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Spring 2010 Course Catalog 
    
Spring 2010 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EMS 130 - Prehospital Pharmacology

3 credits

This course introduces the EMS professional to basic pharmacology including pharmacokinetics and pharmaocdynamics, with an emphasis on the prehospital setting. The course presents a variety of medications according to their therapeutic application. Pertinent physiology and related diseases are also presented along with appropriate medications. Pharmacology is approached by body system (nervous system, respiratory system, cardiac system, etc.) so that the therapeutic action of drugs may be clearly understood.Class Hours: 3Corequisite: EMS 121, 122 Paramedic I & II.