PHARMACOLOGY IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

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This course is the study of drugs used in emergency medicine. It includes indications, contraindications, doses and dosage, pharmacological effects, its mechanisms of action, absorption and its elimination in the human body. It emphasizes the drugs used in the autonomic and somatic nervous system. The student becomes familiar with the forms of drugs in commercial packaging. Als o, the students master dosage calculations and the administration of emergency medicine drugs. Case studies are presented for the dose calculations and concentrations with the legal implications.