Drug Guide For Paramedics

Drug Guide for Paramedics is an invaluable tool for any ALS provider who needs accurate, easily accessed information about patient medication. A convenient field guide for emergency providers of all levels provides current, reliable information about emergency drugs and their patients' medications. Key Features: Includes newly added 13 FDA approved drugs. Updated drug profiles of more than 100 of the most commonly used emergency medications. Contains a home medications list with classifications for quick reference in the field. Drugs are described in terms of their Trade names, Classes, Therapeutic Action/Pharmacodynamics, Emergency Uses/Doses, Pharmacokinetics, Contraindications and Precautions, Adverse/Side Effects, Interactions and Prehospital Considerations. Convenient index allows rapid search by either trade or generic name. Conforms to the 1998 U.S. DOT EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum and 2005 AHA Guidelines.