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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…injection marks, medication patches and trauma. Remove contaminated clothing and wash the skin after external exposure A low Glasgow Coma Scale is not on its…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…respiratory rate is counted manually. Naloxone 0.4 mg/mL out and checked before the first intravenous dose is given. Oxygen with a mask and…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…at a dose of 0.5 g/kg. Refrain from using activated charcoal if more than one hour has elapsed post ingestion unless the ingested…

Injection technique — intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal

…if possible, otherwise give IM with a fine needle and 5 minutes of compression. Anticoagulant treatment is not in itself a bar to vaccination. Relative…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

…pain relief is a diagnostic finding — and appears to reduce the risk of a post injection flare. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL without adrenaline is used…

Short Synacthen test

…sample : cortisol and plasma ACTH. The ACTH sample is taken before the injection and handled chilled. 4. Inject 0.25 mg of tetracosactide intravenously , slowly…

🟠 Phentolamine

…IV Dose Bolus injection : 5 to 15 mg every 5 to 15 minutes as necessary. Continuous infusion: Start infusion at 0.1 mg/min and…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…and Clinical Role Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is a catheter based investigation that visualizes the coronary arterial tree after selective intracoronary contrast injection under fluoroscopy…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…treatment. Not giving a stress dose to a patient with adrenal insufficiency during acute illness. Confusing dexamethasone 0.75 mg with prednisolone 0.75 mg…

Joint aspiration

…the samples are sent correctly. A corticosteroid must never be injected into a joint in which infection has not been excluded. Indications Acute monoarthritis in…

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