocriptine (Parlodel)
d. Flumazenil (Romazicon)
ANS: D
If severe benzodiazepine overdose occurs, signs and symptoms may be reversed with flumazenil, which is used to treat overdoses of central nervous system depressants.
Phenobarbital is not indicated for benzodiazepine overdoses.
Bromocriptine is indicated for central nervous system stimulant withdrawal.
Naloxone is indicated for opiate overdoses.
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