EMS 112 - Paramedic Pharmacology

Credit(s): 2.5
Lecture/Lab Contact Hours: 2, 1

This course provides the paramedic student with the comprehensive knowledge of emergency pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics related to paramedic practice, includes cardiovascular, respiratory, analgesic, gastrointestinal, antibiotic and central nervous system medications. Sources of drugs, reference materials for drugs, and legal considerations will be discussed as well as classification of drugs and how each affects the respective body system. The student will gain the knowledge and psychomotor skills required to safely and precisely prepare and administer drugs that a paramedic may commonly administer according to local protocol. The student will learn proper procedures for the administration of medications, equipment needed, techniques used with various routes of administration and how to calculate drug doses utilizing mathematical principles. This course provides 32 theory hours and 16 lab hours.
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where program structure permits. (1.2)

Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): Take EMS 101 with grade of C or better and active EMT-B, License.
General Education: Not Applicable