Medications (Oral)
Not yet clinically reviewed
This protocol was migrated from the earlier Pharmapedia and Ward Guide apps for educational use. Follow your hospital's own policies and consult seniors when in doubt.
- Digoxin/Isosorbide dinitrate/Nifedipine
- Frusemide/Prednisolone/Diazepam/Paracetamol/Metoclopramide/Deriphylline/Promethazine/Prochlorperazine.
- These equipment and medications are in addition to those required for physical examination (Stethoscope, B.P. apparatus, torch, tongue depressor, etc.).
- The list can be more elaborate depending on the set up you want. One can include a nebulizer, defibrillator, ECG monitor, Ventilator, Dextrometer and blood gas analyzer for a very elaborate set up.
- When possible, arrange for access to routine laboratory investigation round the clock (urine examination, Blood sugar, urea, electrolytes, total count, differential count and peripheral smear).
This is the ideal set up; depending on the place of work and resources available one may have to delete or add some more.
- The skill to work with bare minimum facilities has to be developed by using common sense. While treating patients always remember Never make treatment worse than the disease, first do no harm.
To err is human, even with the best possible competence errors can occur, but if the treatment was done with utmost care such errors are always accepted by patients andrelatives, if problems arise still, it is due to communication gap.