Paramedic/Nursing Tutorials

MEDICATIONS

http://acls.emszone.com/ivtherapytest.cfm - IV Therapy practice test

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/chemicals.shtml - Psychoactive Chemical Lists

http://wings.buffalo.edu/psychology/aru/ARUclass.htm - University of Buffalo Drug Classification Guide and Schedules

http://chrom.tutms.tut.ac.jp/JINNO/DRUGDATA/00fnumber.html#Analgesic;%20antipyretic - Drug Database (Drug Activity Classification), this is the essential Chemistry site for medications

Mnemonic for remembering antiarrhythmics

submitted by Jed

Class

Drug

Mnemonic

Class IA

Procainamide

Professor

Quinidine

Quackers

Disopyramide

"dissed" *

Class IB

Lidocaine

Lydia's

Phenytoin

penny

Mexiletine

Mexican

Tocainide

Tacos

Class IC

Flecainide

feeling

Propafenone

profaned

Class II

Propranolol

proper

Beta Blockers

Bertha Butt

Class III

Amiodarone

amiable

Bretylium

British

Solatol

socialite

Class IV

Verapamil

virtually

Diltiazem

dismembered 'im

Atropine

Adenosine

Read as:

Professor Quackers "dissed" - Lydia's penny Mexican tacos. - Feeling profaned, - proper Bertha Butt - (amiable British socialite) - virtually dismembered 'im.

Professor Quackers dissed Lydia's Penny Mexican Tacos. Feeling profaned, proper Bertha Butt, (amiable British socialite), virtually dismembered 'im.

*Note: "Dissed" is used here as the slang term "dis" - from dismiss. I.e., "Don't 'dis' me, man!"

This mnemonic was found at - http://img.com.tripod.com/mnemonics/calvinlee.htm

DOSE CALCULATIONS

http://www.alaskaems.org/EMSER/IVdrugcalcKent.pdf#search='medication%20calculations' - IV and Drug Calculations for Busy Paramedics, provided by Alaska EMS

CARDIAC/EKG

http://www.newarkcolleges.com/professional/blamvermeyer/4012%20TPM%20whole%20muscle%20contractions%20COMPLETE.pdf - Whole Muscle and Heart Muscle contraction, another Adobe Acrobat site

http://www.engr.utexas.edu/bme/faculty/richards-kortum/BME365/lectureslides/Lecture%2017.pdf - EKG Lecture, you need Adobe Acrobat for this one

http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/ritter/ekg.htm - Basics of EKG Interpretation, small type, but very imformative

http://www.ems-academy.biz/CEUModules/httpsdocs/cardiology%20links.htm - Cardiology and ACLS quiz link site

http://www.alaskaems.org/peachtree/goodbadcardquiz.htm - Alaska EMS Good-to-Bad Cardiac Quiz

ACLS/MEGACODE

http://www.acls.net/aclsalg.htm - ACLS Algorithms

http://acls.emszone.com/animatedflashcards.cfm - ACLS online Flashcards

LUNG SOUNDS

http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm - the Auscultation Assistant, gives heart and lung sounds

http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/internalmedicine/LungSounds/LungSounds.html - Virtual Hospital: Lung Sounds: Chest Auscultation

AIRWAY/INTUBATION

http://learn.sdstate.edu/nursing/medication.html - Medication Tutorial, Nursing site that gives theraputic doses, Contraindications and Side effects of Toxicity for certain meds

http://gasnet.med.yale.edu/airway2/airwa011.php - GASNet, Mallampati Classification

http://anestit.unipa.it/anestit/siaarti/mallampaing.htm - Great black and white sketches of Mallampati Classifications

http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u09/u09_025.htm - Prediction and Management of Difficult Intubation

http://www.medstudents.com.br/proced/proced5/intubat.htm - Orotracheal Intubation, describes and shows the technique for orotracheal intubation

http://www.magicanimation.com/intubation/ - Digital animation Cross-section intubation clips. Each are about 5 seconds long and require a program alled DivX to view (there's a link for DivX on the site)

PALS

As of this time I cannot find a working PALS tutorial site. If anyone knows of one, please email it so I may post it here. Thank you.

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

http://www.metrohealthanesthesia.com/edu/airway/airway1.htm - Airway site with picture illustrations.

http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/hormone-table.html - Table of Vertebrate Hormones, this site tells you the hormone, it's structure and functions.