EMS 211 - Paramedic Pharmacology II

Offered WI
Lecture- 1
1 credit hrs/1 contact hrs
Prerequisite: Completion of all EMS courses with a “C” or better (2.0 out of a 4.0 scale]
Corequisite: EMS 201 - Paramedic II, EMS 221 - Paramedic Cardiology II, EMS 241 - Paramedic Clinical II, EMS 250 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support, EMS 251 - Advanced Pediatric Life Support, EMS 252 - Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

Continues building on knowledge and skills learned in EMS 210 by building on knowledge of calculation of doses, and administration of drugs used in the pre-hospital setting, including classification, action, use, and side effects.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Drug Fundamentals
- Describe the process called pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, including theories of drug action, drug-response relationship, factors altering drug responses, predictable drug responses, iatrogenic drug responses, and unpredictable adverse drug responses.
- Differentiate among drug interactions.
- Discuss considerations for storing and securing medications.
- List the component of a drug profile by classification.
Patient Assessment
- Integrate pathophysiological principles of pharmacology with patient assessment.
- Synthesize patient history information and assessment findings to form a field impression.
- Synthesize a field impression to implement a pharmacologic management plan.
- Assess the pathophysiology of a patient’s condition by identifying classifications of drugs.
Medication Administration
- Using patient care report documentation, defend the administration of medication for positive therapeutic effect.
- Synthesize a pharmacologic management plan including medication administration.
- Integrate pathophysiological principles of medication administration with patient management.
- Comply with paramedic standards of medication administration.
- Defend a pharmacologic management plan for medication administration.
- Advocate drug education through identification of drug classifications.