Quick question:
How fast can one push metoprolol 5mg x 3 for acute MI that will be going up to cath lab?
Some of the literature I read states 5mg over 5min, some says 5mg over 2-3 minutes, some literature states rapid push with 2 minutes between doses.
I need a good book/PDA program for emergency meds. The "rules" often seem different for many meds used in the ED. Any recommendations?
Tonight I had a pt having an acute MI and nobody could get a peripheral IV in. The MD placed an EJ. Normally I like to have 2-3 lines to hook up all the meds for cath lab patients, but the one EJ is all we got . IV med orders included heparin drip, heparin bolus, metoprolol, nitro drip, reopro; it's not possible to get these all in through one line since time is muscle....