I'm a paramedic student in Miami-Dade and I was just wondering if any other medics/EMT's/nurses had any little tricks they used while going to school to learn all these meds? Any help would be most appreciated! Thank you! :-)
2006-08-27 15:05:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Sweet! I've heard that Miami-Dade is an awesome county to be a medic in. Someone told me that they are allowed to give thrombolytics in the field. How cool is that?!?
I don't really have any tricks, but it helped me to make 3x5 index cards and put a drug on each card with side effects, interactions, indications, contraindications, dosage, etc, on it. I would carry these cards everywhere, and when I had a break at work, I would pull out the cards and flip through them. Sometimes, I would pull out a piece of paper and try to write down all the info on the card from memory. I would also recite the info on the card out loud when I was walking my dog. I sure looked silly, but I knew my drugs!
Hope this helps!
2006-08-27 17:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-17 03:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by Shane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I took my paramedic classes I wrote the generic name on one side of an index card, and the class of drug, trade name, doses, indications, contraindications, and side effects on the other. Every day we went over new drugs in class I added those cards. I would go through them and if i got one wrong it was placed in a pile, and I kept going over the ones I got wrong untill I got them all right, then I started over again.
The only way do get through this part of paramedic school is memorization. There are nice tricks and accronyms for a lot of other things, but no this. Make flash cards and go over them while watching TV in the evening or while waiting for a call on your field rotations. Any time you have free time go over the cards, and don't stop untill you get them all right. Good luck.
2006-08-30 07:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you basically have to find your own tricks. I used the anogram's of each drug to remember them.
2006-08-27 15:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by jtracer48 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only add to what was already said. There are wonderful free apps as well.
2014-02-24 14:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋