• Asad E Patanwala and Daniel P Hays.
• Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin, Tucson, AZ 85721-0207, USA. patanwala@pharmacy.arizona.edu
• Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010 Sep 15;67(18):1536-8.

PurposeThe interventions of a clinical pharmacist on an emergency department (ED) trauma response team were studied.MethodsThe study site was an academic, tertiary care hospital designated as a level 1 trauma center, with a clinical pharmacist present in the ED 40 hours per week. For a two-month period, interventions by the pharmacist in trauma cases were documented in an electronic quality-improvement database.ResultsA total of 304 interventions were recorded; the most common were dosage recommendations (60%) and provision of drug information (27%). The top five drug classes involved were analgesics, sedatives, antimicrobials, vaccines, and fluids. In 83% of the interventions, the pharmacist documented involvement in facilitating drug administration.ConclusionA pharmacist participating on the ED trauma response team commonly provided dosage recommendations and drug information, facilitated drug administration, and optimized sedation, analgesia, and antimicrobial therapy.

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