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Emergency & Acute Prescribing Flashcards

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  1. A patient has an acute asthma attack with rattling mucus in the chest, difficulty breathing, and a sensation of suffocation worse at 4–5 AM. Which remedy fits?

    Answer: Antimonium tartaricum

    Antimonium tartaricum is characterized by rattling, loose mucus in the lungs that cannot be expectorated, with suffocative breathing worse early morning.

  2. Which homeopathic remedy is indicated for acute conjunctivitis with acrid, burning discharge from the eyes but bland nasal discharge?

    Answer: Euphrasia

    Euphrasia presents with acrid, burning eye discharge causing excoriation, with a bland nasal discharge — the opposite of Allium cepa.

  3. A patient has a migraine that begins at the occiput and spreads forward, with heaviness of eyelids, chills up the spine, and no thirst. Which remedy?

    Answer: Gelsemium

    Gelsemium is strongly indicated by dull, heavy headache starting at the occiput, drooping eyelids, chills along the spine, and thirstlessness.

  4. In acute otitis media, which remedy suits a child with a rupture of the eardrum, thick, offensive discharge, and improvement from warmth?

    Answer: Hepar sulphuris

    Hepar sulphuris is indicated when suppuration is well established with offensive discharge and the patient is very sensitive to cold and touch.

  5. Which acute remedy is most indicated for a nosebleed consisting of bright red, non-clotting blood that is profuse and comes on after injury?

    Answer: Phosphorus

    Phosphorus is associated with bright red, profuse hemorrhage from any orifice, including traumatic nosebleeds, where blood does not clot readily.

  6. A patient presents with acute cystitis where the urge to urinate is constant and violent, with only a few drops passed, and burning at the end of urination. Which remedy?

    Answer: Cantharis

    Cantharis is the leading remedy for violent, constant urging to urinate with intense burning and cutting pains before, during, and after urination.

  7. A patient with an acute disc herniation has pains that shoot down the left sciatic nerve, worse from the slightest motion, and better from complete rest and pressure. Which remedy?

    Answer: Bryonia

    Bryonia is indicated when any motion at all worsens pain significantly and the patient finds relief only from absolute stillness and firm pressure.