2009-10 DRUG LIST
Click here for an "Introduction Drug Video"

• Button at Top: "Drugs" This is the list of drugs to be learned.

• Button at Top: "Drug Card" Suggest a way to complete q-cards to learn the drugs.

• Button at Top: "Sample Drug Review" Suggested example/sample chart of drugs.

• Button at Top: "Drug Review" Blank drug review chart that you can print.

OK gang, here it is – the drug list you have been waiting for. Yes there are a lot of drugs and some others may be added later. Don’t freak out – yet. The ones with the asterisk are the ones which you absolutely need to know inside out and backwards. You need to know indications, contraindications, side-effects, adult doses, and routes of administration to all the drugs but the ones with the asterisk are the ones more commonly used in the prehospital setting and you must know these cold.

Learning drugs is a difficult process and it takes time, patience, and repetition. Making out drug cards is very helpful. While there are some prepared drug cards in the back of your workbook, you may find that making your own to be more beneficial. There is a sample on-line on how to make out your own cards. Also, a small dry erase board will be a great tool for you throughout the course. Please use the low-odor markers or your entire family will get high every time you study.

One way to get started and help you make sense of all this is to place each drug in a category according to its action or indication. Arrange the drugs according to:

Drugs for respiratory distress

Drugs that speed up the heart

Drugs that slow down the heart

Drugs that raise blood pressure

Drugs that lower blood pressure

Drugs that sedate

Drugs that paralyze

Drugs with miscellaneous actions

We will do our best to clarify what is important during class so just be patient.

Good Luck.