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Pharmacology for Paramedics
Author: Jeffrey S. GuyOVERVIEW
Fully updated to meet current UK guidelines and paramedic scope of practice, Pharmacology for Paramedics offers a complete and practical understanding of pharmacology in the prehospital setting. This first UK edition provides a unique problem-based approach to ensure that you are prepared to effectively administer the drugs your patients need. Clinical scenarios present case information just as you will learn it in the classroom and encounter it in practice. By placing each drug in its relevant context, this text covers the essential drugs which you should be aware of as a paramedic as well as those drugs for which it might be useful to have a broader understanding. It teaches you to identify the proper drug for a specific patient in a specific situation. Chapters will be of interest to aspiring and practising paramedics as well as anyone wanting to understand more about emergency medication.
Key features include:
- Alphabetised appendix of over 90 drugs used in prehospital care for quick identification at critical moments.
- Problem-oriented approaches to real scenarios encountered in practice.
- Step-by-step procedural descriptions of pharmacologic processes commonly performed in the prehospital setting.
- A Medication Maths chapter that strengthens your dosage-calculation skills.
- Legal Aspects and Risk Management coverage to help you avoid common mistakes made in prehospital care.
- Review questions that reinforce important chapter concepts and test your understanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Disclaimer
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: Foundations
- Chapter 1 Principles of Pharmacology
- Chapter 2 Legal Aspects and Risk Management
- Chapter 3 Drug Administration: Safety and Procedures
- Chapter 4 Medication Maths
- Chapter 5 Intravenous Fluids and Administration
- Part 2: Problem-Orientated Pharmacology
- Chapter 6 Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Chapter 7 Analgesia and Sedation
- Chapter 8 Anaphylaxis
- Chapter 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Chapter 10 Congestive Heart Failure
- Chapter 11 Endocrine Emergencies
- Chapter 12 Hypertensive Emergencies
- Chapter 13 Poisonings, Overdoses, and Intoxications
- Chapter 14 Respiratory Emergencies
- Chapter 15 Seizures
- Chapter 16 Shock
- Chapter 17 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 18 Special Considerations: Pregnancy, Paediatrics, Older Patients and Renal Failure
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Glossary
- Index
ENDORSEMENTS
Thank you @classprofessional , for this ‘class’ text! It offers superb practical understanding of pharmacology in the prehospital environment that supports practice and academic progression for aspiring, new and seasoned paramedics.
Lee Cunnell, Professional Lead for Paramedic Education and Senior lecturer at the University of Suffolk
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