This popular resource presents often complex information is an way thats easy to understand and easy to follow, emphasizing the relevance of the drug information to your work as a paramedic as well as the calculations required to safely administer the correct drug dosages.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Contributor and Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
• 2 Professionalism
• 3 The Basics of Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics
• 4 Autonomic Pharmacology
• 5 Fluids, Electrolytes, and Therapy
• 6 Blood and Blood Product Administration
• 7 Drug-Dosage Calculations
• 8 Drug Administration
• 9 Drug Classifications
• 10 Drugs Used to Treat Respiratory
• 11 Drugs Used to Treat Cardiovascular Emergencies
• 12 Drugs Used to Treat Disorders of Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
• 13 Drugs Used to Treat Metabolic Emergencies
• 14 Drugs Used to Treat Neurological Emergencies
• 15 Drugs Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Emergencies
• 16 Drugs Used to Treat Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
• 17 Drugs Used to Treat Toxicological Emergencies
• 18 Drugs Used to Treat Behavioral Emergencies
• 19 Drugs Used for Pain Management Sedation
• Appendices
• A Drugs (Generic and Trade Names) and Their Therapeutic Classifications
• B Pediatric Normal Values, Dosages, Infusion Rates
• C Herbal Remedies
• D Street Drugs
• E Commonly Used Abbreviations and
• Glossary