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Pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics is the process by which a medication works on the body
Pharmacokinetics is the movement of medications throughout the body
Indications are the reasons or conditions for which a particular medication is given
Contradictions are when a medication could harm the patient or have no positive effect on the patient
Adverse effects are any actions of a medication other than the desired ones
Generic names are a simple, clear, nonproprietary name
Trade names are the brand name that manufactures give to medications
Prescription medications are distributed to patients only by pharmacists according to a physicians orders
OTC mediations can be purchased directly, without a prescription
Enteral medications enter the body through the digestive system
Parenteral medications enter the body by a route other than the digestive tract, the skin, or mucous membranes
different forms of medications include tablets and capsules, solutions and suspensions, topical medications, metered dose inhalers, transcutaneous medications, gels, gases for inhalation
The 9 rights of medication administration are right patient, right medication and indication, right dose, right route, right time, right education, right to refuse, right response and evaluation, and right documentation
In patient assisted medication administration, you are administering the patient with the administration of his or her own medication
in peer assisted medication administration you are administering mediation to you or your partner
EMT administered medications are directly administered by the EMT
medications used by EMTs include oral medications, sublingual medications, intramuscular medications, intranasal medications, and inhalation medications
a medical error is inappropriate use of a medication that could lead to patient harm
routes of administration and rates of absorption. sublingual is rapid, per rectum is rapid, by mouth is slow, intravenous is immediate, intraosseous is immediate, intranasal is rapid, inhalation is rapid, intramuscular is moderate, subcutaneous is slow and transcutaneous is slow
EMTs can administer Aspirin, Ipratropium, Epinephrine, Narcan, nitroglycerin, oral glucose, oxygen, acetaminophen, diphenhydramine, ibuprofen,