Soldier Medication: A Case Study

General Sales List (GSL). These are medicines which can be bought from any shop without a prescription.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA 2009), the wrong route of administrating medication accounts for 1.3 million injuries each year. An article published in September issue of the Journal of Patient Safety estimates there are between 210,000 and 400,000 deaths per year associated with medical errors. This makes medical errors the third leading cause of deaths in the United States, behind that comes heart disease and cancer. To prevent medical errors always follow the Three Checks and most importantly the Rights of Medication Administration. The “Rights of Medication Administration” helps to ensure accuracy when administering medication to a patient. When administering medication the administer should ensure they have the Right Medication, Right Patient, Right Dosage, Right Route, Right Time, Right Route, Right Reason, and Right Documentation. Also remember the patient has the right to refuse, assess patient for pain, and always assess the patient for signs of effects.

Non care setting - Medications are often stored and administered in a variety of non-health care settings. These settings include: primary and secondary schools, Child day care centres, Board and care homes, Jails and prisons. In all these settings, employees frequently are responsible for handling and administering prescription and over-the-counter medications to clients or residents. Some organizations may employ licensed health professionals to directly manage the medication administration process. However, many of these settings have no licensed health professionals involved. Where medications are stored and administered to individuals, written policies and procedures should address the following: Acquisition of medications (e.g., from parents, caregivers, pharmacies), Specification of which personnel are allowed access to medications and allowed to administer medications to students, clients or residents, Labelling and packaging of medications managed for students, clients

1. In the workplace there is a generic Medication Management Policy and Procedures for Adult Services (Issue 10, 2012) document. This is kept to hand in a locked cupboard, readily available to read. It requires that all Healthcare Staff are given mandatory training and refreshers are provided. Legislation which surrounds the administration of medication includes The Medicines Act 1968, The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, The Data Protection Act 1998, The Care Standards Act 2000 and The Health and Social Care Act 2001

The Medication Policy and procedure and Mars Handbook covers assessment of individuals’ needs, administering, storage, recording and disposal of medicines including their effects and potential side effects

four weeks because of their inability to account for their own soldiers. There were too many soldiers who failed drug tests or committed crimes that were allowed to remain in the Army. Soldiers who have taken their lives have typically been engaging in high-risk behavior before they actually committed suicide. The commanders in the service have failed to follow their commands and practices such as unannounced visits, checking barracks, using dogs to sweep for drugs, unannounced urinalysis testing, and inspections of private vehicle which may have caused many of these suicides in the high-risk behaviors soldiers. More than a third of the Army is using prescription drugs, including 14 percent taking some form of non prescribed pain-relief medication.

Hinderance or advancement? The five rights of medication have been an active participant in the medical field. They are essentially five guidelines for safe medication administration. The five rights to medication administration include the nurse verifying: the right patient, the right drug, the right time, the right dose, and the right route. Although each step has been implemented as a maintenance to improve medication administration throughout the medical field, many question their place. According to an article written by Matthew Grissinger, medication administration poses many risks for patients on the receiving end. Grissinger introduces different theory’s including but not limited to: at what point do medication administers stop following

It is recommended (not required) that passengers bring along any supporting documentation (ID cards, letter from doctor, etc.) regarding their medication needs. It is recommended, not required, that the label on prescription medications match the passenger’s boarding pass. If the name on prescription medication label does not match the name of the passenger, the passenger should expect to explain why to the security officers. To ensure a smooth screening process, passengers are encouraged to limit quantities to what is needed for the duration of the

The customer indicated that she was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Ms. Knight has been prescribed Invega 9 MG (use as antipsychotic) and Effexor 3.5 MG (use to treat symptoms associated with anxiety and depression) by Dr. Miriam Ajo, MD at SalusCare. Medication management services are provided by the mentioned institution every three to four months. The customer was hospitalized in September, 2016 because she had a manic episode. She was Baker Act in 2004 and 2007. At the time of the evaluation she denied the presence of suicidal ideation, intent or plans.

High Alllert Medications (HAMs) are a special class of drugs that are highly risky and capable of causing harm even under proper use. Consequently, they necessitate the need for Independent Double-Checks (IDC). As such, the nurse verifies the dosage, drug, and route to match the directives of the physician as well as pharmacological requirements (Galbraith et al., 2015). Such drugs include sedatives, opioids, insulin and anticoagulants. IDC minimizes errors asserted to drug name confusion such as heparin/Hespan; lack of knowledge, and confusion from interruption or fatigue. My colleagues implement IDC in spite of the constraints experienced. However, some rare incidences of workarounds occur during weekends or emergencies when no verifier is

Medications are a large component of the profession of emergency medical services.Medications will be constantly used during the profession of emergency medical technician and that of paramedic.It is important to remember the local protocols for delivering medications to patients,that said it is more of the paramedics job to deliver certain medications though Emergency medical technicians do administer some.There are six rights of medication administration these are as follows: one, medication, basically what are you giving them.Two, What route is the medication being administered through.Three,time is more then one subject it can involve when,how long ago,and how long until next administration.Four,paitent, what is going on with the patient,

While standing in the laundry room, I watched my mother pace back and forth from the living room to the kitchen in a panic, waiting for a phone call which she knew may never come. Mom bolts to her bedroom to look in the hiding spot where all of the lethal medications my father was taking were hidden. The Medications powerful enough, if I took even one, my heart would stop within an hour. Mother and I knew exactly what he was going to try to do. He was going to try to kill himself.

Military medicine has a rich and long history. The medical and health care delivery lessons gained through multiple wars fought in the past decades are applied to improve the care for military personnel and their families. It continually evolves and adapts to the current mandates of the government.

The undersigned facilitated a session focused on effective on medication management. James refilled his medication containers with the correct medication few minutes before the session began. However, the provider had to double check to ensure everything was correct before session could proceed. After rechecking the containers, the provider instructed James to count the remaining medication and make sure that he has enough for the following week. On the same note, the undersigned also educated James the values of communication skills by instructing him to call the pharmacy and ask to refill the medications needed to be refilled. In addition to that, few minutes before the session ended, James opened up to the provider that he had one drink

According to the patient’s profile, the patient is an elderly, currently taking four different medications to control her chronic diseases, i.e., hypertension and diabetes. Several studies have established a clear association between elderly patients’ medication adherence and number of prescribed medications (1, 2). Given the prescribed number of doses per day in the elderly is inversely related to medication adherence (1, 2), one the potential reasons for Ms. Kinimaka’s poor adherence could be the number the medications she is taking daily.