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El Dorado Co, CA carries NS. fun times. be nice to have some LT are time with are lengthy transports and use of Helos.
We were told to just administer [amiodarone] in the NS instead.
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[1] According to Medsafe: "Amiodarone Hydrochloride Injection Concentrate is incompatible with saline and should be administered solely in 5% glucose solution."
PapaBear434 said:We call it a "Normasaline Bag" in front of patients sometimes. We never expressly say that it's medicine, so we aren't open to liability, but it makes some of the more hypocondriac among our patients to calm down, because saying "Normal Saline" that fast makes them think there is something good coming.
You wouldn't believe how many of them just fall asleep after we start the flow, thinking they are getting something a little more powerful than fluids
I do not know of any pharmacy I can roll up to and buy litre bags of NS without a prescription.