Director of Student Assessment DGSOM at UCLA Hawthorne, California
Description: It seems there is a pill for every ill. Knowing which medications to use in a prehospital emergency is one thing, but understanding the thousands of medications used at home by patients and their interactions is quite another feat! This session will focus on the mechanism of action of cardiac drugs by class in order to ensure participants leave with knowledge of the most common drugs and most lethal drug interactions in the field. This session has pearls of wisdom for all levels of providers.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe why each of the four classes of antidysrhythmic medications are used compared to one another
2. Differentiate between the classes of medications used to treat hypertension
3. Determine three dangerous drug interactions among the cardiac medications
