Basic Pharmacology Lab - EMS 126 at Virginia Highlands Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu./colleges/vhcc/courses/EMS126-BasicPharmacologyLab
Effective: 2018-08-01
Course Description
Focuses on the safe administration of medications in the emergency setting. Includes drug dose calculation and covers multiple routes of administration including oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intraosseous and other methods within the scope of practice for the emergency care provider.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to teach the novice student the skills related to intraosseous, intravenous therapy and medication administration.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS. Corequisite: EMS 125.
Course Objectives
- Establish a minimum of two (2) intravenous (IV) catheters in a laboratory setting within 100% accuracy
- Demonstrate the ability to initiate an intravenous fluid bolus on a minimum of two (2) patients in a laboratory setting
- Demonstrate the ability to initiate a piggyback infusion on a minimum of two (2) patients in a laboratory setting
- Establish a minimum of two (2) intraosseous (IO) infusions within 100% accuracy.
- Administer a minimum of one (1) medication via the intramuscular (IM) route within 100% accuracy
- Administer a minimum of one (1) medication via the subcutaneous (SC) route within 100% accuracy
- Administer a minimum of two (2) medications via the intranasal (IN) route within 100% accuracy
- Administer a minimum of two (2) medications via a nebulizer within 100% accuracy
- Calculate various drug dosages within 100% accuracy
Major Topics to be Included
- Administration of Medication to a Patient
- Routes of administration
- The "Rights" of Drug Administration
- Drug Dose Calculations
- Preventing medication errors
- Intravenous Techniques
- Aseptic technique
- Safety measures
- Establishing an IV
- Intraosseous Techniques
- Safety measures
- Concepts of humeral intraosseous
- Concepts of tibial intraosseous
- Establishing an IO
- Safety and Proper Techniques for Other Methods of Medications Administration
- Oral/Sublingual
- Transdermal
- Nebulized
- Intramuscular
- Subcutaneous
- Intravenous/Intraosseous Bolus
- Intravenous/Intraosseous Piggybank
- Specific Medication
- Albuterol
- Aspirin
- Dextrose
- Epinephrine (Intramuscular or Subcutaneous)
- Glucagon
- Glucose
- Intravenous Fluids
- Naloxone
- Nitroglycerin
- Oxygen
- Nitrous Oxide