Guides: Anaesthetics: Medication and drugs

eBooks and Physical Books - Medications

Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs. (2022) Trusted by nursing and midwifery students and clinicians in Australia since 1983, the 11th edition of Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs is an indispensable tool for reliable, accurate and up-to-date drug information. The guide is easy to access and user-friendly. It provides all the medication information you need to know, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system, and referred to by both trade and generic name. The book includes best practice in drug administration as well as patient teaching information to improve care. This edition has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to ensure that usage, dose, side effects, contraindications and precautions are consistent with current Australian pharmaceutical guidelines. Available forms, action, use, dosage, adverse effects and interactions Formulae to calculate drug doses and drip rates All drugs listed by therapeutic class and body system Nursing points, including administration advice and cautions Patient education notes Midwifery/pregnancy considerations An eBook included in all print purchases Updates to all entries New drugs including immunomodifying agents, antineoplastic agents and metabolic disorder agents Guidance on drugs 'Not to be crushed'

Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. (2016) An essential reference text, the fifth edition of this popular book details drugs in anaesthesia and intensive care in an A-Z format. The book describes the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of all the drugs commonly used by anaesthetists. New diagrams of particular drug structures and comparison tables aid comparison of differences within a drug class for exam revision. Written in a concise, bullet-point style to allow quick access to information, the book contains all necessary drug references for anaesthetists in training, consultant anaesthetists, intensive care nurses, and anaesthetic assistants.
Stoelting's Handbook of Pharmacology & Physiology in Anesthetic Practice. (2015). Provides a rapid and accurate source of information relevant to the pharmacology of drugs encountered during anesthesia and the physiologic responses that impact the anesthetic experience. The handbook uses a format that follows the identical chapters and headings thus permitting the reader to refer to corresponding areas of the more detailed information in the textbook.
Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice - Ch 21 - Perioperative phamacology
Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice - Ch 23 - Overview of perioperative drugs.
Oxford Medical Publications - Emergencies in Anaesthesia 3e - Appendix Drugs - Emergencies drug formulary and Infusion regimens

Databases - Medications

Australian Medicines Handbook > NMT This link opens in a new window Concise, reliable and comprehensive information for comparative drug data allowing users to compare drugs and make informed prescribing choices.
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook > NMT This link opens in a new window Up-to-date and vital information on more than 500 injectable medicines and is an essential frontline resource ensuring patient safety and quality care.
MIMS Online > NMT This link opens in a new window Authoritative information about medications, descriptions, prescriptions and interactions. (Note: only four users can be online at any one time.)

PDF Links - Anaesthetic Medication Safety Guidelines

Checklists, briefings and debriefings: an evidence summary. (2016) Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand. This document sets out the latest evidence for the use of surgical safety checklists and debriefings, providing an overview of research published up to August 2016.
Medication Reconciliation Toolkit - Medication Safety and Quality : Continuity of medicines Ensuring Safe Care : Guide for determining Roles, Responisibility and Documentation Requirements Best Possible Medication History (BPMH)
Medication Safety Self Assessment For Australian Hospitals (2015) 1. Patient Information 2. Medicines Information 3.Communication of Medication Orders and Other Medication Information 4.Medication Labelling, packaging and Nomenclature 5. Medication Standardisation, Storage and Distribution 6.Medication Device Acquisition, Use and monitoring. 7.Environmental Factors, workflow and Staffing Patterns 8. Staff competency and Education 9. Patient Education 10. Quality Processes and Risk Management
WA Medication History and Management Plan (2021) This form must remain with the current medication chart/s during admission
WA Medication History and Management Plan guidelines v3 (2022) The process of medication reconciliation has been shown to reduce errors and adverse events associated with poor quality information at transfer of care and inaccurate documentation of medication histories on patient admission to hospital.
Western Australian Medication History and Management Plan - User Guide 2017 Developed by the Western Australian Medication Safety Network in collaboration with the Quality Improvement and Change Management Unit. The process of medication reconciliation has been shown to reduce errors and adverse events associated with poor quality information at transfer of care and inaccurate documentation of medication histories on patient admission to hospital. It is important that this information is documented and made available to all clinicians to ensure medication management is adequately communicated.