Possibility of Pharmacist in Emergency Medical Care: To Bring Up a Familiar Pharmacist for Emergency Care by Fusing Clinical Pharmacist Activity and University Education

Pharmacist-acquired medication histories in a university hospital emergency department.

PURPOSE A study was conducted to identify discrepancies between medication histories taken by emergency department (ED) providers (physicians, nurses, and medical students) and medication histories taken by clinical pharmacists. METHODS During a three-month period, a clinical pharmacist was assigned to the ED in a 475-bed, tertiary care teaching facility that serves as a level I trauma center...

Interventions performed by the clinical pharmacist in the emergency department.

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the role and importance of the clinical pharmacist in the Emergency Department by means of identification, classification, and assessment of the number of interventions performed by this professional. METHODS This was a retrospective study conducted during the period of January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2010, at the Morumbi Emergency Department of Hospital Israelita...

ASHP guidelines on emergency medicine pharmacist services.

Emergency medicine (EM) is an ever-changing, rapidly evolving practice specialty. The formal emergency department (ED) has its roots in the 1950s, when full-time emergency services were established in the United States. Since then, the rate of mortality from accidental and traumatic injuries has significantly declined as a result of the development of regional trauma centers and improved traini...

Describing the Role and Duties of a Military Pharmacist in Iran Armed Forces Health Care System

Background and Aim: Due to the comprehensiveness of educational topics and mastery of various scientific topics, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology on the one hand, and management, business and economics on the other, pharmacists have a significant ability to perform various tasks in the healthcare system. In the meantime, pharmacists who are exposed to military training, as...

Pharmacist Role in Transitions of Care.