1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. The amount of medication that is given is known as the _________. | dose | 2. What is the route of administration for the EpiPen auto-injector? | Intramuscular | 3. Which of the following is required for an EMT to administer a drug to a patient? | Medical direction approval | 4. Which of the following patient populations typically require a modified drug dose? | Pediatric patients | 5. The term “pharmacology” is MOST accurately defined as: | the study of drugs and their actions on the body. | 6. After taking diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for an allergic reaction, a person begins experiencing drowsiness and a dry mouth. These findings are an example of a(n): | side effect. | 7. Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin are trade names for the generic medication: | ibuprofen. | 8. Which of the following statements regarding parenteral medications is correct? | Parenteral medications are absorbed more quickly than enteral medications | 9. While assisting a paramedic in the attempted resuscitation of a 55-year-old male in cardiac arrest, you should expect the paramedic to: | administer drugs via the IV route to achieve the fastest effect | 10. Activated charcoal is an example of a(n): | suspension | 11. A 31-year-old female is experiencing an acute asthma attack. She is conscious and alert, but in obvious respiratory distress. After assisting her with her prescribed MDI, you should: | reassess the patient and document her response to the medication. | 12. You are dispatched to a state park for a young female experiencing an allergic reaction. Your assessment reveals that her breathing is severely labored and her blood pressure is very low. You carry epinephrine auto-injectors on your ambulance and have been trained and approved by your medical director to administer them. As your partner gives the patient supplemental oxygen, you attempt to contact medical control but do not have a signal from your cell phone. You should: | administer epinephrine to the patient, begin immediate transport, and attempt to contact medical control en route to the hospital | 13. Which of the following statements regarding glucose is correct? | Glucose is a simple sugar that is readily absorbed by the bloodstream. | 14. A 62-year-old male is seen with crushing chest pain, which he describes as being the same kind of pain that he had with a previous heart attack. He has prescribed nitroglycerin but states that he has not taken any. After administering supplemental oxygen if needed and contacting medical control, you should | is less than 100 mm assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure Hg | 15. Which of the following clinical signs would necessitate the administration of naloxone (Narcan)? | Slow respirations | 16. When assessing an elderly male who complains of nausea and generalized weakness, you find that he takes atorvastatin (Lipitor) and amlodipine (Norvasc). These medications suggest a history of: | cardiovascular disease | 17. Which of the following is an example of a rules-based medication error? | The EMT administers a drug that is not approved by the medical director. | 18. The process of binding or sticking to a surface is called: | adsorption | 19. In ___________ administration, you are administering medication to yourself or your partner. | peer-assisted | 20. Medications encased in a gelatin shell that are taken by mouth are called: | capsules. |
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