Dosage (Paediatric)

Question 1

Adrenaline

Answer 1

Cardiac arrest (all doses rptd at 3-5 minute intervals, no max dose):
10 kg or more (>1 year) = 10 microg/kg
Less than 10 kg (excluding newly born) 100 microg
Newly born - 50 microg
Anaphylaxis/SAR/silent chest/severe life-threatening bronchospasm:
IM (all dosages rptd at 5 minute intervals, no max dose):
6 years or older - 300 microg
1-5 years - 150 microg
6 months to 1 year - 100 microg
Less than 6 months - 50 microg
NEB (anaphylaxis/SAR/croup only): 5 mg, single dose only

Question 2

Amiodarone

Answer 2

CCP only for paediatric

Question 3

Aspirin

Answer 3

> 18 years only

Question 4

Box jellyfish antivenom

Answer 4

IM: 60 000 units, single dose only
IV INF: 20 000 units, infusion over 20 minutes, single dose only

Question 5

Ceftriaxone

Answer 5

50 mg/kg (rounded up to the nearest 5 kg), total max dose 1 gm, single dose only
For paediatrics >20 kg hospital must be informed that only a partial dose has been administered
If <1 month must not be given without approval from consult line

Question 6

Clopidogrel

Answer 6

> 18 years only

Question 7

Dexamethasone

Answer 7

6 months to 8 years - 0.3 mg/kg rounded to the nearest 0.5 ml, total max dose 0.6 mg/kg (or 12 mg)

Question 8

Droperidol

Question 9

Enoxaparin

Question 10

Fentanyl

Question 11

Glucagon

Question 12

Glucose gel

Question 13

Glucose 10%

Question 14

Glyceryl trinitrate

Question 15

Heparin

Question 16

Hydrocortisone

Question 17

Hydroxocobalamin

Question 18

Ibuprofen

Question 19

Influenza vaccine

Question 20

Ipratropium bromide

Question 21

Loratadine

Question 22

Magnesium sulphate

Question 23

Methoxyflurane

Question 24

Midazolam

Question 25

Morphine

Question 26

Naloxone

Question 27

Ondansetron

Question 28

Oxygen

Question 29

Oxytocin

Question 30

Paracetamol

Question 31

Salbutamol

Question 32

Sodium chloride 0.9%

Question 33

Sucrose 24%

Question 34

Tenecteplase

Question 35

Ticagrelor

Question 36

Tranexamic acid

Question 37

Water for injection