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    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy
    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy
    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy
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    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy

    By Diane Pettway

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    About this ebook

    As an emergency care professional, you save lives every day. And, while physicians will order various medications to be administered, he or she may not know the strengths or amounts of medication you have available in your ambulance. You, therefore, must convert what you have on hand into an equivalent dose to match the physician's orders.



    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy provides step-by-step instructions for the most common, every day formulas you'll use in the field. In its easy to understand format, you'll quickly grasp how to convert pounds to kilograms, teaspoons to milliliters, or grams to milligrams.



    With the equivalents and formulas laid out, Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy then provides examples showing how formulas are used, along with guidelines to help you understand each calculation. Also included are practical-application problems and their answers. Each scenario illustrates how the application or conversion should be set up, so you can clearly see and understand how the calculation works and where pitfalls may occur.



    Admittedly, you can choose among several math formula methods to calculate proper doses to administer. Most important, though, is deciding what method works best for you-the one that prevents you from making any errors. Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy will help you do just that.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateSep 30, 2008
    ISBN9780595615919
    Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy
    Author

    Diane Pettway

    Diane Pettway has been a Registered Nurse for more than thirty years with both managerial and clinical experience in medical/surgical, critical care, and emergency room nursing and also is a Paramedic. As an associate professor at a community college, Pettway currently teaches in the paramedic program.

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      Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy - Diane Pettway

      Paramedic

      Med Math

      Made Easy

      Diane Pettway RN, BSN, MS

      iUniverse, Inc.

      New York Bloomington

      Paramedic Med-Math Made Easy

      Copyright © 2008 by Diane Pettway

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      iUniverse books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      ISBN: 978-0-595-50635-4 (pbk)

      ISBN: 978-0-595-61591-9 (ebk)

      Contents

      Acknowledgment

      Preface

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Equivalents

      Chapter 2

      Formulas

      Chapter 3

      Med Math Practice

      Word Problems

      Chapter 4

      Med Math Practice Problems

      Appendix

      Answers to Problems

      For my family

      &

      All the emergency care medical professionals that save lives everyday

      Acknowledgment

      I would like to thank my husband, Pat, and my family for making my life and nursing career so meaningful. It has not been easy over the years putting up with the crazy hours and holiday schedules of a nurse. Pat, I also want to thank you for all the endless hours and juggling of schedules so we could raise our beautiful daughter, Amanda, the light of our lives.

      Preface

      This book is to assist the out-of-hospital care provider who works in emergency care and has need of good math skills. The material presented will enable the provider to master the skills needed to administer medication using med math formulas. The most commonly used formulas are presented with detailed explanations. Several practice problems have been added at the end of the book. There are also med math practice word problems to prepare you for any exam you may take in med math calculation where no medication labels are in front of you. Answers to the problems and the proper setup of the formulas used to calculate the problems are included.

      About the Author

      Diane Pettway RN has been a Registered Nurse for more than twenty-six years. She has clinical experience in medical/surgical, critical care, and emergency room nursing as well as experience in nursing management. Diane is currently a full-time assistant professor at a community college, teaching in the paramedic program. She is also an EMT-B and an instructor in ACLS, PALS, ITLS, and BLS.

      Introduction

      Welcome to Paramedic Med Math Made Easy. There are many books that cover medication math and all sorts of calculation formulas. This self-help book is a tool that can assist you with studying. You as the student must decide what method works best for you and what will prevent you

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