The Good Samaritan laws were designed to protect the public in providing assitance to an injured or ill person.  What are these laws and how do they appy to you as a prehospital provider?

Administration of medications is a dangerous process responsible for thousands of patient injuries yearly.  The prehospital provider must be aware of the legal implications of a medication error.  This podcast will review the elements of negligence. 

This is a brief lecture on the autonomic system. What is the autonomic system and why it important to the prehopsital provider. What drugs interface with the autonomic nervous system and how are they used.

Why all the silly names of drugs?  What is pharmacodynamics and how is that different from pharmacodynamics?   We will discuss some of these early concepts from Chapter 1 of the textbook. 

This is a brief introduction into the concepts of the textbook as well as how this podcast will be used to help understand and teach the concepts of pharmacology.   This is a book for everyone, not just those providing prehospital care.