PHARMACOLOGY Review药理学复习.ppt

Paramedic Inter Facility Transfer Training PHARMACOLOGYReview PHARMACOLOGYReview Quiz Briefly review information that you have already had in your paramedic programs. The purpose of this program is not to teach new concepts of pharmacology Medication and Transport The most common reason that you will be asked to transport a patient utilizing the PIFT module will be because the patient requires administration or monitoring of a medication or medications other than those normally carried in the paramedic drug box. Medication and Transport The new PIFT module allows an appropriately trained paramedic to administer or monitor 18 classes of medications, as well as OTC medications Medication and Transport Potentially, this could involve as many as several hundred different medications. This is a significant responsibility. Safe, effective transport of patients requires sound, fundamental knowledge of basic principles of pharmacology. IMPORTANT PHARMACOLOGICAL TERMS Antagonism The opposition between 2 or more medications ex. narcotics and Naloxone Bolus A single, often large dose of a drug. Often the initial dose Cumulative action An increased effect caused by multiple doses of the same drug. Caused by buildup in the blood. Hypersensitivity A reaction to a drug that is more profound than expected and which often results in an exaggerated immune response Idiosyncrasy A reaction to a drug that is significantly different from what is expected Indication The medical condition for which the drug has proven therapeutic value Parenteral Any route of administration other than the digestive tract Pharmacodynamics Study of the mechanisms by which drugs act to produce biochemical or physiological changes in the body Pharmacokinetics Study of how drugs enter the body, reach their site of action and are eliminated from the body Potentiation The enhancement of a drug’s effect by another drug Eg. promethazine may enhance the effect of morphine; also alcohol and barbiturates R