Pharmacology for Paramedics 2E (UK and Europe Only)

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