Out Dated Dantrolene

I don't know of any and would also like some place to donate it. One thing you might do with it, save some for inservice education and have a mock drill. Have the nurses practice mixing it--it is quite a process and difficult to mix.

I had a patient develop malignant hyperthermia once in a plastic surgery office where I was doing anesthesia. I was trying to hyperventilate the patient and start another iv and asked the RNs to start mixing the dantrolene. They had much difficulty mixing it that we now include it in orientation of new nurses. By the way, the patient survived and had another MH event in a hospital PACU after a spinal for a hernia repair. It appears that narcotics are a triggering agent for her--very rare, but it makes you a believer.

YogaCRNA

I think that Yoga had a good suggestion. It could save a life in the future.

I agree use in in a mock malig. hyperthermia code. We did that recently where I work. It is very interesting to see how difficult it can be to draw up all those vials etc.