Missourimedic38
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Med math is for students and dorks
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akflightmedic
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Says the person who wants to become a nurse to be a better paramedic...LOL
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Humor
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Exactly.
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That's why I like preloads.
What's the dose?
One.
Exactly. (Hand me a tan box, then a purple box)
What's the dose?
One.
Exactly. (Hand me a tan box, then a purple box)
DesertMedic66
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We just changed to epi 0.5mg for cardiac arrests. I’m sure it won’t be too long before we start doing weight based.
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Everyone wants to reinvent wheel. KISS-Keep it simple stupid
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medichopeful
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Epi in cardiac arrest is definitely something that needs to be reinvented in a different way.
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1mg 1:10000 prefilled. Cant beat it
Missourimedic38
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They are dead; epi 1:10000 has worked for years
And then IBW
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In some aspects sure, KISS works. In others KISS doesn’t.
But has it?
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So you want to keep things the same because “it’s worked for years”? What about backboards? They worked for years?
Missourimedic38
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Backboards and epi are no comparison. Backboards were used in fear of ambulance chasing lawyers. Who wants a weight based medicine for a code?
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Define "worked".
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Well CPR and Epi 1:10000. You know a drug that works better?
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If it shows to have a much better outcome on neurological status of code patient and thus their ability to walk out of a hospital then I am all for it.
Back in medic school I was scared to death of weight based medications. Now that I am in the critical care field I am much more comfortable with it and an advocate for it.
An epi preload is one of the easiest medications to give a weight based dose. You want 0.5mg? Just give 5mL. You want 0.2mg? Just give 2mL.
A wise man once told me in EMT school to KISS. Then when I got into paramedic school and critical thinking classes that same man said KISS is something we tell you to avoid you from thinking critically.