Prehospital Emergency Pharmacology

by Bryan E. Bledsoe, Dwayne Clayden

For courses in advanced emergency medical services.
A complete guide to need-to-know medications for EMS personnel
Prehospital Emergency Pharmacology is a comprehensive reference guide to the most common medications and fluids used in prehospital emergency care. A cornerstone of EMS education for over 30 years, the text reflects current trends in emergency care, especially the growing requirement for evidence-¿based care. Readers learn accepted practices in the U.S. and Canada as well as medication dosages that meet national standards of the AMA, AHA, and PDR. A valuable aid for both students and practitioners, the 8th edition has been extensively revised to reflect current trends in prehospital care and drugs that are now more commonly used in EMS settings, such as ketamine and haloperidol.

Genres: Textbooks

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Bryan E. Bledsoe (b. 1955) D.O., FACEP, EMT-P, is an emergency medicine physician, paramedic, author and educator. Bledsoe is Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

Reviews

[George · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh what joys and pains you've brought me. I can explain the pharmacodynamics of adenosine because of you, but damn you when a test question drew on your wisdom of the dopamine hydrochloride dosage phenomena and it's mcg/kg/min formula infusion questions!

[Nate · Rating 1 out of 5]

For a 2019 print edition of a medical textbook, one would expect consistency, through editing procedures, and less repetition of information from paragraph to paragraph, page to page. The book got me through my course, but I found it sorely lacking and full of either errors or poor editing. I found myself checking more reputable sources online to ensure I was learning correct information. The opportunity to provide useful knowledge in the Mechanism of Action portion of the drug profiles was lost to repetition from the previous two sections of the profile and information on how the drug is formatted or used, rather than how it works to affect the body. My class is complete, you won't find it in my medical library of resources anymore. Mr Bledsoe, this textbook was a disappointment.

[Dustin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pharm is not my greatest subject. This went into some detail on pharmacokinetics, but some of the info on the medications was outdated and unimportant.