Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
MCHD medical directors discuss three promising treatments for COVID-19, return to work guidance and complications presenting in pediatric patients
How do you assess and manage a patient with bradycardia?
“We were her last best chance tonight, and my partner and I successfully stood in the gap between life and death”
Ambulances have limited space for short list of drugs approved by state health regulators
There have been no fatal overdoses in Dubuque this year, thanks largely to use of Narcan
Woman said she was fine, but medic told her she almost died and would have without Narcan
Making someone’s existence less discomforting can be great gift, especially if individual is fighting for their life
Plan is designed to reduce misuse, abuse of long-acting opioid pain relievers, including morphine, methadone, oxycodone
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Operation allegedly thrived from having corrupt doctors dispense millions of pills without medical justification to patients, many of whom were drug addicts
Sold in 3-gram bags marked as ‘potpourri'; drug has 4x potency of normal marijuana
Morphine, Fentanyl, Zofran among drugs on back-order or simply not available
Man is reported to have told authorities that he stopped his treatment out of concern for his liver while binging on alcohol, methamphetamine
‘We saw the ambulance shaking,’ says witness; TASER required to subdue attacker
A comprehensive examination of epinephrine and its prehospital uses, administration routes, doses and pharmacology
Service short of critical meds, national shortages hurting treatment capabilities
Doctors had to amputate woman’s arm, shoulder, perform radical mastectomy, skin grafts to stop infection
Results prompt fear that people who need, will benefit from statins will be scared away from using them, doctors say
Several studies that review death from anaphylaxis say delay in administering epinephrine equates with increasing mortality.
This year, 213 drugs have been listed in short supply, surpassing last year’s total of 211
Emergency room visits related to hydrocodone abuse have shot from 19,221 in 2000 to 86,258 in 2009, according to data compiled by the Drug Enforcement Administration
Epilepsy advocates thrilled at ability of more people to administer drug. But nurses worry about misuse.
A comprehensive examination of alprazolam uses, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, administration routes and dosing for adult and pediatric patients
On Wednesday, Timothy Waldo, 46, was demoted to EMT after being a paramedic for as many as nine years
‘Bath salts’ linked to 5 local deaths in Ohio will become illegal on October 17
The DEA and FDA insist they are still actively studying whether to move hydrocodone-containing medicines from Schedule III Schedule II
We can therapeutically decrease the supply or effectiveness of coagulation factors to prevent or treat abnormal clot formation in certain conditions
While I can’t speak intelligently to referral patterns, I am guessing what transpired on this next transport could possibly be labeled as “out of the ordinary”