1 / 15

DRUGS FOR TAKE

DRUGS FOR TAKE. A Practical Guide to Prescribing on Day 1! Dr. Anna Crown. OBJECTIVES. Identify sections of the drug chart Prescribing abbreviations When not to prescribe Use of the BNF Use of hospital protocols Prescribe common / emergency Rx. THE DRUG CHART. FRONT Patient details

neila
Download Presentation

DRUGS FOR TAKE

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DRUGS FOR TAKE A Practical Guide to Prescribing on Day 1! Dr. Anna Crown

  2. OBJECTIVES • Identify sections of the drug chart • Prescribing abbreviations • When not to prescribe • Use of the BNF • Use of hospital protocols • Prescribe common / emergency Rx

  3. THE DRUG CHART • FRONT • Patient details • Allergies • Once only medication • Drug doses omitted

  4. THE DRUG CHART • MIDDLE • Regular medication • BACK • As required medication

  5. ABBREVIATIONS • Route of administration • Timing

  6. WHEN NOT TO PRESCRIBE • Prescribing is not the answer • You need to do something else first • You could do more harm than good • You feel it is not appropriate

  7. USE THE BNF & HOSPITAL PROTOCOLS • Useful things in the BNF • Hospital protocols

  8. SIMPLE REMEDIES FOR MINOR PROBLEMS • Nausea • Constipation • Cough • Indigestion • Leg cramps • Insomnia • Agitation

  9. TACKLING PAIN • Regular analgesia • Regular paracetamol • Regular co-codamol 30:500 • NSAIDS • Morphine • Other pains

  10. JUGGLING BLOOD SUGARS • Highs and lows • Type 1 or Type 2? • Adjusting insulin doses • Sliding scales

  11. AVOIDING PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOLICS • Enforced abstinence • Forced feeding • Wernicke’s encephalopathy: thiamine • DTs • Excess sodium • Hypoglycaemia • Seek advice

  12. SCARY SITUATIONS • What if you get there first? • Additional management • OSCEs • Doses • IV or IM

  13. SCARY SITUATIONS • Respiratory depression & pinpoint pupils • Severe heart failure • Myocardial infarction • Severe asthma • Hypoglycaemia • Possible meningococcal disease • Anaphylactic shock • Status epilepticus

  14. SUMMARY - 1 • The drug chart • Prescribing abbreviations • When not to prescribe • The BNF • Hospital protocols • Simple remedies for minor problems

  15. SUMMARY - 2 • Pain • Diabetes and the drug chart • Avoiding problems with alcoholics • Scary situations

More Related