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EMS Drugs

As an exercise I rated the 33 drugs I carry in order of their essentialness.

In other words, if every day I had to take one drug off my rig until in the end I only had one left, which drug would I choose each day?

In writing the drug profiles, I tried to imagine I was telling a new preceptee my thoughts and experiences with the various drugs.

Here is the list from most essential to least:

1. Epinephrine
2. Morphine
3. Oxygen
4. Ativan
5. DuoNeb
6. Normal Saline
7. Dextrose
8. Nitroglycerin
9. Narcan
10. Aspirin
11. Amiodarone
12. Atropine
13. Dopamine
14. Zofran
15. Cardizem
16. Adenosine
17. Glucagon
18. Magnesium
19. Benadryl
20. Versed
21. Solu-Medrol
22. Sodium Bicarbonate
23. Calcium
24. Haldol
25. Metoprolol
26. Lidocaine
27. Toradol
28. Activated Charcoal
29. Tylenol
30. Tetracaine
31. Phenergan
32. Vasopressin
33. Lasix

1 Comment

  1. Don says

    Thanks for putting in the effort on this, much appreciated as I am always looking for more experience provider input.

    on April 18, 2012 @ 3:19 pm.

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