I'm not sure of the right thing to do here. I know every nurse and hospital has it's own policies, but here goes:
Had a pt come to me in recovery room yesturday. The anesthesiologist had one IV site with both a heparin drip and Dopamine drip and normal saline (both dpips on pumps). I told him we needed another line because I was sure I had learned that Heparin goes in alone. He was great and started another line. My question is, he then ordered Albumin 250 cc's stat IV. Where would you run this? Do we need 3 lines? Also, does the Heparin need a "base" solution to be run with it, or can heparin run by itself(pump in use of course). No one here seemed to know. Our anticoag protocol did not address the issue.
