Peds Math
At 5 mL/kg, this is the D10 volume for an 18 kg child.
What is 90 mL?
During adult cardiac arrest, this medication is given as 1 mg IV/IO every 3 to 5 minutes.
What is epinephrine?
The listed adult IM dose of this antipsychotic for behavioral control is 5 to 10 mg once.
What is haloperidol?
Adult naloxone starts at this dose by the IN or IV route before titration to adequate ventilation.
What is 0.4 mg?
After delivery, and only when no additional fetus is present, this medication is given as 10 units IM.
What is oxytocin?
At 0.02 mg/kg, this is the atropine dose for a 10 kg child with symptomatic bradycardia.
What is 0.2 mg?
The first adult dose of this medication for refractory VF or pulseless VT is 300 mg IV/IO.
What is amiodarone?
For behavioral control, the maximum adult IV/IO dose of this benzodiazepine is 4 mg.
What is lorazepam?
Without IV or IO access, an adult receives 1 mg IM of this medication for hypoglycemia.
What is glucagon?
For adult trauma, this medication is given as 2 g slow IV/IO within 3 hours of injury.
What is tranexamic acid (TXA)?
At 2 mcg/kg intranasally, this is the fentanyl dose for a 30 kg child.
What is 60 mcg?
The initial adult dose of this alternative antidysrhythmic for VF or pulseless VT is 1 mg/kg IV/IO.
What is lidocaine?
For behavioral control, the listed maximum adult dose of this benzodiazepine is 10 mg.
What is midazolam?
This hypoglycemia medication may be ineffective when glycogen stores are depleted.
What is glucagon?
For postpartum hemorrhage, a second 1 g TXA dose may be given after this interval.
What is 30 minutes?
A 50 kg pediatric anaphylaxis patient reaches this maximum IM epinephrine dose.
What is 0.3 mg?
This is the first pediatric defibrillation energy listed in the drugbook reference.
What is 2 J/kg?
At 3 mg/kg IM, this is the ketamine dose for a 30 kg pediatric behavioral patient.
What is 90 mg?
A suspected stroke patient with normal blood glucose should not receive this medication solely for the neurologic deficit.
What is dextrose?
When estimating burn TBSA, these burn depths are counted while superficial burns are excluded.
What are partial-thickness and full-thickness burns?
At 0.5 mg/kg, a 40 kg pediatric patient reaches this ketorolac protocol maximum.
What is 15 mg?
Pacing spikes and wide complexes without a palpable pulse mean this type of capture has not been confirmed.
What is mechanical capture?
This neurologic disease is a listed contraindication to haloperidol.
What is Parkinson disease?
Recurrent hypoventilation after an initial response to naloxone occurs because naloxone may have this relationship to the opioid's duration.
What is a shorter duration of action?
For a burned child age 5 through 13 who meets the criteria, this fixed fluid rate is listed.
What is 250 mL/hr?