Good to Know Code Info
The number of different pages that make up the code sheet.
What is 2?
Potent alpha/beta agonist used in most code situations/algorithms- Indications include low HR, BP, asystole and other arrhythmias associated with hemodynamic instability
What is Epinephrine?
What is Albumin 5%?
An anti-arrhythmic used to treat supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).
What is adenosine?
The side affect avoided by slow pushing Fentanyl.
What is chest wall rigidity?
Place where intubations and code situations should be documented.
What is the code narrator?
The dose of epinephrine that should be given in a patient receiving compressions.
What is Code Dose Epi?
Medication/Electrolyte that can be rapidly administered for acute hypotension.
What is Calcium Chloride?
Medication given for severe acidosis.
What is Sodium Bicarbonate?
The name of the videolaryngoscope machine used by the physicians while intubating.
What is the C-MAC?
BONUS: Where is the C-MAC kept on the unit?
The tab in EPIC where you go to print your code sheets.
What is the Admission Navigator?
To make the stock syringe of an Epi Spritzer, one would use ____ mLs of Normal Saline and ____ mLs of Epinephrine.
What is 9mLs of Normal Saline and 1 mL of Epinephrine?
A clear or light yellow viscous fluid that can be given if a child has fluid in their extravascular space that can be pulled into their intravascular space while giving less overall volume.
What is Albumin 25%?
BONUS: How long does Albumin 25% infuse over?
Sodium Bicarb must be diluted with _____________ solution in patients < _____ years of age.
What is Sterile Water? What is < 2 years old?
The paralytic typically given during intubation.
What is Rocuronium?
Code meds that can be found in the Omnicell.
What are Epinephrine, Calcium, Bicarb, and Albumin 5%?
+Sedation meds
The concentration of a code dose of Epinephrine. The concentration of the bristol jet of epinephrine found in the Omnicell and Crash Carts
What is 0.1 mg/mL?
The dose of Calcium Chloride that appears on the code sheet.
What is 20 mg/kg?
BONUS: What is the alternate dose of CaCl that our physicians sometimes ask for?
Medications that are incompatible with Sodium Bicarbonate and can cause precipitation if given concurrently through the same line.
What are Calcium and Epinephrine?
Where the Intubation Kit is located. What makes up the Intubation Kit.
What is the Omnicell?
What is Fentanyl, Versed, Ketamine, and Rocuronium?
Physical equipment that should be available in the setting of compressions.
What are defibrillator pads and a backboard?
The concentration of an Epi Spritzer.
What is 0.01 mg/mL OR 10 mcg/mL?
Calcium Chloride has a HIGH risk of extravasation if given undiluted through PIV. CVL administration is preferred, but dilute at a ratio of ___: ___ if it must be given through a PIV
What is 5:1? 5 parts NS to 1 part CaCl?
The half-life of Adenosine.
What is <10 seconds?
BONUS: What method do we use to administer adenosine in order to ensure administration within <10 seconds
An anticholinergic typically given to address bradycardia, sometimes given prior to intubation to avoid hemodynamic compromise due to vagal response (drop in HR)
What is Atropine?