In a pediatric first aid/CPR/AED course, participants learn how to prevent, recognize and respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies, use an automatic external defibrillator (AED), treat wounds and burns, and care for sudden illnesses in infants and children under age 12.
Montelukast (trade names Singulair, Montelo-10, and Monteflo and Lukotas in India, Arokast in Bangladesh and Pulmikast in Pakistan) is a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) used for the maintenance treatment of asthma and to relieve symptoms of seasonal allergies.ontelukast is a CysLT1 antagonist; it blocks the action of leukotriene D4 (and secondary ligands LTC4 and LTE4) on the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor CysLT 1 in the lungs and bronchial tubes by binding to it.
In the Rumor vs. Truth section of the Pharmacists Letter evaluating when montelukast should be dosed, they concluded asthma symptoms tend to be worse during the night and early morning hours and that montelukast has a short half-life of about 4-7 hours with blood levels peaking 3-4 hours after a dose. 4 For these reasons, they concluded that this is why healthcare providers and the prescribing information for montelukast recommends taking it at night in order to match peak drug levels with ...