EMS162 — Introduction to Pharmacology for EMS Professionals
EMS 162 - Introduction to Pharmacology for EMS Professionals EMS 162 - Introduction to Pharmacology for EMS Professionals Description: Overview of the principles of pharmacology and pharmacologic agents utilized in patient management plans. Includes pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, physiology of pharmacology, calculating drug dosages, and drug profiles. A-F grading only. Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Course Content: Regulation, legislation, and historic trends in pharmacology Physiologic principles of pharmacology Pharmacologic agents in the EMS professionals’ scope of practice; drug names, classifications, mechanism of action, indications, and contraindications, side effects and adverse effects, adult and pediatric dosages, additional components of a drug profile, and storage, security and accountability Types of drugs; therapeutic drugs, environmental substances, toxic substances, and drugs of abuse and misuse Pharmacologic reference sources Drug administration; preparation of drugs, principles of pharmacokinetics, routes of drug administration, basic modes of drug transport, stages of drug activity, factors affecting response to drugs, and special considerations in drug delivery Learning