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EMST - 114 Pharmacology for EMS Professional I 2


This course will focus on the skill necessary for safe and therapeutic drug therapy for advanced pre-hospital providers. Emphasis is placed on drug identification and classification, pharmacological actions, side effects, appropriate dosing, drug interactions, guideline for use of drugs, safety alerts, and pre-hospital implications, medication administration, drug calculations, as well as the legal and ethical considerations of pharmacology. This course will also discuss pharmacokinetic principles as it relates to physiologic and pathophysiologic problems across the lifespan. Psychomotor skills will be evaluated in the skills lab.

Pre-requisite(s):
Admission into the program



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