EMSP 1215 - Advanced EMS Pharmacology

1. Emergency Medications
   1. Names
   2. Actions
   3. Indications
   4. Contraindications
   5. Complications
   6. Routes of administration
   7. Side effects
   8. Interactions
   9. Dosages for the medications administered
2. Medication Administration
   1. Patient administration
3. Paramedics Scope of Management
   1. Mathematical equivalents
   2. Medical Direction
4. Autonomic Nervous System
   1. Organization and function
   2. Peripheral nervous system characteristics
   3. Autonomic nervous system characteristics
5. Principles of Pharmacology
   1. Medical legislation
   2. Naming
   3. Classification
   4. Schedules
   5. Storage and security
   6. Administration routes
   7. Autonomic pharmacology
   8. Metabolism and excretion
   9. Mechanism of medication action
   10. Phases of medication activity
   11. Pharmacokinetics
   12. Medication interactions
   13. Toxicity
   14. Types of patients
   15. Universal precautions
   16. Asepsis

1. calculate drug dosages.
2. describe drug classification.
3. describe drugs that the paramedic may administer according to local protocol.
4. describe historical trends in pharmacology.
5. describe legislative acts controlling drug use and abuse.
6. describe mechanisms of drug actions.
7. differentiate names of a drug.
8. discuss legal aspects of medication administration.
9. discuss medical asepsis.
10. discuss special considerations in drug administration.
11. discuss the paramedics responsibility in medication administration.
12. integrate the pathophysiology of pharmacology with patient assessment.
13. perform routes of medication administration.
14. review anatomy and physiology of the autonomic nervous system.
15. synthesize a field impression to implement a pharmacologic management plan.
16. utilize universal precautions and body substance isolation.

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