Haldol and Ativan cocktail IV

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Okay have been working in small ER over one year. I cannot remember How often and the maximum dose you can give of H and A. The larger ER I used to work 2 years ago that saw quite a bit of psych, used to start with 10mg Haldol and 2mg Ativan, then every so ofter till patient was calm. I had an out of control patient the other night and ther ER doc would not give more than 10 and 2, patient ended up in four point restraints and was still able to cause some minimal harm to staff and self. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I would always be careful with ativan cocktails. I had a friend whose patient overdosed on them. There are some nasty ativan side effects.

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