Abstract

Take control of life-or-death situations with Emergency Cardiosvascular Pharmacotherapy: A Point-Of-Care Guide. The latest portable, authoritative resource from ASHP closes the gap with immediate, life-saving information that pharmacists, students, residents and other health care practitioners need, all in one place.

• Illustrative tables, figures and bullets provide critical information, instantly.
• Learn the role of each member of the code team, especially pharmacists.
• Understand how to read, interpret and respond to an electrocardiogram.
• Explore routes of emergency drug administration, including how and when.
• Clinical pearls highlight the administration of specific drugs.
• Go in-depth with an entire chapter devoted to treatment algorithms.

In the classroom or clinic, no other guide provides such detailed, evidence-based focus on the pharmacologic agents used to manage the entire range of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions. Authored by national experts in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, all 10 chapters meet the latest national guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care.

Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD, BCPS, CLS, FNLA, FAHA, FCCP, AACC
Barbara S. Wiggins, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to this, she was a Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Clinical Instructor for the University of Virginia School of Nursing, and Pharmacy Clinical Specialist in Cardiology at the University of Virginia Health System Heart Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Wiggins has also held an adjunct faculty appointment of Clinical Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy in Richmond, Virginia.

She received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Dr. Wiggins then went on to receive her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
Some of her accomplishments include: the Junior Alumni of the Year Award from St. Louis College of Pharmacy; Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society; Merck Award for Clinical Research; and Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy with Added Qualifications in Cardiology. Dr. Wiggins has also served as a member of the Cardiovascular Expert Panel for the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

She currently holds the office of Vice President for the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology, and is an elected member of the Pharmacology Committee for the Council on Clinical Cardiology for the American Heart Association and is a board member of the National Lipid Association.

Dr. Wiggins has been awarded Diplomate status with the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology (ACCL) and is a Clinical Lipid Specialist. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, National Lipid Association, and The American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She was also awarded the designation of Associate of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Wiggins has served as an abstract reviewer for ACCP, and for Pharmacotherapy. She has also served on various committees for ASHP and ACCP and is past Chair of the Cardiology PRN.

Dr. Wiggins has also co-authored a chapter on chronic heart failure for the Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program and is also the lead editor of a book entitled “Pharmacists Guide to Lipid Management”.

Cynthia A. Sanoski, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS
Cynthia A. Sanoski, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Sanoski completed a two-year fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.

A frequent national lecturer, Dr. Sanoski speaks on numerous topics in cardiovascular disease management, the majority of which have focused on the treatment of acute and chronic cardiac arrhythmias. She has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including Archives of Internal Medicine, Formulary, Pharmacotherapy, Chest, and Journal of Pharmacy Practice. She has also written several book chapters on the management of acute and chronic arrhythmias and medication-induced cardiovascular side effects. Dr. Sanoski is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, for which she serves on several program and publications committees. She has previously served as Chair and Secretary of the Cardiology Practice and Research Network and Secretary-Treasurer of the Education & Training PRN. In 2007, Dr. Sanoski was elected as a fellow of the ACCP. She is currently Treasurer of ACCP and serves on the Board of Regents of this organization. While at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, she was awarded the University’s Faculty Special Recognition Award in 2003. In 2010, Dr. Sanoski was the recipient of the Duquesne University Distinguished Alumnus Award.