Author : Lynn Fitzgerald Macksey
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0763788740
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)
Book Synopsis Pediatric Anesthesia and Emergency Drug Guide by : Lynn Fitzgerald Macksey
Download or read book Pediatric Anesthesia and Emergency Drug Guide written by Lynn Fitzgerald Macksey and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While all anesthetic and emergency drugs on the market are made for and administered to both adult and pediatric patients, their dosages and routes of administration are critically different. In the pediatric population, drug dosages are so specific, due to the child’s small body mass index, that each drug given is calculated to their specific kilogram weight. Pediatric Anesthesia and Emergency Drug Guide is the first book that discusses and lists the milligram per kilogram dose range of each drug. Designed as a quick index, the anesthesia care provider for a 21 Kg child can simply open the book to the 21 Kg page, and see all the common anesthetic drugs already calculated both in milligrams and actual cc’s to be drawn up for that specific weight, along with calculated intravenous fluids and endotracheal/LMA sizes as well as calculated emergency drugs, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation specific information including: chest compression to ventilation ratio, depth and rate of chest compression, synchronized cardioversion and defibrillation Joules, pulse check placement, and foreign body obstruction maneuvers.