1st Year Flashcards
Local Anesthetic
Generic Name: lidocaine
Trade Name: Xylocaine
Concentration: 20mg/mL (0.2%)
Per kg Dose: ≤ 1mg/kg
Common Adult Dose: Up to 100mg
Local Anesthetic
Generic Name: laryngeal tracheal anesthesia kit
Trade Name: LTA kit
Concentration: 40mg/mL (4%)
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: 4mL (160mg) in trachea
Narcotic/opioid
Generic Name: meperidine
Trade Name: Demerol
Concentration: Variable
Per kg Dose: 10x morphine dose
Common Adult Dose: 25mg for shivering
Put actual dose…
Opioid Reversal
Generic Name: naloxone
Trade Name: Narcan
Concentration: 0.4mg/mL (0.04%)
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: Start at 0.4mg
Analgesic & Sedative
Generic Name: dexmedetomidine
Trade Name: Precedex
Concentration: Vial 200mcg/2mL
Bolus Dilution: 4mcg/mL
Infusion Dilution: 4mcg/mL
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose:
Loading dose: 1mcg/kg over 10 min
Infusion: 0.2-0.7mcg/kg/hr
Bolus: 20mcg
Nondepolarizing Muscle Relaxant
Generic Name: vecuronium
Trade Name: Norcuron
Concentration: 10mg/vial (powdered) Make into 1mg/mL (0.1%)
Per kg Dose: 0.08-0.1 mg/kg
Common Adult Dose: Intubation: up to 10mg
Re-dosing: 1-2mg
Reversal Agent for Nondepolarizers
Generic Name: sugammadex (most effective reversal)
Trade Name: Bridion
Concentration: 100mg/mL (10%)
Per kg Dose: 16mg/kg for failed airway
4mg/kg for 2 twitches
2mg/kg for 4 twitches
Common Adult Dose: 200mg
Reversal Agent for Nondepolarizers
Generic Name: neostigmine (anticholinesterase reversal)
Trade Name: Prostigmine
Concentration: Varies (0.5mg/mL or 1mg/mL)
Per kg Dose: 0.04-0.08mg/kg
Common Adult Dose: 1-5mg
MAX DOSE = 5mg
Anticholinergic/Antimuscarinic (vagolytic)
Generic Name: glycopyrrolate (3mL syringe)
Trade Name: Robinul
Concentration: 0.2mg/mL
Per kg Dose: 0.01-0.02mg/kg
Common Adult Dose: ↑HR dose = 0.2mg
Reversal dose = 1mL (0.2mg) per 1mL (1mg) Neostigmine
Anticholinergic/Antimuscarinic (vagolytic)
Generic Name: atropine
Trade Name: Atropine
Concentration: 0.4mg/mL
Per kg Dose: 0.01-0.03mg/kg
Common Adult Dose: Same dosing as Robinul, but more powerful HR effects
Antiemetic
Generic Name: dexamethasone (3mL syringe)
Trade Name: Decadron
Concentration: 4mg/mL
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: Antiemetic dose: 4mg
Swelling dose: 8-12mg
Vasopressor [Alpha 1 Agonist (vasoconstrictor){raises BP}]
Generic Name: phenylephrine
Trade Name: Neosynephrine
Concentration: 10mg/mL
Dilute to 100mcg/mL
(10mL syringe)
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: Start at 50-100mcg
Need to add how to dilute in 10cc and 250mL bag
Nondepolarizing Muscle Relaxant
Generic Name: rocuronium
Trade Name: Zemuron
Concentration: 10mg/mL (1%)
Per kg Dose: 0.6-1.2mg/kg
Common Adult Dose:
Normal intubation: 30-50mg
RSI: 1.2mg/kg
Re-dosing: 10-20mg
Sedative/anxiolytic
Generic Name: midazolam
Trade Name: Versed
Concentration: 1mg/mL (0.1%)
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: 1-2mg
Versed reversal
Generic Name: flumazenil
Trade Name: Romazicon
Concentration: —
Per kg Dose: —
Common Adult Dose: 0.2mg doses until desired level of consciousness is achieved (up to 1mg)