Jan 07, 2012, 06:16 am
Hmmmm...aren't there any guidelines and study material to follow? Not trying to discourage you but medication is a very complex subject....covering things such as half lives, specific agonist or antagonist properties, clearance route, and etc, etc. I would think at Cert 3/4, they would be introducing it as an entry level, so its hard to determine the scope of coverage. However I dare venture to say that you won't go wrong googling up some of the more basic meds that you;ll find in aged care such as paracetamol, beta blockers,digoxin (negative chronotrop), omerprazole (PPI) and etc. Paying attention to half lives...this explains why there should be at least 4 hours gap between administration in say paracetamol...bear in mind that the elderly have slower metabolic rates and some meds need to be reduced in dosage or alternatively increased gap between administrative times. Also you might want to check out the indications for use and the contraindications. Hopefully this basic information would be of some help but I would graviate towards your course material first but if its not currently available as yet then do the googling up for the time being if you would like a head start.
Good luck and all the best.
