BLS Pharmacology

Course overview

Objectives List emergency medications commonly administered and their dosages Explain medication absorption routes Content Information Covered Medication safety Kinds of Medications Used in an Emergency Forms of Medication Solid Pills Tablets compressed powders Powder inhalation Liquids Enteral ingested Parenteral injected Gases and aerosols inhalation Routes of Medication Administration Enteral ingested Sublingual for example nitroglycerin Oral for example glucose Parenteral injected and inhaled Inhaled for example oxygen Injection for example epinephrine Methods of injection Subcutaneous Intramuscular Intravenous Basic Medication Terminology Drug name Generic Trade Drug profile Actions Pharmacodynamics impact of age and weight upon medication administration Indication Intended effects Contraindications Side effects Unintended effects Untoward effects Dose Route Prescribing information Assist or Administer Medications to a Patient Administration versus assistance of medications Assisting patients in taking prescribed medications Administering medication Medical direction Off line standing orders written protocols On line verbal order Confirmation echo technique Confusion clarification Medication Administration Procedure The rights of drug administration Right patient prescribed to patient Right medication patient condition Right route patient condition Right dose prescribed to patient Right time within expiration date Techniques of Medication Administration Oral Advantages Disadvantages Techniques Sublingual Advantages Disadvantages Techniques Intramuscular injection by auto injector Advantages Disadvantages Techniques Inhalation Advantages Disadvantages Techniques Reassessment Data indications for medication Action medication administered Response effect of medication Documentation Specific Medications EMT administer medications Aspirin Oral glucose Oxygen EMT assisted medications Inhaled bronchodilators Epinephrine Nitroglycerin