Hydralazine

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Ok, one thing I've noticed in my short ER career is that hydralazine, at least in my hospital, is never given. I absolutely swore by hydralazine as an SDU nurse. Someone is brady and hypertensive? Hydralazine to the rescue. I even mentioned to another nurse who had a pt in the 30's with a BP 180-190 to ask the doc about getting some hydralazine. She reacted like she'd never even used it before.

So, point of thread: For the more veteran ER nurses, is this just a drug my ER isn't really using or is hydralazine a drug that is generally not given in any ER?

Thanks for taking the time to explain that. It certainly sounds very frustrating.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.
The other floors don't have a policy, they simply think that a pt with a SBP in the 180's isn't stable and they can't handle it.

Hence ... the detour that another ER thread has taken ... ;)

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Oops. :)

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