EMTP1041 — Paramedic Pharmacology Lecture
EMTP 1041 - Paramedic Pharmacology Lecture EMTP 1041 - Paramedic Pharmacology Lecture Description This is an introductory course covering the fundamentals of pharmacology and the administration of drugs and fluids. This entry level course teaches the student the skills necessary to begin their clinical phase of the paramedic program. Students must be enrolled and accepted into the paramedic program prior to taking this course. This class is a “Flipped” classroom and students will watch lecture away from the classroom and take quizzes and exams. Quizzes and exams will be discussed in class and material that needs further attention will be taught by the instructor. Describe the four aspects of movement of drugs through the body (pharmacokinetic parameters-absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination), what biochemical & physiological factors affect each aspect and how each aspect will ultimately affect the drugs effect on the body. Define the term receptor and describe the molecular, biochemical, and/or physiological basis of how drugs interact with the body to cause their affects, side effects and adverse effects (pharmacodynamics). Identify and describe the differences in drug responses in pediatric and geriatric populations from the ‘typical’ adult. Use pharmacology data resources to identify and describe the following information of drugs: generic, trade and common names of drugs; its therapeutic or chemical type; its common indicated uses; what physiological ef