Did he get too much morphine?

[quote=Aprilhere;2782723]It may have been a prefilled syringe. Our morphine comes like that and we use a carpuject to push it. I often take it in with me..I can always return it to the pyxis if needed. [quote]

It wasn't a prefilled syringe. It was in a standard 3cc syringe. I'm assuming that the morphine was probably 8mg=1ml and she added 2ml of NS? She gave it over maybe 2-3 minutes.

At the college that I went to, we had to tell the CI about the meds we were about to give and why. I'm suprised that a CI would allow a student to pull up the morphine without have a pain ax first.
He ended up being fine (I knew it wasn't a dangerous dose, just an un-needed high dose - IMO), BP 118/66, R 16, P 66. He typically doesn't take too many pain meds, just the occasional tylenol or advil.
He actually ended up ambulating a few times in the evening and eating a small dinner, when I left he was feeling fine. I'm afraid he might need the 8mg tomorrow though.

It also irritated me that she hung 20meq of K+ and didn't give any explaination as to why. I asked and she said his K+ was a little low. I always tell my pts what and why I am giving/hanging something (even when I was a student).