NA 721 Advanced Pharmacology 2

Credit, three hours.
This course focuses on anesthetic pharmacology, focusing on pharmacological principles and medications/substances that are essential for the safe practice of anesthesia. Beginning with inhalation pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, the course will help develop mastery of the science of inhalation anesthesia, including in-depth content focusing on both modern and historical inhalation anesthetics. Intravenous pharmacology is reviewed, and all anesthetic drug classes are presented, including hypnotics, benzodiazepines, opioids, dissociatives, local anesthetics, NSAIDs, depolarizing and nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, reversal agents, etc.
1. Exhibit mastery of concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
2. Synthesize a full understanding of the pharmacological features of anesthetic
medications.
3. Design an advanced pharmacological care plan for the healthy adult in the
perioperative setting. Prerequisite(s):

NA 720

Corequisite(s):

NA 730

NA 740